Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

by Bernard Baron, after Samuel Cooper
line engraving, 1744
9 1/4 in. x 7 1/8 in. (234 mm x 180 mm) plate size; 9 3/8 in. x 7 1/4 in. (238 mm x 184 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D16246

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  • Bernard Baron (1696-1762), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 36 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Samuel Cooper (1608?-1672), Miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 111 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.

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Current affairs

John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville resigns over criticism of his foreign policy. Henry Pelham and Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle form the 'Broad-Bottom Administration'.
HMS Victory is wrecked on the Casquets in the Channel Islands with the loss of around 900 lives.

Art and science

Philosopher David Hume publishes his Essays Moral and Political.
Poet Alexander Pope dies.
First known Laws of cricket are drawn up by a group of noblemen and gentlemen who use the Artillery Ground in London.

International

Navigator George Anson returns home after sailing around the world.
War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia marches on Prague, initiating the Second Silesian War. British fleet defeated by a Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Toulon. Bad weather causes the French to abandon invasion of Britain with the Scottish pretender Charles Edward Stuart. The Quadruple Alliance of Britain, Austria, Saxony-Poland and the Netherlands is formed against Prussia.

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