Henry Barker

1 portrait by William Henry Toms

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Henry Barker

by George White, published by William Henry Toms, after Thomas Gibson
mezzotint, after 1740
13 1/4 in. x 9 5/8 in. (337 mm x 243 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D18777

Sitterback to top

  • Henry Barker (1653-1740), Clergyman. Sitter in 5 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Thomas Gibson (circa 1680-1751), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 62 portraits.
  • William Henry Toms (circa 1700-1765). Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
  • George White (circa 1684-1732), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 121 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D598: Henry Barker (from same plate)
  • NPG D627: Henry Barker (from same plate)
  • NPG D628: Henry Barker (from same plate)
  • NPG D629: Henry Barker (from same plate)

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Events of 1740back to top

Current affairs

The song Rule, Britannia! by Thomas Arne is performed for the first time at Cliveden, the country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales.
A now discredited account by antiquarian William Stukely asserts that Stonehenge was built by druids.

Art and science

Samuel Richardson publishes the first two volumes of Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, the best-selling novel of the period.
Artists Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough both arrive in London. Reynolds is apprenticed to the leading portrait-painter Thomas Hudson, while Gainsborough begins his artistic training with the French engraver and illustrator Hubert-Francois Gravelot.

International

Death of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and the succession of his eldest daughter Maria Térèsa heralds the start of the War of the Austrian Succession. Britain, already fighting Spain (in the War of Jenkin's Ear), is drawn into the wider conflict as an ally of Austria until 1748.
Frederick II becomes King of Prussia.
Pope Benedict XIV succeeds Pope Clement XII as the 247th pope.


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