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Benjamin ('Ben') Jonson
4 of 19 portraits of Benjamin ('Ben') Jonson
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Benjamin ('Ben') Jonson
by William Elder
line engraving, 1692
11 7/8 in. x 7 1/2 in. (303 mm x 189 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D19305
Sitterback to top
- Benjamin ('Ben') Jonson (1572-1637), Poet and dramatist. Sitter associated with 19 portraits.
Artistback to top
- William Elder (active circa 1680), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 17 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (the George near St Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street, London)
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.Comments back to top
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