King Henry VIII

by George Vertue, after Hans Holbein the Younger
line engraving, 1736
11 5/8 in. x 7 3/8 in. (295 mm x 186 mm) plate size; 12 3/8 in. x 8 7/8 in. (313 mm x 224 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D32703

Sitterback to top

King Henry VIII (1491-1547), Reigned 1509-47. Sitter associated with 98 portraits.

Artistsback to top

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 or 1498-1543), Painter, printmaker and designer; son of Hans Holbein the Elder. Artist or producer associated with 308 portraits, Sitter associated with 25 portraits.
George Vertue (1683-1756), Engraver and antiquary. Artist or producer associated with 864 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.

Related worksback to top

NPG D24930: King Henry VIII (from same plate)

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

Henry VIII Remembered (20 December 2008 - 12 July 2009)

Portrait setback to top

Macdonnell Collection

Subjects & Themesback to top

Events of 1736back to top

Current affairs

Frederick, Prince of Wales marries Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
Porteous Riots in Edinburgh after the execution of smuggler Andrew Wilson. Captain John Porteous orders his men to fire into the mob, causing six deaths. He is found guilty of murder, dragged from his cell, beaten and hung to death by a mob.
Repeal of laws against witchcraft.
Gin Act attempts to curtail consumption of gin.

Art and science

Posthumous publication of Isaac Newton's Method of Fluxions, describing his method of differential calculus.
One of the earliest recorded uses of a Bathing Machine at Scarborough.

International

Methodist preachers John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia.
Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates the throne.
Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler produces the first published proof of Fermat's little theorem concerning prime numbers.
Charles Marie de La Condamine and François Fresneau Gataudière make the first scientific observations of rubber in Ecuador.

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