Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork
after Unknown artist
mezzotint, 1731-1733
13 3/4 in. x 9 3/4 in. (349 mm x 249 mm) plate size; 15 1/8 in. x 10 3/4 in. (384 mm x 273 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1869
Reference Collection
NPG D924
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- Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork (1694-1753), Patron of the arts. Sitter in 10 portraits.
Events of 1731back to top
Current affairs
Legal proceedings in British courts are conducted in the English language for the first time.Art and science
Sculptor Michael Rysbrack creates a monument to Newton in Westminster Abbey.The influential Gentleman's Magazine is launched on 1 January.
Agriculturalist Jethro Tull publishes his pioneering treatise The New Horse-Houghing Husbandry.
International
Treaty of Vienna with Austria is signed by Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield on behalf of Britain, marking the collapse of the Anglo-French Alliance (1727-1731) and the beginning of the Anglo-Austrian Alliance.Trader Robert Jenkins has his ear cut off by Spanish coast guards in Cuba leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739.
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