Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
by George Vertue, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, 1722
14 3/4 in. x 11 in. (375 mm x 279 mm) plate size; 16 1/4 in. x 11 3/4 in. (413 mm x 298 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1949
Reference Collection
NPG D8282
Sitterback to top
- Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (1667-1732), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 10 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1689 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
- George Vertue (1683-1756), Engraver and antiquary. Artist or producer associated with 865 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D27515: Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (from same plate)
- NPG D38069: Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (from same plate)
- NPG D38070: Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (from same plate)
Events of 1722back to top
Current affairs
Atterbury Plot discovered; Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester is accused of promoting the Jacobite rising. Other leading Jacobite sympathisers are also arrested and Atterbury is banished the following year.General Election is won by the Whigs.
Art and science
Daniel Defoe publishes his novel Moll Flanders which traces the redemption of Moll, a penitent prostitute, thief and American convict.Writer and politician Richard Steele premieres his play The Conscious Lovers at the Drury Lane Theatre, London to great acclaim.
International
In sweeping reforms aimed at modernising Russia, Peter the Great introduces the Table of Ranks; a new meritocratic order of precedence which aims to break the power of the hereditary nobility.Dutch discover Easter Island, beginning a spate of European discovery in the islands of the Pacific.
Iroquois League of Native Americans becomes known as the Six Nations, after the Tuscarora join the group.
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