Jonathan Swift
10 of 26 portraits of Jonathan Swift
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Jonathan Swift
by Paul Fourdrinier (Pierre), after Charles Jervas
line engraving, (circa 1718)
14 in. x 10 3/8 in. (355 mm x 262 mm) plate size; 14 1/8 in. x 10 3/8 in. (358 mm x 265 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D19420
Artistsback to top
- Paul Fourdrinier (Pierre) (1698-1758), Engraver and printseller. Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits.
- Charles Jervas (1675-1739), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 40 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG 278: Jonathan Swift (after)
- NPG D20036: Jonathan Swift (from same plate)
Events of 1718back to top
Current affairs
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland becomes first Lord of the Treasury, the most influential political post in Britain at this time.Transportation Act creates the punishment of penal transportation as an alternative to the death penalty.
Marrow Controversy; an ecclesiastical dispute breaks out in Scotland over the doctrine of atonement.
Art and science
Proper motion of the stars is discovered by Astronomer Royal Edmond Halley.Inventor James Puckle patents an early form of machine gun known as the Puckle Gun.
International
Charles XII of Sweden dies in mysterious circumstances and is succeeded by his sister Ulrika Eleonora.Quadruple Alliance formed as the Holy Roman Empire joins the Triple Alliance to prevent the Spanish changing the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht. War of the Quadruple Alliance begins against Spain until 1720. George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington is made Admiral of the Fleet and thwarts Spanish attempts to take Sicily at the Battle of Cape Passaro.
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