Cuthbert Tunstall ('Cuthbertus Tonstall Episcopus Dunelmensis')
3 of 10 portraits by Paul Fourdrinier (Pierre)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Cuthbert Tunstall ('Cuthbertus Tonstall Episcopus Dunelmensis')
by Paul Fourdrinier (Pierre)
line engraving, 1724
11 1/4 in. x 7 in. (286 mm x 177 mm) plate size; 12 3/4 in. x 8 in. (323 mm x 202 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D18554
Sitterback to top
- Cuthbert Tunstall (1474-1559), Master of the Rolls; successively Bishop of London and Durham. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Paul Fourdrinier (Pierre) (1698-1758), Engraver and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D24270: Cuthbert Tunstall ('Cuthbertus Tonstall Episcopus Dunelmensis') (from same plate)
Events of 1724back to top
Current affairs
Notorious thief and jailbreaker John 'Jack' Sheppard is hanged at Tyburn.General George Wade is sent to inspect Scotland, initiating an 11-year program of road improvement and bridge building in the Scottish Highlands.
Art and science
First of Jonathan Swift's Drapier's Letters is published; one of seven pamphlets railing against the debasement of Irish coinage.Blenheim Palace is presented as a gift to the Duke of Marlborough for his involvement in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.
International
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs.Pope Benedict XIII succeeds Pope Innocent XIII as the 245th pope.
King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
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