Sir Joseph Jekyll
2 of 6 portraits of Sir Joseph Jekyll
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Joseph Jekyll
by and published by George Vertue, after Michael Dahl
line engraving, 1731
15 3/8 in. x 10 3/8 in. (390 mm x 265 mm) plate size; 20 3/4 in. x 14 1/2 in. (527 mm x 367 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1929
Reference Collection
NPG D36497
Sitterback to top
- Sir Joseph Jekyll (baptised 1662-1738), Master of the Rolls. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Michael Dahl (1659-1743), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 166 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
- George Vertue (1683-1756), Engraver and antiquary. Artist or producer associated with 865 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
Events of 1731back to top
Current affairs
Legal proceedings in British courts are conducted in the English language for the first time.Art and science
Sculptor Michael Rysbrack creates a monument to Newton in Westminster Abbey.The influential Gentleman's Magazine is launched on 1 January.
Agriculturalist Jethro Tull publishes his pioneering treatise The New Horse-Houghing Husbandry.
International
Treaty of Vienna with Austria is signed by Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield on behalf of Britain, marking the collapse of the Anglo-French Alliance (1727-1731) and the beginning of the Anglo-Austrian Alliance.Trader Robert Jenkins has his ear cut off by Spanish coast guards in Cuba leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739.
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