William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
2 of 11 portraits by William Rogers
© National Portrait Gallery, London
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
by William Rogers, after Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1572-1604
5 5/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (144 mm x 115 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D21159
Sitterback to top
- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520 or 1521-1598), Lord High Treasurer. Sitter associated with 45 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- William Rogers (active 1584-1604), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.
- Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Making History: Printed Portraiture in Tudor and Stuart Britain (7 July 2007 - 9 December 2007)
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Events of 1572back to top
Current affairs
Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk is executed for his part in the papacy-backed Ridolfi Plot to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I.The French prince Francis, Duke of Anjou becomes a potential candidate as Elizabeth I's husband as Parliament makes repeated calls for an heir.
Sir Francis Drake plunders Spanish treasure in the West Indies and returns to Plymouth with his spoils the following year.
Art and science
Miniature of Queen Elizabeth I painted by Nicholas Hilliard.The Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker publishes De Antiquitate Britannicae Ecclesiae (Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Britain), which charts the history of Christianity in Britain from the apocryphal arrival of Joseph of Arimathea.
Birth of the poet and playwright Ben Jonson.
Birth of the metaphysical poet and churchman John Donne.
International
St Bartholomew's Day Massacre of French Protestants (known as Huguenots) takes place in Paris. Under the orders of the queen mother Catherine de Medici and Henry, Duke of Guise, the Huguenot leader Admiral Gaspard de Coligny and thousands of his supporters are killed.Dutch Protestant privateers (known as Sea Beggars) capture the port of Brill, which becomes the first stronghold of the Dutch revolt against Spainish rule.
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