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James Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond and 4th Duke of Lennox

by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1740
14 7/8 in. x 9 3/8 in. (377 mm x 238 mm) plate size; 16 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in. (420 mm x 293 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1929
Reference Collection
NPG D39739

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  • Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 435 portraits.
  • John & Paul Knapton (active 1735-1789), Booksellers and publishers. Artist or producer associated with 290 portraits.
  • Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 1023 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.

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  • NPG D26540: James Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond and 4th Duke of Lennox (from same plate)
  • NPG D39738: James Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond and 4th Duke of Lennox (from same plate)
  • NPG D42907: James Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond and 4th Duke of Lennox (from same plate)

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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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