Portrait of the Jeffreys family
Portrait of the Jeffreys family
after William Hogarth
carbon print, before 1912 (1720)
11 1/4 in. x 14 5/8 in. (285 mm x 371 mm) paper size
Given by C.O. Skilbeck, 1912
Reference Collection
NPG D36496
Artistback to top
- William Hogarth (1697-1764), Painter and engraver. Artist associated with 127 portraits, Sitter associated with 19 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Edward Jeffreys (1716-1754). Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Elizabeth Jeffreys (née Darrell) (1689-1741). Sitter in 1 portrait.
- James Jeffreys (1715-1785). Sitter in 1 portrait.
- John Jeffreys (1690-1741), Barrister of Lincoln's Inn. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Johnson (or John) Jeffreys (1718-1798), Canon residentiary of St Paul's. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Margaret Jeffreys (1722-1802). Sitter in 1 portrait.
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1720back to top
Current affairs
Collapse of the South Sea Company's shares causes financial crisis in London and ruins many investors. Their rapid inflation and the speculation mania it had encouraged become known as the South Sea Bubble. Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend returns to the Whig ministry. Robert Walpole 1st Earl of Orford, who had resigned in 1717, also returns and restores public credit in December.Art and science
Entrepreneur Ralph Allen is appointed to take over the Cross and Bye Posts, which manage mail not going via London, leading to his eventual reform of the entire British postal system.History painter James Thornhill is appointed Serjeant Painter to the King and becomes the first British artist to receive a knighthood.
International
Treaty of the Hague signed between Britain, France, Austria, the Dutch Republic and Spain ending the War of the Quadruple Alliance.In Lhasa, the Dalai Lama accepts Chinese imperial protection, which lasts until 1911.
Two political parties emerge in Sweden's parliament and become known as the Hats and the Caps.
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