Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
1 portrait of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
by François Chéreau the Elder, after Hyacinthe Rigaud
line engraving, published 1716?
10 1/2 in. x 7 3/8 in. (268 mm x 186 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D15116
Artistsback to top
- François Chéreau the Elder (1680-1729), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits.
- Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.
Events of 1716back to top
Current affairs
Failure of the Jacobite rebellion. John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll disperses the remainder of the Jacobite troops. The Pretender, James Stuart, flees to France. Jacobite leaders James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater and William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure are executed.Septennial Act extends life of parliament from three to seven years.
Art and science
Artist Philip Mercier settles in England from Paris.Physicist and Astronomer Royal Edmond Halley suggests a precise measurement of the distance between the Earth and the Sun by timing the transit of Venus.
International
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu leaves for Turkey with her husband who takes up the post of Ambassador to Constantinople. While there she writes a series of letters, observing contemporary Turkish life, later to be published as the celebrated Turkish Embassy Letters.Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI has a son, but the child dies within the year.
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