Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
sold by John Stafford
etching, 1641 or after
4 5/8 in. x 3 1/8 in. (117 mm x 80 mm) paper size
Given by Henry Witte Martin, 1861
Reference Collection
NPG D21023
Artistback to top
- John Stafford (active 1631-1664), Book and print seller. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.
Events of 1641back to top
Current affairs
Statesman, John Pym, plays a leading part in bringing charges of treason against the king's chief councillor, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford whose subsequent execution is widely celebrated.The Grand Remonstrance, a long, comprehensive indictment of the king's government since his accession, is narrowly passed by Parliament.
Art and science
Following the death of Sir Anthony van Dyck, William Dobson is appointed Principal Painter to the king.Poet and polemicist, John Milton, publishes the first of several anti-prelatical tracts, attacking the episcopal form of church governance and in particular, the arguments of royalist Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich.
International
The Irish Catholic gentry, fearing invasion from the increasingly pro-Puritan English Long Parliament and the Scottish Covenants, launch an unsuccessful coup d'etat in order to seize concessions for Catholics; the ensuing Irish Rebellion, which precipitated civil war in the three kingdoms, is led by Irish rebel, Sir Phelim O'Neill.Comments back to top
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