Brief Biography-Charles Jervas was born in Offaly, Ireland, in 1675. He studied under Sir Godfrey Kneller in London and spent time in Italy before settling in London. He quickly became a prominent portraitist, and in 1723, he replaced Kneller as the King’s Portrait Painter. His most famous portraits are of Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope. He gave painting lessons to the Pope, who wrote of him in verse. Jervas also possessed literary skills, and he translated Cervantes’s Don Quixote, which was published posthumously, and was a success. He died in London in 1739 .