Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count de Gondomar

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Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count de Gondomar

by Simon de Passe, sold by Thomas Jenner
line engraving, 1622
7 1/8 in. x 4 1/8 in. (182 mm x 105 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D19264

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  • Simon de Passe (1595-1647), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 200 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
  • Thomas Jenner (active 1621-1662), Printseller. Artist or producer associated with 23 portraits.

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  • NPG D18807: Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count de Gondomar (from same plate)

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Current affairs

Lawyer and legal politician, Sir Edward Coke, is imprisoned in the Tower, and later under house arrest, ostensibly for asserting the right to debate commonweath matters in Parliament.
The first race held at Newmarket is run between horses belonging to William Cecil, Earl of Salisbury and Marquis of Buckingham.

Art and science

The Tragedy of Othello, by playwright William Shakespeare, is published in quarto format for the first time by Thomas Walkley.
Masque of Augurs, written by Benjamin Jonson, and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at the newly built Banqueting House at Whitehall.

International

Peace conference convenes in Brussels endeavouring to end the escalating crisis in Europe. James I, involved in initiating the conference, sends politician Sir Richard Weston, Earl of Portland, to negotiate recovery of the Palatinate from Habsburg forces.
In Northern America, Algonquian Indians kill hundreds of English settlers around Jamestown.

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