Humphry Butler, 1st Earl of Lanesborough when Viscount Lanesborough

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Humphry Butler, 1st Earl of Lanesborough when Viscount Lanesborough

by John Brooks, published by Thomas Jefferys, published by William Herbert, after C. Brown
mezzotint, circa 1740-1756
19 3/8 in. x 13 5/8 in. (491 mm x 345 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1949
Reference Collection
NPG D37159

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  • John Brooks (circa 1710-after 1756), Engraver and print publisher. Artist or producer associated with 35 portraits.
  • C. Brown (active mid 18th century), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
  • William Herbert (1718-1795), Bibliographer and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 28 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
  • Thomas Jefferys (circa 1719-1771), Engraver, cartographer and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 32 portraits.

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Current affairs

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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