Henry VIII Presenting a Charter to the Barber Surgeons Company
1 portrait of Nicholas Alcocke
Henry VIII Presenting a Charter to the Barber Surgeons Company
by Bernard Baron, after Hans Holbein the Younger
line engraving, 1736
20 7/8 in. x 315 in. (530 mm x 800 mm) plate size; 26 3/8 in. x 37 3/8 in. (670 mm x 950 mm) paper size
Given by Barbers Company, 1891
Reference Collection
NPG D11098
Artistsback to top
- Bernard Baron (1696-1762), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 36 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 or 1498-1543), Painter, printmaker and designer; son of Hans Holbein the Elder. Artist or producer associated with 310 portraits, Sitter associated with 25 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Nicholas Alcocke (active 1541-died 1550), Surgeon to King Edward VI. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Thomas Alsop (active 1540s-died 1557), Apothecary to King Henry VIII. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir John Ayliffe (Aylef) (circa 1490-1556), Surgeon to King Henry VIII. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir William Butts (1485-1545), Physician and confidant of Henry VIII. Sitter associated with 7 portraits. Identify
- John Chambre (Chamber, Chambers) (1470-1549), Physician and cleric. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Richard Ferris (active 1541-died 1566), Surgeon to King Edward VI. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Edmund Harman (circa 1509-1577), Barber to King Henry VIII. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- King Henry VIII (1491-1547), Reigned 1509-47. Sitter associated with 99 portraits. Identify
- James Monforde (Mumford) (active 1540-1543), Surgeon to King Henry VIII. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- John Penn (Pen) (1492-1557), Barber to King Henry VIII. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Christopher Salmon (Samon, Sammond) (active 1528-1553), Member of the Barber Surgeons Company. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Nicholas Simpson (active 1530-1541), Barber to King Henry VIII. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- William Tylley (Tylly) (active 1541-1546), Warden of the Barber Surgeons Company. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- Thomas Vicary (circa 1490-1561), Physician, surgeon and anatomist. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1736back to top
Current affairs
Frederick, Prince of Wales marries Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.Porteous Riots in Edinburgh after the execution of smuggler Andrew Wilson. Captain John Porteous orders his men to fire into the mob, causing six deaths. He is found guilty of murder, dragged from his cell, beaten and hung to death by a mob.
Repeal of laws against witchcraft.
Gin Act attempts to curtail consumption of gin.
Art and science
Posthumous publication of Isaac Newton's Method of Fluxions, describing his method of differential calculus.One of the earliest recorded uses of a Bathing Machine at Scarborough.
International
Methodist preachers John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia.Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates the throne.
Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler produces the first published proof of Fermat's little theorem concerning prime numbers.
Charles Marie de La Condamine and François Fresneau Gataudière make the first scientific observations of rubber in Ecuador.
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