John Tillotson
32 of 206 portraits matching these criteria:
- set matching 'Wheatley's London (vol 2, part 2)'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
John Tillotson
by George Vertue, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
engraving, engraved 1710
13 5/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (345 mm x 240 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D19625
Sitterback to top
- John Tillotson (1630-1694), Archbishop of Canterbury. Sitter associated with 42 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1689 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
- George Vertue (1683-1756), Engraver and antiquary. Artist or producer associated with 865 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
Events of 1710back to top
Current affairs
Clergyman Henry Sacheverell is impeached on account of his sermons in which he attacks the Whig government and the revolution settlement of 1688-9. The trial caused rioting, and revived Jacobites sentiments and resentment against the government.Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, returns to Parliament as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Art and science
The Examiner, a Tory government propaganda journal devised by Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford and Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, is published. Under its editor, Jonathan Swift, the weekly sheet defended the policies of the new Tory government. The Whigs responded with The Medley, principally written by Arthur Maynwaring.International
Following the victories at the Battles of Almenara and Saragossa in the War of the Spanish Succession, the allied forces experience a set back at the Battle of Brihuega during which, James Stanhope, Earl of Stanhope, Commander in Chief of the British Forces in Spain, is taken prisoner.Comments back to top
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