Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh)

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Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh)

by Robert Vaughan, after Simon de Passe
line engraving, published 1650 (1617)
5 1/8 in. x 2 3/4 in. (129 mm x 70 mm) paper size
Given by Henry Witte Martin, 1861
Reference Collection
NPG D21172

Sitterback to top

  • Sir Walter Ralegh (1554-1618), Soldier, sailor, poet and writer. Sitter in 48 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Simon de Passe (1595-1647), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 200 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
  • Robert Vaughan (circa 1600-circa 1660), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 77 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D21170: Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh) (from same plate)
  • NPG D21171: Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh) (from same plate)
  • NPG D28000: Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh) (from same plate)

Events of 1650back to top

Current affairs

Exiled Charles, Prince of Wales, holds negotiations in the Netherlands, with the Scottish Parliament to secure an alliance. Despite misgivings on both sides, and pressure from the Scots for Charles to sign the covenants, the treaty of Breda is agreed.
Oliver Cromwell defeats the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar.

Art and science

Poet and politician, Andrew Marvell, composes his greatest political poem, Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland. Marvell become Oliver Cromwell's unofficial poet laureate during the Protectorate.

International

William, The Prince of Orange, grandson of Charles I, is born assuming the title from the moment of birth. Forty years later, he would become William III of England.
General-at-Sea, Robert Blake is dispatched to Portugal to prevent attacks on Commonwealth merchant shipping from royalist, Prince Rupert, based in Lisbon.

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