James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
© National Portrait Gallery, London
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
by and sold by John Simon, sold by Edward Cooper, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, circa 1710-1714 (circa 1705-1710)
14 1/8 in. x 10 1/8 in. (359 mm x 257 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D9195
Sitterback to top
- James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (1673-1721), Soldier and statesman. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Edward Cooper (died 1725), Printseller. Artist or producer associated with 169 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
- John Simon (1675-1751), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 213 portraits.
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1689 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG 3225: James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (after)
- NPG D41854: James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (from same plate)
- NPG D41855: James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (from same plate)
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Long Acre against Cross lane; 3 Pigeons in Bedford Street, London)
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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