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George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton
line engraving, 1740
14 7/8 in. x 9 3/8 in. (377 mm x 237 mm) plate size; 16 3/8 in. x 11 1/2 in. (417 mm x 292 mm) paper size
acquired unknown source, 1929
Reference Collection
NPG D35212

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  • Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780), Engraver. Artist associated with 435 portraits.
  • John & Paul Knapton (active 1735-1789), Booksellers and publishers. Artist associated with 290 portraits.

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  • NPG D19175: George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (from same plate)
  • NPG D21629: George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (from same plate)
  • NPG D30823: George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (from same plate)
  • NPG D42913: George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (from same plate)

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The song Rule, Britannia! by Thomas Arne is performed for the first time at Cliveden, the country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales.
A now discredited account by antiquarian William Stukely asserts that Stonehenge was built by druids.

Art and science

Samuel Richardson publishes the first two volumes of Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, the best-selling novel of the period.
Artists Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough both arrive in London. Reynolds is apprenticed to the leading portrait-painter Thomas Hudson, while Gainsborough begins his artistic training with the French engraver and illustrator Hubert-Francois Gravelot.

International

Death of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and the succession of his eldest daughter Maria Térèsa heralds the start of the War of the Austrian Succession. Britain, already fighting Spain (in the War of Jenkin's Ear), is drawn into the wider conflict as an ally of Austria until 1748.
Frederick II becomes King of Prussia.
Pope Benedict XIV succeeds Pope Clement XII as the 247th pope.


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