Henry Stone

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Henry Stone

by Sir Peter Lely
oil on canvas, circa 1648
34 5/8 in. x 28 1/2 in. (879 mm x 724 mm)
Purchased, 1988
Primary Collection
NPG 6007

Sitterback to top

  • Henry Stone (1616-1653), Painter. Sitter in 3 portraits.

Artistback to top

  • Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 843 portraits, Sitter in 19 portraits.

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Events of 1648back to top

Current affairs

Resurgence of civil war largely ends at the battle of Preston, won by Parliamentarians under Oliver Cromwell's command.
Parliamentary General Henry Ireton's Army Remonstrance demands the king is tried an enemy of the state. Ireton also instigates a coups d'état, Pride's Purge, ridding Parliament of MPs supporting negotiations with Charles.

Art and science

John Wilkins, Bishop of Chester, publishes Mathematical Magick, the first work in English on the fundamental principles of mechanics, conceived in the form of a practical manual.

International

A series of European treaties, negotiated since 1644, results in the Peace of Westphalia and ends the German phase of the Thirty Years' War, and war between the Dutch and Spain in the Eighty Years' War. Delegations are sent from around Europe, Henri II d'Orleans leads the French delegation.

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J.L.Wilson

02 August 2019, 18:42

Henry Stone was NOT 'Old Stone', that was Symon Stone.