Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
2 of 4 portraits of Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
after Unknown artist
mezzotint, circa 1717-1727
7 7/8 in. x 6 in. (201 mm x 151 mm) plate size; 8 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in. (215 mm x 164 mm) paper size
Given by Henry Witte Martin, 1861
Reference Collection
NPG D8147
Sitterback to top
- Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1674-1728), Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück and soldier; brother of George I. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D8168: Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (from same plate)
Events of 1717back to top
Current affairs
Count Carl Gyllenborg, the Swedish ambassador, is arrested in London and imprisoned over a plot to assist the Pretender James Stuart.Bangorian controversy; a theological argument within the Church of England is initiated by the posthumous publication of a treatise written by George Hicks, Bishop of Thetford.
First Freemason's Grand Lodge is founded in London.
Art and science
Actor-manager Colley Cibber stages The Loves of Mars and Venus at the Drury Lane Theatre; the first ballet to be performed in Britain.Composer George Frideric Handel's Water Music is performed for the first time on a barge on the River Thames for George I.
International
John Law establishes the Mississippi Company to develop trade in Louisiania for France. His scheme results in the 'Mississippi Bubble'.Triple Alliance formed between England, France and the Dutch Republic to uphold the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht and maintain peace in Europe.
Competition between British and Dutch in factories on the coast of Mauritania results in the first 'gum war' over the lucrative trade in gum arabic.
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