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Henry Pelham
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Henry Pelham
by William Hoare
oil on canvas, 1751
50 in. x 40 in. (1270 mm x 1016 mm)
Given by William Jones Lloyd, 1866
Primary Collection
NPG 221
Artistback to top
- William Hoare (1707-1792), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 74 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Henry Pelham is shown in his robes as Chancellor of the Exchequer, with the Chancellor's purse partly visible on the table to the right. The portrait was one of the first painted by William Hoare after he temporarily moved from Bath to London. 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. 209
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 486
Events of 1751back to top
Current affairs
Frederick, Prince of Wales dies and is succeeded by his son, later George III, as Prince of Wales.Third Gin Act requires government inspection of distilleries and restricts sales to licensed premises in an effort to curtail consumption.
Art and science
Thomas Gray publishes his poem Elegy written in a Country Church Yard.Philosopher David Hume publishes An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals.
Eliza Haywood publishes her novel The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless.
William Hogarth publishes his satirical engravings Beer-Street, Gin Lane and The Four Stages of Cruelty.
International
Robert Clive reopens hostilities with the French in India. He prevails after holding out during the siege of Arcot.First part of the Encyclopédie - an innovative 28 volume encyclopedia which represented the dominant strains of Enlightenment thinking - is published in France, edited by Diderot.
Swedish chemist Alex Cronstedt identifies nickel as an impurity in copper ore as a separate metallic element.
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