Physicians
1 portrait of Jean Fernel
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Physicians
by Thomas Cross
line engraving, published 1655
10 3/8 in. x 6 3/4 in. (262 mm x 173 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D29027
Sittersback to top
- Abdiah Cole (1610-1670), Physician. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654), Herbalist and astrologer. Sitter in 19 portraits. Identify
- Jean Fernel (1497-1558), Physician. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Lazarus Riverius (1589-1655), Physician. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
Artistback to top
- Thomas Cross (active 1644-1682), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 168 portraits.
Events of 1655back to top
Current affairs
Secretary of State, John Thurloe, implements a highly efficient intelligence service and thwarts plans for a series of royalist uprisings which produced only Penruddock's revolt.Following ineffectual royalist riots, Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell, appoints nineteen Major-generals to manage regional government and prevent future challenges to the protectorate.
Art and science
Publication of the controversial work De corpore, by philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, prompts mathematician, John Wallis to scornfully refute the work in Elenchus geometriae Hobbianae, starting a bitter, long-running polemical dispute between the two men.International
General Robert Venables and Admiral William Penn lead an expedition to the Caribbean to threaten Spanish trade routes and weaken Catholic influence in the New World. An integral part of Cromwell's foreign policy to curb Spanish power, the campaign, Cromwell's 'western design', fails leading to war in Europe.Comments back to top
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