George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington
8 of 15 portraits by Thomas Bakewell
© National Portrait Gallery, London
George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington
by John Faber Sr, published by Thomas Bakewell, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, published 1725 or after
13 3/4 in. x 9 7/8 in. (350 mm x 250 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D4375
Sitterback to top
- George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663-1733), Admiral. Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Bakewell (active 1729-1749), Printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 15 portraits.
- John Faber Sr (circa 1660-1721), Draughtsman and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 195 portraits.
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1689 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (next the Horn Tavern, Fleet Street, London)
Events of 1725back to top
Current affairs
Notorious 'Thief Taker General' Jonathan Wild is hanged at Tyburn. He ran one of the most successful gangs of thieves of the era, while appearing to be the nation's leading policeman.Pardoned Jacobite leader Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke forms an opposition to the Prime Minister Robert Walpole.
Order of the Bath is founded by King George I.
Art and science
Poet Alexander Pope produces a new edition of Shakespeare, which he rewrites and edits in numerous places.Philosopher Francis Hutcheson publishes his first major work An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, published in two treatises concerning aesthetics and morality.
International
Russian tsar Peter the Great dies.Treaty of Hanover between England, France and Prussia.
Composer Antonio Vivaldi debuts the set of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons.
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach debuts his Easter Oratorio in Leipzig.
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