Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

1 portrait by Jean Baptiste van Loo

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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by John Simon, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, 1741 (1739)
11 7/8 in. x 9 5/8 in. (303 mm x 245 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D14348

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Artistsback to top

  • John Simon (1675-1751), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 213 portraits.
  • Jean Baptiste van Loo (1684-1745), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 57 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D4617: Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton (from same plate)
  • NPG D4618: Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton (from same plate)
  • NPG D4619: Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton (from same plate)
  • NPG D4620: Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton (from same plate)
  • NPG D38508: Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton (from same plate)

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Events of 1741back to top

Current affairs

Motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Robert Walpole is followed by a general election. Walpole's majority is reduced to less than twenty and he suffers defeat in seven divisions.
Opening of the Foundling Hospital, London, to aid homeless and abandoned children.

Art and science

Lancelot 'Capability' Brown is appointed head gardener at Stowe, where he works with the architect William Kent.
Actor David Garrick makes his debut on the London stage in Richard III.
Henry Fielding publishes An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews satirising Samuel Richardson's best-selling novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded.

International

War of the Austrian Succession: Admiral Edward Vernon leads an unsuccessful attack on Spanish stronghold of Cartagena. Frederick II's Prussian army defeats the Austrians at Mollwitz, securing his hold on most of Silesia. French and Bavarian forces enter Prague.
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach publishes his set of Goldberg Variations, supposedly written for performance by the young harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg.

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