Jacob Astley, Baron Astley
2 of 4 portraits of Jacob Astley, Baron Astley
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Jacob Astley, Baron Astley
by Thomas Worlidge, after Unknown artist
etching, 1759
6 3/8 in. x 5 in. (164 mm x 128 mm) plate size; 6 5/8 in. x 5 1/8 in. (170 mm x 133 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D5403
Sitterback to top
- Jacob Astley, Baron Astley (1579-1652), Soldier and royalist commander; Major-General of the infantry. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.
- Thomas Worlidge (1700-1766), Painter and etcher. Artist or producer associated with 51 portraits, Sitter associated with 5 portraits.
Events of 1759back to top
Current affairs
British Museum opens to the public at Montagu House, based on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane.Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew are created.
David Garrick writes Heart of Oak, the official march of the Royal Navy, to celebrate a year of British victories.
Art and science
First volume of Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy is published.Artist Thomas Gainsborough moves to Bath.
A Journey Through Europe; or, A Play of Geography, the earliest British board game, is produced and sold.
Clockmaker John Harrison produces his 'No. 1 sea watch', the first successful marine chronometer.
International
Seven Years' War: British commander General James Wolfe is victorious at the Battle of Quebec and takes Quebec city, but dies in the engagement. At the Battle of Quiberon Bay, off the coast of Brittany, the British fleet are victorious over the French.Portuguese expel the Jesuits from Brazil, beginning a widespread reaction against the order in Catholic Europe.
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