Sophia Dorothea, Queen of Prussia







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Sophia Dorothea, Queen of Prussia
published by John Smith, after Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann
mezzotint, 1715
7 7/8 in. x 5 3/4 in. (200 mm x 146 mm) plate size, small margins
Purchased, 1944
Reference Collection
NPG D11932
Sitterback to top
- Sophia Dorothea, Queen of Prussia (1685-1757), Daughter of George I. Sitter in 8 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- John Smith (1652-1743), Engraver. Artist associated with 1180 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann (1688-1750), Painter. Artist associated with 19 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D11637: Sophia Dorothea, Queen of Prussia (companion portrait)
- NPG D11931: Frederick William I, King of Prussia (companion portrait)
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Lion and Crown, Russell Street, Covent Garden, London)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1715back to top
Current affairs
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke flees to Paris - following his part in secret negotiations around the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 - where he becomes foreign minister to the Pretender, James Stuart. First Jacobite Rebellion begins in Scotland against the rule of George I. The Pretender arrives from France.Total solar eclipse is seen across southern England; the last total eclipse visible in London for almost 900 years.
Art and science
Artist Jonathan Richardson publishes The Theory of Painting, credited with being the first significant work of artistic theory in English.Poet Alexander Pope begins his acclaimed translation of Homer's Illiad Architect Colen Campbell creates interest in the Palladian style in Britain with the publication of his Vitruvius Britannicus.
International
Louis XIV of France dies after seventy-two years on the throne. He is succeeded by his five-year old grandson, Louis XV.British build a permanent factory in Canton, China.
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