Thomas Sprat; Thomas Sprat

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Thomas Sprat; Thomas Sprat

by and published by John Smith, after Michael Dahl
mezzotint, 1712 (1712)
12 in. x 14 5/8 in. (305 mm x 370 mm) plate size; 12 3/8 in. x 14 7/8 in. (313 mm x 379 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D19202

Sittersback to top

  • Thomas Sprat (baptised 1635-1713), Bishop of Rochester. Sitter in 9 portraits.
  • Thomas Sprat (1679-1720), Scholar, Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Rochester. Sitter in 6 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Michael Dahl (1659-1743), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 166 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
  • John Smith (1652-1743), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 1181 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D4487: Thomas Sprat; Thomas Sprat (from same plate)
  • NPG D11592: Thomas Sprat; Thomas Sprat (from same plate)
  • NPG D31422: Thomas Sprat; Thomas Sprat (from same plate)
  • NPG D42044: Thomas Sprat; Thomas Sprat (from same plate)
  • NPG D42045: Thomas Sprat; Thomas Sprat (from same plate)

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Events of 1712back to top

Current affairs

Whig MP, Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford is found guilty by Parliament of 'a high breach of trust and notorious corruption', over reserving army forage contracts for banker, Robert Mann, and imprisoned in the Tower. Walpole would later become the first British Prime Minister in all but name in 1721.

Art and science

Mock epic poem, The Rape of the Lock, by satirical poet Alexander Pope is first published.
Ironmonger Thomas Newcomen demonstrates his invention of the atmospheric steam engine in London.
Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery, commissions a mechanical solar system model from mechanic John Rowley who names it an orrery.

International

Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford and John Robinson, bishop of Bristol, are appointed plenipotentiaries to the Utrecht peace congress. Foundations for peace between Britain and France, were based on preliminary agreements previously negotiated in London and Paris, the details of which were unbeknownst to the plenipotentiaries or Britain's allies.

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