William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
5 of 15 portraits of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
© National Portrait Gallery, London
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
by John Simon, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, (circa 1717)
13 7/8 in. x 9 7/8 in. (355 mm x 253 mm)
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D663
Artistsback to top
- John Simon (1675-1751), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 213 portraits.
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1689 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
Events of 1717back to top
Current affairs
Count Carl Gyllenborg, the Swedish ambassador, is arrested in London and imprisoned over a plot to assist the Pretender James Stuart.Bangorian controversy; a theological argument within the Church of England is initiated by the posthumous publication of a treatise written by George Hicks, Bishop of Thetford.
First Freemason's Grand Lodge is founded in London.
Art and science
Actor-manager Colley Cibber stages The Loves of Mars and Venus at the Drury Lane Theatre; the first ballet to be performed in Britain.Composer George Frideric Handel's Water Music is performed for the first time on a barge on the River Thames for George I.
International
John Law establishes the Mississippi Company to develop trade in Louisiania for France. His scheme results in the 'Mississippi Bubble'.Triple Alliance formed between England, France and the Dutch Republic to uphold the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht and maintain peace in Europe.
Competition between British and Dutch in factories on the coast of Mauritania results in the first 'gum war' over the lucrative trade in gum arabic.
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