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Franck van Borselan

Franck van Borselan, by Jacob Folkema, after Jaco Jelgersma, 1753 - NPG D23783 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Franck van Borselan

by Jacob Folkema, after Jaco Jelgersma
line engraving, 1753
14 1/4 in. x 8 5/8 in. (362 mm x 218 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D23783

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  • Jacob Folkema (1692-1767), Engraver. Artist associated with 3 portraits.
  • Jaco Jelgersma (1702-1795), Engraver. Artist associated with 2 portraits.

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After a month's absence, servant Elizabeth Canning returns to her mother's house claiming that she was abducted. The following trial causes uproar and becomes one of the most famous criminal mysteries of the century.
Hardwicke's Marriage Act (named after its champion Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke) is passed, aimed at preventing clandestine marriages.



Art and science

Artist Joshua Reynolds establishes his portrait practice in London.
Swiss painter and pastellist Jean-Etienne Liotard arrives in London where he enjoys great success until his departure in 1756.


International

George Washington undertakes a difficult and ineffectual journey to persuade the French to withdraw from the Ohio valley.
First steam engine arrives in the American colonies.
First official celebration of St Patrick's Day on 17 March, organised by the Charitable Irish Society in Boston.
Britain, Austria and Modena sign a secret military treaty.

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