Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
by John Faber Sr, printed and published by Timothy Jordan, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, 1714
10 1/4 in. x 7 7/8 in. (261 mm x 200 mm) plate size; 11 7/8 in. x 9 1/8 in. (303 mm x 233 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D47403
Sitterback to top
- Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (1443-1509), Mother of Henry VII. Sitter associated with 20 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- John Faber Sr (circa 1660-1721), Draughtsman and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 195 portraits.
- Timothy Jordan (active 1714-1749), Printseller. Artist or producer associated with 8 portraits.
- Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D23853: Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (from same plate)
- NPG D47404: Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (from same plate)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1714back to top
Current affairs
Queen Anne dies at Kensington Palace aged 49, on 1st August. The same day, under the Act of Regency, the regency council proclaims James I's great-grandson, George, elector of Hanover, king of Great Britain and Ireland, thus transferring the crown from the house of Stuart to the house of Hanover.Art and science
Writer and politician, Sir Richard Steele, accepts the post of governorship for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Tenison, founds one of the first co-educational schools in Croydon.
The Longitude Act offers a reward for the invention of a method of precisely determining a ship's longitude.
International
Despite the peace accord at Utrecht in 1713, ratification of the treaties of Rastatt and Baden are required to end the continued hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession between the French king Louis XIV and Charles VI Archduke of Austria and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.Comments back to top
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