Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, based on a work of 1714
49 in. x 39 in. (1245 mm x 991 mm) overall
Purchased, 1857
Primary Collection
NPG 16
Sitterback to top
- Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724), Lord Treasurer. Sitter in 14 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1689 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG 4011: Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (source portrait)
- NPG D11700: Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (after)
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, 2009, p. 204
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 474
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1714back to top
Current affairs
Queen Anne dies at Kensington Palace aged 49, on 1st August. The same day, under the Act of Regency, the regency council proclaims James I's great-grandson, George, elector of Hanover, king of Great Britain and Ireland, thus transferring the crown from the house of Stuart to the house of Hanover.Art and science
Writer and politician, Sir Richard Steele, accepts the post of governorship for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Tenison, founds one of the first co-educational schools in Croydon.
The Longitude Act offers a reward for the invention of a method of precisely determining a ship's longitude.
International
Despite the peace accord at Utrecht in 1713, ratification of the treaties of Rastatt and Baden are required to end the continued hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession between the French king Louis XIV and Charles VI Archduke of Austria and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.Comments back to top
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