Sir Edward Coke
1 portrait by Robert White
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Edward Coke
by Robert White
line engraving, 1669
8 3/8 in. x 5 3/4 in. (214 mm x 146 mm) plate size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D26092
Sitterback to top
- Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), Lawyer, legal writer and politician. Sitter associated with 39 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Robert White (1645-1703), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 608 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D17809: Sir Edward Coke (from same plate)
- NPG D20441: Sir Edward Coke (from same plate)
- NPG D42951: Sir Edward Coke (from same plate)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1669back to top
Current affairs
An indulgence is issued in Scotland, the result of Secretary of State for Scotland, John Maitland's negotiations with Presbyterians, allowing some formerly ejected clergymen to return to their ministries.Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I, dies at the château de Colombes and is buried in the Cathedral of St Denis.
Art and science
Architect, Christopher Wren is appointed surveyor of the king's works.Mathematician, Isaac Newton, is made Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. Earlier in the year, he builds the first known reflecting telescope.
Diarist Samuel Pepys, with failing eyesight, stops writing his diary never to resume.
International
Charles II begins secret diplomatic negotiations with Louis XIV of France in April, with a view to securing an alliance against the Dutch, and financial support. Communications between the two monarchs flowed through Charles's sister, Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orleans, sister-in-law of Louis.Comments back to top
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