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Robert Boyle

by and published by Pieter Schenck, after Johann Kerseboom
mezzotint, (circa 1689-1690)
9 3/4 in. x 7 1/8 in. (247 mm x 182 mm) plate size; 10 1/4 in. x 7 3/8 in. (260 mm x 189 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D19712

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  • Robert Boyle (1627-1691), Chemist and natural philosopher. Sitter associated with 22 portraits.

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  • Johann Kerseboom (died 1708), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 32 portraits.
  • Pieter Schenck (1660-1711), Engraver and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 50 portraits.

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  • NPG D782: Robert Boyle (from same plate)

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Current affairs

William III is crowned jointly with his wife Mary II in Westminster Abbey in an unprecedented coronation of two monarchs.
The Bill of Rights is passed establishing the supremacy of Parliament, while limiting the power of the Crown.
Scottish Jacobites defeat Williamite troops at the Battle of Killiiecrankie.

Art and science

Thomas Shadwell, appointed poet laureate and historiographer royal, replaces John Dryden, his literary adversary.
John Riley and Godfrey Kneller are jointly appointed principal painter to the king.
Composer Henry Purcell presents his opera, Dido and Aeneas, at Josias Priest's girls' school.

International

Supported by Irish Catholics, deposed James II lands in Ireland with French troops commanded by Duc de Lauzun. Within months, James and Jacobite, Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnel convene the 'Patriot Parliament' which re-establishes Catholics into government and repeals the Act of Settlement (1652), restoring confiscated lands to Catholic owners.

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