Sir George Wharton, 1st Bt
1 portrait by James Crumpe
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir George Wharton, 1st Bt
by Robert Vaughan, published by James Crumpe, after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1654
4 1/2 in. x 3 in. (115 mm x 75 mm) plate size; 8 7/8 in. x 6 in. (225 mm x 153 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1869
Reference Collection
NPG D31575
Sitterback to top
- Sir George Wharton, 1st Bt (1617-1681), Royalist soldier, astrologer and poet. Sitter associated with 18 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- James Crumpe (active 1630-1661). Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
- Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.
- Robert Vaughan (circa 1600-circa 1660), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 77 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
Events of 1654back to top
Current affairs
Under the constitution prescribed in 'The Instrument of Government', the first Protectorate Parliament is summoned by Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. The constitution also marks the first systematic distribution of Parliamentary seats, listing MPs to be returned to Parliament. William Lenthall, Speaker of the House since 1640, continues as Speaker.Art and science
Poet and polemicist, John Milton, writes Defensio secunda, in defence of the Parliamentary regime, and in response to an anonymous royalist tract which violently attacked Milton, the Clamor, published in The Hague in 1652, most probably written by religious controversialist, Anglican Peter Du Moulin.International
Charles X, King of Sweden, ascends the Swedish throne after the scandal of Queen Kristina's abdication and subsequent conversion to Catholicism.Treaty of Westminster is signed ending the First Anglo-Dutch War.
King Louis XIV of France is crowned at Rheims.
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