Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
5 of 17 portraits of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
by Jacobus Houbraken, after Hans Eworth
line engraving, 1735
14 3/8 in. x 9 1/4 in. (366 mm x 235 mm) plate size; 16 in. x 10 5/8 in. (405 mm x 270 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D25123
Sitterback to top
- Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (1536-1572), Potential suitor to Mary, Queen of Scots. Sitter associated with 17 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Hans Eworth (active 1540-died 1574), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 26 portraits.
- Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 435 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D38984: Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (from same plate)
- NPG D38985: Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (from same plate)
- NPG D42868: Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (from same plate)
Events of 1735back to top
Current affairs
Second Parliament under George III. Robert Walpole maintains a substantial majority. Lord Bolingbroke gives up active opposition to Walpole and retires to France. Walpole moves into 10 Downing Street.Welsh Methodist revival begins.
Art and science
Celebrated dandy Richard 'Beau' Nash appoints himself Master of Ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells.William Hogarth founds the second St Martin's Lane Academy of Painting.
Lawyer and amateur meteorologist George Hadley publishes the first explanation of the trade winds
International
Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus publishes a 'system of nature', capable of classifying all living things.Swedish chemist Georg Brandt discovers a new metallic element, which he names cobalt.
A revivalist movement in America, led by Jonathan Edwards, becomes known as the Great Awakening.
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach debuts his Ascension Oratorio in Leipzig.
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