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George Whitefield

Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London

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Methodist evangelist; his views were more Calvinistic than John Wesley's, from whom he broke away in 1741. The Anglican Church had not assigned him pulpit so he began preaching in parks and fields in England on his own, reaching out to people who normally did not attend church. Whitefield's fervour, his small stature, and even his cross-eyed appearance (which some people took as a mark of divine favour) all served to make him popular in Wales and Scotland as well as in America. His sermons were often published and advertised before he arrived to ensure large turnouts. He established an orphanage in Georgia in 1738, and opened the Moorfields Tabernacle (1741), and the Chapel in Tottenham Court Road (1756).

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

George Whitefield

Date

1770 (?)

Medium

oil on canvas laid on board

Measurements

H 17.5 x W 13.6 cm

Accession number

1792

Acquisition method

Given by the artist's great-grandson, Francis H. Webb, 1917

Work type

Painting

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