Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend
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Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend
by John Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1702
13 5/8 in. x 9 7/8 in. (347 mm x 250 mm) paper size
Given by Mr F.W.B. Maufe and Mrs G.B. Lane, 1950
Reference Collection
NPG D6973
Sitterback to top
- Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend (1700-1764), Statesman. Sitter associated with 5 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1686 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
- John Smith (1652-1743), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 1180 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D6972: Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend (from same plate)
- NPG D11686: Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend (from same plate)
- NPG D11992: Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend (from same plate)
- NPG D30946: Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend (from same plate)
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Lion and Crown, Russell Street, Covent Garden, London)
Events of 1702back to top
Current affairs
William III dies and is succeeded by Anne, his sister-in-law, the second daughter of James II and Anne Hyde. Committed to the Church of England and swayed towards Tory values, the queen would enjoy considerable popularity.The general election sweeps the Tories to power in a landslide victory.
Art and science
Writer, Daniel Defoe, publishes the Shortest Way with the Dissenters. The pamphlet is considered critical of the Anglican Church and Defoe is eventually arrested for seditious libel and briefly imprisoned.The Daily Courant, Britain's first daily newspaper consisting of one page with two columns, is printed by Elizabeth Mallet.
International
Admiral George Rooke overwhelmingly defeats a French squadron escorting a Spanish silver fleet from South America, at the naval Battle of Vigo Bay.In the War of the Spanish Succession, John Churchill, Captain-General of the Forces, forces the French to withdraw from the River Maas.
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