Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans
3 of 10 portraits of Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans
by Richard Godfrey, published by E. & S. Harding, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, after Sir Peter Lely
stipple engraving, published 7 April 1793
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D5881
Sitterback to top
- Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans (circa 1605-1684), Courtier and Lord Chamberlain. Sitter in 10 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Richard Godfrey (active 1776-1793), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 20 portraits.
- E. & S. Harding (active 1786-before 1798), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 96 portraits.
- Silvester (Sylvester) Harding (1745-1809), Artist; publisher. Artist or producer associated with 221 portraits.
- Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 843 portraits, Sitter in 19 portraits.
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Events of 1793back to top
Current affairs
Whig MP Charles Grey enters a motion for parliamentary reform but is defeated in the House of Commons.Art and science
Radical philosopher William Godwin publishes Political Justice, an inflamatory document that promoted rational anarchism. This crystallised a wider feeling that a new era of world peace and progress was beginning.Sir William Beechey is appointed Portrait Painter to her Majesty, Queen Charlotte.
International
Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette are executed and the Reign of Terror begins.France declares war on Britain, Holland and then Spain. William Pitt addresses the House of Commons and Britain hesitantly joins the first coalition of anti-revolutionary European states to oppose the French threat.
Attack on Corsica in which Captain Horatio Nelson loses an eye.
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