William Lloyd
9 of 19 portraits by Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann
© National Portrait Gallery, London
William Lloyd
by George Vertue, after Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann
line engraving, 1714
14 1/4 in. x 10 in. (362 mm x 254 mm) plate size; 14 5/8 in. x 10 1/4 in. (372 mm x 259 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D19637
Artistsback to top
- George Vertue (1683-1756), Engraver and antiquary. Artist or producer associated with 865 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann (1688-1750), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 19 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D37384: William Lloyd (from same plate)
- NPG D30889: William Lloyd (from same plate)
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Current affairs
Queen Anne dies at Kensington Palace aged 49, on 1st August. The same day, under the Act of Regency, the regency council proclaims James I's great-grandson, George, elector of Hanover, king of Great Britain and Ireland, thus transferring the crown from the house of Stuart to the house of Hanover.Art and science
Writer and politician, Sir Richard Steele, accepts the post of governorship for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Tenison, founds one of the first co-educational schools in Croydon.
The Longitude Act offers a reward for the invention of a method of precisely determining a ship's longitude.
International
Despite the peace accord at Utrecht in 1713, ratification of the treaties of Rastatt and Baden are required to end the continued hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession between the French king Louis XIV and Charles VI Archduke of Austria and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.Comments back to top
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