Sir Thomas Wharton

1 portrait by Josiah Boydell

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Sir Thomas Wharton

by Valentine Green, published by John Boydell, after Josiah Boydell, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, published 25 March 1775
20 7/8 in. x 14 in. (531 mm x 355 mm) plate size; 24 5/8 in. x 17 1/2 in. (627 mm x 444 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1865
Reference Collection
NPG D37547

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  • Sir Thomas Wharton (1615-1684), Son of 3rd Baron Wharton; brother of Philip, 4th Baron; husband of Philadelphia Carey. Sitter in 1 portrait.

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  • John Boydell (1720-1804), Engraver and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 132 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.
  • Josiah Boydell (1752-1817), Artist and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 69 portraits.
  • Valentine Green (1739-1813), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 150 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
  • Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 1023 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.

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Act of Parliament extends inventor James Watt's patent (first granted in 1769) and the first steam engines are built under it.
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First performance of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals at the Covent Garden Theatre in London.
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War of American Independence begins with British defeat at Lexington and Concord and lasts until 1783. British achieve a narrow and costly victory over the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Edmund Burke delivers a speech to the British Parliament on conciliation with the American colonies.
First performance of Pierre Beaumarchais' comic opera The Barber of Seville in Paris.
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Roger Golding

02 May 2017, 10:51

The biographical information about the sitter is not correct. The sitter is Sir Thomas Wharton (1614/15 - 1684), 2nd son of Sir Thomas Wharton, 3rd Baron Wharton (c.1588-1622) and daughter of Philadelphia Carey. His brother was Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton (1613-1696).