Isaac Watts
1 of 18 portraits by Bowles & Carver
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Isaac Watts
by George White, printed for Bowles & Carver
mezzotint, 1727
13 7/8 in. x 9 5/8 in. (354 mm x 245 mm) plate size; 17 1/2 in. x 11 3/8 in. (444 mm x 289 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D37902
Artistsback to top
- Bowles & Carver (active 1793-1832), Printers, publishers and map sellers. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits.
- George White (circa 1684-1732), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 121 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG 640: Isaac Watts (from same plate)
- NPG D4699: Isaac Watts (from same plate)
- NPG D4700: Isaac Watts (from same plate)
- NPG D19666: Isaac Watts (from same plate)
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Map & Print Warehouse, 69 St Paul's Churchyard, London)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1727back to top
Current affairs
George I dies on 11 January. George II is proclaimed king; the second Hanoverian on the British throne. Handel composes Zadok the Priest for his coronation which has been sung at every British coronation since.Royal Bank of Scotland is founded by Royal Charter in Edinburgh.
Janet (Jenny) Horne of Loth, Sutherland, becomes the last alleged witch to be executed in Britain when she is burned at the stake in Dornoch, Scotland.
Art and science
Artist Thomas Gainsborough is born in Sudbury, Suffolk in May.Architect William Kent publishes Some Designs of Mr Inigo Jones, including additional designs by himself and his patron Lord Burlington.German composer George Frideric Handel becomes a British subject.
Scientist Sir Isaac Newton dies.
International
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach conducts the first performance of his St Matthew Passion in St Thomas's church, Leipzig.Spain besieges Gibraltar in order to recapture the territory from the British.
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