Sir Richard Steele
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Richard Steele
by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, 1712
29 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in. (749 mm x 622 mm)
Purchased, 1863
Primary Collection
NPG 160
Artistback to top
- Jonathan Richardson (1667-1745), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 126 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG 5067: Sir Richard Steele (variant version)
- NPG D11510: Sir Richard Steele (source portrait)
- NPG D20120: Sir Richard Steele (source portrait)
- NPG D18744: Sir Richard Steele (source portrait)
- NPG D27589: Sir Richard Steele (after)
- NPG D6841: Sir Richard Steele (after)
- NPG D4477: Sir Richard Steele (after)
- NPG D42159: Sir Richard Steele (after)
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, 2009, p. 266
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 585
Events of 1712back to top
Current affairs
Whig MP, Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford is found guilty by Parliament of 'a high breach of trust and notorious corruption', over reserving army forage contracts for banker, Robert Mann, and imprisoned in the Tower. Walpole would later become the first British Prime Minister in all but name in 1721.Art and science
Mock epic poem, The Rape of the Lock, by satirical poet Alexander Pope is first published.Ironmonger Thomas Newcomen demonstrates his invention of the atmospheric steam engine in London.
Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery, commissions a mechanical solar system model from mechanic John Rowley who names it an orrery.
International
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford and John Robinson, bishop of Bristol, are appointed plenipotentiaries to the Utrecht peace congress. Foundations for peace between Britain and France, were based on preliminary agreements previously negotiated in London and Paris, the details of which were unbeknownst to the plenipotentiaries or Britain's allies.Comments back to top
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