Anna Scott, Duchess of Monmouth and Duchess of Buccleuch

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Anna Scott, Duchess of Monmouth and Duchess of Buccleuch

by Pieter Schenck, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, late 17th-early 18th century
13 1/8 in. x 9 3/4 in. (334 mm x 249 mm) plate size; 14 in. x 10 1/4 in. (355 mm x 260 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1963
Reference Collection
NPG D894

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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.

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  • NPG D10988: Anna Scott, Duchess of Monmouth and Duchess of Buccleuch (from same plate)

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Events of 1670back to top

Current affairs

Charles II mistress, Barbara Villiers, is created Duchess of Cleveland and granted Nonsuch Palace including its sizeable grounds.
Actress and royal mistress, Nell Gwyn, gives birth to Charles II's son, Charles, who would later become, Duke of St. Albans.

Art and science

Tragicomedy, The Forc'd Marriage, by Aphra Behn, staged by the Duke's Company, starts Behn's career as a professional writer. The writer may have been a royalist spy towards the end of the interregnum.
Poet laureate, John Dryden, is made historiographer royal, a post he would hold for nearly 20 years.

International

Terms of a secret treaty between Charles II and Louis XIV are brought by Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans during a visit to Dover; upon England supplying the majority of military power for a war against Holland and Charles's official conversion to Catholicism, France would assist financially.

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