Nicholas Ridley
19 of 28 portraits of Nicholas Ridley
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Nicholas Ridley
by Philip Simms, after Robert White
line engraving, circa 1731
11 in. x 7 1/4 in. (278 mm x 183 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D42481
Artistsback to top
- Philip Simms (active 1725-1749). Artist or producer associated with 7 portraits.
- Robert White (1645-1703), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 608 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Events of 1731back to top
Current affairs
Legal proceedings in British courts are conducted in the English language for the first time.Art and science
Sculptor Michael Rysbrack creates a monument to Newton in Westminster Abbey.The influential Gentleman's Magazine is launched on 1 January.
Agriculturalist Jethro Tull publishes his pioneering treatise The New Horse-Houghing Husbandry.
International
Treaty of Vienna with Austria is signed by Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield on behalf of Britain, marking the collapse of the Anglo-French Alliance (1727-1731) and the beginning of the Anglo-Austrian Alliance.Trader Robert Jenkins has his ear cut off by Spanish coast guards in Cuba leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739.
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