'Mr Prance discovers the murther of Sr. E.B. Godfree to the King and Councell' (Miles Prance; King Charles II)

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'Mr Prance discovers the murther of Sr. E.B. Godfree to the King and Councell' (Miles Prance; King Charles II)

after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
3 1/2 in. x 2 1/8 in. (90 mm x 53 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D23014(a)

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  • Francis Barlow (active 1648-died 1704), Painter and etcher. Artist or producer associated with 62 portraits.

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Sets of cards with pictorial subjects were very popular in the later seventeenth century. This set gives a narrative of the supposed events of the Popish Plot. Each suit focuses on a different aspect of the plot but, within each suit, the chronology of events does not follow the order of the cards. The spades suit depicts the key event of the plot, the murder of the examining magistrate Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey shortly after hearing the testimony of Titus Oates.

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Current affairs

Cavalier Parliament dissolves over the exclusion crisis - removing James, Duke of York from the line of succession. First of three 'Exclusion Parliaments' assembles; William Russell, Lord Bedford, member of the nascent Whig party, introduces an Exclusion Bill.
James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, suppresses rebellious Scottish covenanters at Bothwell Bridge.

Art and science

An adaptation of Sophocles's Oedipus is published, a collaboration between poet laureate, John Dryden and playwright, Nathaniel Lee. It becomes a hugely successful stage production during the Restoration period.
Composer, Henry Purcell, becomes organist of Westminster Abbey.

International

The daughter of Henrietta Anne of England and Philippe, Duke of Orleans, Marie Louise d'Orleans, marries Charles II of Spain. It was hoped the marriage would improve relations between France and Spain who had previously been at war over the Spanish Netherlands.

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