John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower

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John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower

by John Faber Jr, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, 1743 or after
13 7/8 in. x 9 7/8 in. (354 mm x 251 mm) plate size; 14 3/8 in. x 10 1/4 in. (364 mm x 259 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D2453

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Artistsback to top

  • John Faber Jr (circa 1695-1756), Engraver and portrait and miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 818 portraits.
  • Jean Baptiste van Loo (1684-1745), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 57 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D2491: John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (from same plate)
  • NPG D34659: John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (from same plate)

Events of 1743back to top

Current affairs

Henry Pelham becomes Prime Minister, following the death of Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington.
Last wolf in the British Isles is reputedly killed in Scotland.
Second Gin Act further attempts to deal with the widespread abuse of gin.

Art and science

Portrait-painter Michael Dahl dies.
Physician and cartographer Christopher Packe produces the first geological map of south-east England.
Final edition of Alexander Pope's literary satire The Dunciad is published.

International

War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen is fought in Bavaria. King George II leads the troops to victory over the French; the last time a British monarch participates in a battle. George Frideric Handel writes the oratorio Dettingen Te Deum in celebration. Treaty of Worms signed between Great Britain, Austria and Sardinia. France and Spain form the Alliance of Fontainebleau with the aim of recapturing Gibraltar from Britain.

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