Matthew Prior
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- set matching 'Wheatley's London (vol 2, part 2)'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Matthew Prior
after Alexis Simon Belle
line engraving, (1713-1714)
14 1/2 in. x 9 3/4 in. (367 mm x 248 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D19536
Sitterback to top
- Matthew Prior (1664-1721), Poet, Ambassador to France and politician; MP for East Grinstead and Chief Secretary for Ireland. Sitter associated with 26 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Alexis Simon Belle (1674-1734), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 26 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D16598: Matthew Prior (from same plate)
- NPG D31256: Matthew Prior (from same plate)
- NPG D40756: Matthew Prior (from same plate)
- NPG D40757: Matthew Prior (from same plate)
Events of 1713back to top
Current affairs
An ailing Queen Anne is unable to attend a thanksgiving ceremony at St. Paul's in July to celebrate the treaty of Utrecht, attended by both Houses of Parliament in full state.John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, on self-imposed exile on the continent, is joined by his wife, Sarah Churchill.
Art and science
Literary fraternity, the Scriblerus Club is founded. Consisting of satirists, including Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Thomas Parnell, the club ridiculed current trends in scholarship and culture through the fictitious literary character, Martinus Scriblerus.Joseph Addison's play, Cato, premieres at Drury Lane and becomes an immediate success.
International
Treaty of Utrecht, principally conceived by Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford and Henry, St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, ends the War of the Spanish Succession against France. The accord establishes Bourbon, Philip d'Anjou, on the Spanish throne, with provisos, and forces Louis XIV to recognise a Hanoverian succession in Britain.Comments back to top
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