William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker
1 of 4 portraits of William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker
© National Portrait Gallery, London
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker
possibly after Sir Peter Lely
oil on canvas, circa 1674, based on a work of circa 1674
49 1/4 in. x 40 in. (1251 mm x 1016 mm)
Purchased, 1910
Primary Collection
NPG 1567
Sitterback to top
- William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620-1684), Mathematician; first President of the Royal Society. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 843 portraits, Sitter in 19 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ollard, Richard, Character Sketches: Samuel Pepys and His Circle, 2000, p. 20
- Ollard, Richard, Pepys and his Contemporaries, 2015, p. 31
- Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 35
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 81
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Science, Religion and Politics: The Royal Society (11 September 2010 - 5 December 2010)
Events of 1674back to top
Current affairs
Political society, the Green Ribbon Club, begins meeting. Initially composed of disaffected lawyers and republicans, the club opposed what it believed was a gradual shift towards a pro-Catholic government under Charles II. Political economist, Slingsby Bethel is an early member.Art and science
Revision of John Dryden and William Davenant's adaptation of William Shakespeare's, The Tempest, into a semi-opera is probably accomplished by playwright, Thomas Shadwell. The adaptation popularised operatic entertainment. Shadwell's subsequent dramatic musical score for his play Psyche (1675), became the first to be published in England.International
Lord treasurer, Thomas Osborne, argues for a separate peace deal with Holland as concerns grow in Parliament over England's alliance with France in the Third Anglo-Dutch War. Refused further funds for the war, Charles II signs the Treaty of Westminster ending English participation in the conflict.Comments back to top
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