William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
32 of 45 portraits of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
© National Portrait Gallery, London
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
published by Thomas Jefferys, and published by William Herbert, after Thomas Hudson, and after John Wootton
mezzotint, published circa 1749-1758 (1744)
14 1/8 in. x 10 in. (359 mm x 254 mm)
Acquired, 1868
Reference Collection
NPG D7946
Sitterback to top
- William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765), General; third son of George II. Sitter associated with 45 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- William Herbert (1718-1795), Bibliographer and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 28 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), Portrait painter and art collector. Artist or producer associated with 182 portraits.
- Thomas Jefferys (circa 1719-1771), Engraver, cartographer and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 32 portraits.
- John Wootton (circa 1682-1764), Painter of sporting subjects and landscapes. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D7947: William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (from same plate)
- NPG D18876: William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (from same plate)
- NPG D32910: William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (from same plate)
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (corner of St Martins, Charing Cross, London)
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Golden Globe, London Bridge)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1749back to top
Current affairs
Royal Fireworks in Green Park to celebrate the Peace of Aix-La-Chapelle. 10,000 rockets are let off at a cost of £8,000. Composer George Frideric Handel's accompanying Music for the Royal Fireworks is performed for the first time.George II is introduced to William Ansah Sessarakoo the 'Prince of Annamaboe'. The son of a wealthy chief from the West African Gold Coast, he had been taken prisoner and made a slave in the West Indies.
Art and science
Horace Walpole buys the house and grounds which he will transform into his neo-Gothic fantasy, Strawberry Hill, in Twickenham, London.Henry Fielding publishes his comic novel Tom Jones.
John Cleland's erotic novel Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure) is published. The author is released from debtor's prison but arrested again later in the year and charged with corrupting the King's subjects.
International
George II grants a charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio valley in the American colonies.British settlement of Halifax, Nova Scotia is founded.
Sugar planters found Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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