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Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron

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Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron

by William Faithorne, published by Thomas Hinde, after Robert Walker
line engraving, 1649 or after (orignally published circa 1646)
11 in. x 7 3/8 in. (279 mm x 188 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D22730

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  • William Faithorne (circa 1620-1691), Engraver and draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 720 portraits, Sitter associated with 4 portraits.
  • Thomas Hinde (active 1635-1652). Artist or producer associated with 7 portraits.
  • Robert Walker (1599-1658), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 143 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

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  • NPG D22731: Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (from same plate)

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Current affairs

Charged with subverting the nation's laws and liberties and cruelly making war against Parliament and the English people, Charles I is found guilty by a court of 159 commissioners, and beheaded outside the Banqueting House, Whitehall.
England is declared a commonwealth and power is entrusted to a Council of State.

Art and science

Eikon Basilike, a self-exonerating account of Charles I's rule, is published days after his death. Allegedly written by the king himself, John Gauden, Bishop of Worcester, claimed authorship after the Restoration. Other tributes followed the king's death giving rise to a royalist cult of Charles the Martyr.

International

Oliver Cromwell, as lord lieutenant of Ireland, begins his campaign in Ireland to subdue royalist support, and leads English Parliamentarian forces against the Royalist-Confederate coalition. The campaign's bloody massacres, in particular, the Siege of Drogheda and Wexford where Cromwell's troops slaughtered soldiers and civilians alike, became notorious.



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