Queen Mary I
1 portrait by Hans Eworth
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Queen Mary I
by George Vertue, after Hans Eworth
line engraving, 1736
11 1/4 in. x 7 1/8 in. (287 mm x 182 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D24874
Sitterback to top
- Queen Mary I (1516-1558), Reigned 1553-58; daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. Sitter associated with 50 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Hans Eworth (active 1540-died 1574), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 26 portraits.
- George Vertue (1683-1756), Engraver and antiquary. Artist or producer associated with 865 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D15197: Queen Mary I (from same plate)
- NPG D19388: Queen Mary I (from same plate)
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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Peter Stiffell
05 December 2020, 12:53
Though the image clearly represents Eworth's work, the scribe on this piece believed it was by Anthonis Mor. This mislabelling may be useful to include in the description. An earlier copy of this work can be found at Lytes Manor, Somerset.