Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
attributed to William Hoare
oil on canvas, circa 1735-1745
59 3/4 in. x 49 1/4 in. (1518 mm x 1251 mm)
Given by Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Bt, 1884
Primary Collection
NPG 723
Sitterback to top
- Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton (1683-1757), Lord Chamberlain. Sitter in 13 portraits.
Artistback to top
- William Hoare (1707-1792), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 74 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Grafton is shown wearing his robes as a Knight of the Garter and holding the Lord Chamberlain's white wand.
More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue, John Kerslake's Early Georgian Portraits (1977, out of print).
Linked publicationsback to top
- Kerslake, John, Early Georgian Portraits, 1977, p. 99
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 257
Events of 1735back to top
Current affairs
Second Parliament under George III. Robert Walpole maintains a substantial majority. Lord Bolingbroke gives up active opposition to Walpole and retires to France. Walpole moves into 10 Downing Street.Welsh Methodist revival begins.
Art and science
Celebrated dandy Richard 'Beau' Nash appoints himself Master of Ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells.William Hogarth founds the second St Martin's Lane Academy of Painting.
Lawyer and amateur meteorologist George Hadley publishes the first explanation of the trade winds
International
Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus publishes a 'system of nature', capable of classifying all living things.Swedish chemist Georg Brandt discovers a new metallic element, which he names cobalt.
A revivalist movement in America, led by Jonathan Edwards, becomes known as the Great Awakening.
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach debuts his Ascension Oratorio in Leipzig.
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