Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend







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Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
attributed to Charles Jervas
oil on canvas, circa 1724
49 1/2 in. x 39 3/4 in. (1257 mm x 1010 mm)
Purchased, 1915
Primary Collection
NPG 1755
Sitterback to top
- Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1675-1738), Statesman and agriculturalist. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Charles Jervas (1675-1739), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 40 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, 2009, p. 298
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 621
Events of 1724back to top
Current affairs
Notorious thief and jailbreaker John 'Jack' Sheppard is hanged at Tyburn.General George Wade is sent to inspect Scotland, initiating an 11-year program of road improvement and bridge building in the Scottish Highlands.
Art and science
First of Jonathan Swift's Drapier's Letters is published; one of seven pamphlets railing against the debasement of Irish coinage.Blenheim Palace is presented as a gift to the Duke of Marlborough for his involvement in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.
International
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs.Pope Benedict XIII succeeds Pope Innocent XIII as the 245th pope.
King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
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