Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
10 of 19 portraits of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
by Bernard Baron, after Allan Ramsay
line engraving, 1742
20 3/4 in. x 12 7/8 in. (527 mm x 328 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D35417
Sitterback to top
- Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 19 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Bernard Baron (1696-1762), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 36 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Allan Ramsay (1713-1784), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 120 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
Events of 1742back to top
Current affairs
Robert Walpole resigns as Prime Minister following the scandal surrounding the alleged rigging of the Chippenham by-election. He is made 1st Earl of Orford. Carteret administration formed with Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington as Prime Minister.Art and science
Composer George Frideric Handel's Messiah is first performed at The Great Music Hall in Dublin.Ranelagh Gardens opens in Chelsea.
Writer Edmond Hoyle publishes the definitive rules of whist.
James Bradley succeeds Edmond Halley as Astronomer Royal.
Painter Charles Jervas' translation of Don Quixote is posthumously published.
International
War of the Austrian Succession: Treaty of Berlin, mediated by Britain, is signed by Maria Theresa of Austria and Frederick II of Prussia, ending the First Silesian War. George II acts as guarantor.Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius proposes 100 degrees between the freezing and boiling points of water.
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