Henry Woodward as the Fine Gentleman in 'Lethe'

1 portrait by Peter Griffin

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Henry Woodward as the Fine Gentleman in 'Lethe'

by James Macardell, sold by Peter Griffin, after Francis Hayman
mezzotint, circa 1725-1750
13 7/8 in. x 10 in. (353 mm x 255 mm) paper size
Given by Ernest E. Leggatt, 1929
Reference Collection
NPG D4907

Sitterback to top

  • Henry Woodward (1714-1777), Actor. Sitter associated with 13 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Peter Griffin (active 1738-1748), Map and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
  • Francis Hayman (circa 1707-1776), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 15 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
  • James Macardell (1727 or 1728-1765), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 294 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D13997: Henry Woodward as the Fine Gentleman in 'Lethe' (from same plate)
  • NPG L269.B6.28: Henry Woodward as the Fine Gentleman in 'Lethe' ()

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Current affairs

Notorious 'Thief Taker General' Jonathan Wild is hanged at Tyburn. He ran one of the most successful gangs of thieves of the era, while appearing to be the nation's leading policeman.
Pardoned Jacobite leader Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke forms an opposition to the Prime Minister Robert Walpole.
Order of the Bath is founded by King George I.

Art and science

Poet Alexander Pope produces a new edition of Shakespeare, which he rewrites and edits in numerous places.
Philosopher Francis Hutcheson publishes his first major work An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, published in two treatises concerning aesthetics and morality.

International

Russian tsar Peter the Great dies.
Treaty of Hanover between England, France and Prussia.
Composer Antonio Vivaldi debuts the set of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons.
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach debuts his Easter Oratorio in Leipzig.

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