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John Knox

after Adrian Vanson (van Son)
woodcut?, possibly 1586
5 3/4 in. x 4 1/4 in. (146 mm x 107 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D25289

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  • John Knox (circa 1514-1572), Scottish reformer and historian. Sitter associated with 35 portraits.

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  • Adrian Vanson (van Son) (died 1602), Court painter to James VI of Scotland. Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits.

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Current affairs

Discovery of the Babington plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I. Mary, Queen of Scots is implicated. She is tried and convicted of High Treason.
Sir Francis Drake undertakes raids on Spanish possessions in the West Indies. He is the most feared English pirate, known as El Draque (the Dragon) by the Spanish.
Death of Sir Philip Sidney at the Battle of Zutphen in the Netherlands. He is mourned as a Protestant hero.

Art and science

The historian and herald William Camden publishes Britannia, the earliest topographical survey of Britain.
The explorer Thomas Cavendish departs from Plymouth on his circumnavigation of the world.

International

A revolutionary Catholic Government, the Council of Sixteen, is established in Paris. It supports the military campaigns of Henry, Duke of Guise against the Huguenots (French Protestants).
Akbar, Mughal Emperor of India, conquers Kashmir.

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