Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
6 of 62 portraits of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
by Louis Gabriel Blanchet
oil on canvas, 1741
38 in. x 28 3/4 in. (965 mm x 730 mm)
Purchased, 1983
Primary Collection
NPG 5573
On display at Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Sitterback to top
- Prince James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766), Known as 'The Old Pretender'; son of James II. Sitter associated with 62 portraits.
This portraitback to top
From a set of four Stuart portraits painted in Rome for Captain William Hay, a close Jacobite supporter.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 333
Events of 1741back to top
Current affairs
Motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Robert Walpole is followed by a general election. Walpole's majority is reduced to less than twenty and he suffers defeat in seven divisions.Opening of the Foundling Hospital, London, to aid homeless and abandoned children.
Art and science
Lancelot 'Capability' Brown is appointed head gardener at Stowe, where he works with the architect William Kent.Actor David Garrick makes his debut on the London stage in Richard III.
Henry Fielding publishes An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews satirising Samuel Richardson's best-selling novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded.
International
War of the Austrian Succession: Admiral Edward Vernon leads an unsuccessful attack on Spanish stronghold of Cartagena. Frederick II's Prussian army defeats the Austrians at Mollwitz, securing his hold on most of Silesia. French and Bavarian forces enter Prague.Composer Johann Sebastian Bach publishes his set of Goldberg Variations, supposedly written for performance by the young harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg.
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On display at Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh