King Charles I

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King Charles I

by David Des Granges, after John Hoskins
watercolour on vellum, based on a work of circa 1645
3 1/4 in. x 2 1/2 in. (83 mm x 64 mm) oval
Bequeathed by George Gery Milner-Gibson-Cullum, 1922
Primary Collection
NPG 1924

Sitterback to top

  • King Charles I (1600-1649), Reigned 1625-49. Sitter associated with 335 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • David Des Granges (circa 1611-circa 1672), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
  • John Hoskins (circa 1590-1665), Miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

Linked publicationsback to top

  • Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 63
  • Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 115
  • Walker, Richard, Miniatures: 300 Years of the English Miniature, 1998, p. 27 Read entry

    Des Granges, one of the Huguenot refugees in London, became a Roman Catholic and followed Prince Charles into exile in Holland. His portrait of Charles I is based on the miniature by John Hoskins in the Royal Collection.

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Events of 1645back to top

Current affairs

First proposed by Sir WiIliam Waller, the New Model Army, the first national army consisting of full-time soldiers, is recruited by Parliament. Under the leadership of Thomas Fairfax, Commander-in-Chief, the Army decisively wins the battles of Naseby and Langport against the Royalists.
Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason.


Art and science

Alexander Ross, clergyman and philosopher publishes The Philosophical Touch-Stone, an important refutation of the unorthodox Aristotelianism expounded by Sir Kenelm Digby in his Two Treaties.
Physician Daniel Whistler, presents his thesis on rickets at the Dutch university of Leiden, the first printed text on the disease.

International

Charles I commissions Edward Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, to secretly negotiate with Irish Confederates. For generous concessions the Confederates would raise an army to fight against parliamentarians. Ongoing, complex negotiations secure the signing of two treaties but the king eventually disavows the agreements and repudiates Somerset.

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