Jack Sheppard
1 portrait by Thomas Bowles Jr
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Jack Sheppard
by and sold by George White, sold by Thomas Bowles Jr, sold by John Bowles, after Sir James Thornhill
mezzotint, (circa 1724)
14 1/2 in. x 10 in. (369 mm x 255 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D4215
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
Artistsback to top
- John Bowles (1701?-1779), Printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 118 portraits.
- Thomas Bowles Jr (1689 or 1690?-1767), Printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 37 portraits.
- Sir James Thornhill (1675 or 1676-1734), Father-in-law of William Hogarth, decorative painter and politician; MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. Artist or producer associated with 23 portraits, Sitter associated with 14 portraits.
- George White (circa 1684-1732), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 121 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D19643: Jack Sheppard (from same plate)
- NPG 4313: Jack Sheppard (after)
- NPG D40697: Jack Sheppard (from same plate)
- NPG D41666: Jack Sheppard (from same plate)
- NPG D7320: Elizabeth Alexander ()
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (against Stock Market, London)
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Hart Street between ye Church & Bloomsbury Market, London)
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (St Pauls Church Yard, London)
Events of 1724back to top
Current affairs
Notorious thief and jailbreaker John 'Jack' Sheppard is hanged at Tyburn.General George Wade is sent to inspect Scotland, initiating an 11-year program of road improvement and bridge building in the Scottish Highlands.
Art and science
First of Jonathan Swift's Drapier's Letters is published; one of seven pamphlets railing against the debasement of Irish coinage.Blenheim Palace is presented as a gift to the Duke of Marlborough for his involvement in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.
International
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs.Pope Benedict XIII succeeds Pope Innocent XIII as the 245th pope.
King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
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