Godard van Reede-Ginckel, 1st Earl of Athlone

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Godard van Reede-Ginckel, 1st Earl of Athlone

by Pieter Schenck, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1692 (1692)
9 1/2 in. x 7 in. (245 mm x 181 mm) plate size; 9 3/4 in. x 7 1/4 in. (249 mm x 185 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D569

Sitterback to top

Artistsback to top

  • Pieter Schenck (1660-1711), Engraver and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 50 portraits.
  • Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1689 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D11656: Godard van Reede-Ginckel, 1st Earl of Athlone (from same plate)
  • NPG D7422: Godard van Reede-Ginckel, 1st Earl of Athlone (from same plate)
  • NPG D568: Godard van Reede-Ginckel, 1st Earl of Athlone (from same plate)
  • NPG D567: Godard van Reede-Ginckel, 1st Earl of Athlone (from same plate)
  • NPG D20247: Godard van Reede-Ginckel, 1st Earl of Athlone (from same plate)

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Events of 1692back to top

Current affairs

Statesman and member of the Privy Council, John Churchill is dismissed from office by the monarchs and later imprisoned on suspicion of collaborating with Jacobites.
Jacobite sympathisers in the Scottish Highlands, the MacIain clan, are murdered by government troops led by Robert Campbell, in the Glencoe Massacre.

Art and science

Antiquary, Thomas Rymer, is appointed historiographer royal. Rymer would spend the rest of his life transcribing the history of England's alliances and treaties with foreign countries, publishing them in sixteen volumes.
Nahum Tate is appointed Poet Laureate.
Composer, Henry Purcell, stages the dramatic opera, The Fairy-Queen.

International

Attempts by French and Jacobite-Irish forces to invade England and restore James II to the English throne are thwarted at the naval Battle of La Hogue. The English victory is principally achieved by Vice-Admiral George Rooke's destruction of the enemy's fleet.

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