Anne of Denmark
1 portrait of Anne of Denmark
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Anne of Denmark
by Jacobus Houbraken, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
line engraving, circa 1738-1742
14 3/8 in. x 9 in. (365 mm x 229 mm) plate size; 15 1/8 in. x 10 1/4 in. (383 mm x 259 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47428
Sitterback to top
- Anne of Denmark (1574-1619), Queen of James I. Sitter associated with 49 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 435 portraits.
- Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen) (1593-1661), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 148 portraits, Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D25719: Anne of Denmark (from same plate)
- NPG D25720: Anne of Denmark (from same plate)
- NPG D20149: Anne of Denmark (from same plate)
- NPG D47429: Anne of Denmark (from same plate)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1738back to top
Current affairs
Fetter Lane Society founded in London by the Moravians; a reformed group of Protestants led by exiled Saxon Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf. He visits Britain to petition the king for protection for Moravian missionaries working in the British colonies. An act to this effect is finally passed in 1749.John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement.
Art and science
Artist Allan Ramsay returns to London from Rome and sets himself up as a portrait painter.Metallurgist William Champion patents a process to distil zinc from calamine using charcoal in a smelter.
International
Methodist preacher George Whitefield arrives in Savannah, Georgia to replace John Wesley; the first of seven visits across the Atlantic which make him one of the most widely recognised figures in the American colonies.Merchant sailor Robert Jenkins presents his pickled ear (cut off by Spanish coast-guards in Cuba in 1731) to Parliament stirring up war fever against Spain and leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear the following year.
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