Aaron Rathborne in the title to his 'the Surveyor'
8 of 13 portraits by William Hole (Holle)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Aaron Rathborne in the title to his 'the Surveyor'
by William Hole (Holle)
line engraving, published 1616
9 3/4 in. x 6 1/4 in. (248 mm x 158 mm) plate size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D28021
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- William Hole (Holle) (before 1600-1624), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 13 portraits.
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Current affairs
Playwright, William Shakespeare, dies in Stratford-Upon-Avon on 23rd April, after he contracted a fever. He is buried days later inside Holy Trinity Church in Stratford.James I's second son, Charles, is invested as Prince of Wales at a lavish ceremony at Whitehall.
Art and science
Poet and playwright Benjamin Jonson, is granted a royal pension effectively establishing him as the first poet laureate in all but name.Queen Anne commissions Inigo Jones to design a pavilion at Greenwich, the Queen's House.
International
Sir Walter Ralegh, released from prison, begins planning an expedition to Guiana in search of El Dorado. With established Spanish settlements in the area, Ralegh's expedition unsettled the court which sought lasting peace with Spain.The Catholic Church places Nicolaus Copernicus's De revolutionibus, 1543, on its list of prohibited books.
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