Making History: Printed Portraiture in Tudor and Stuart Britain
Thomas Cavendish
by Jodocus Hondius
circa 1590-1592
NPG 6677
Past display archive
7 July - 9 December 2007
Room 16
Free
Before the age of photography, portrait engravings published as book illustrations created a market for images of celebrated individuals. This display features some of the earliest of the Gallery's portrait prints produced in England and examines how they tell a visual history. It will explore how naval heroes such as Francis Drake and traitors such as the gunpowder plotters became national figures.
Related portraits
- Sir Francis Drake (NPG 3905)
- Thomas Cavendish (NPG 6677)
- The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators, 1605 (NPG 334a)
- John Smith (NPG 4594)
- William Shakespeare (NPG 185)
- Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (NPG D8762)
- King Henry VIII (NPG D24929)
- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (NPG D21159)
- John Day (NPG D25570)
- Thomas Cranmer (NPG D17084)
- Called King William I ('The Conqueror') (NPG D9377)
- Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (NPG D20904)
- Philip II, King of Spain (NPG D24884)
- Queen Elizabeth I (NPG D20951)
- Thomas Whythorne (Whithorne) (NPG D8321)
- Sir Humphrey Gilbert (NPG D20541)
- Christopher Carleill (NPG D21248)
- John Gerard (NPG D2756)
- Richard Haydock, title to his translation of Lomazzo's Artes of Curious Paintinge, Carvinge & Buildinge, 1598 (NPG D25462)
- Sir Thomas Gresham (NPG D2811)
- Thomas Percy (NPG D28140)
- Sir William Segar (NPG D28031)
- John Knox (NPG D21442)
- Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (NPG D1301)
- Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (NPG D4592)
- Samuel Daniel (NPG D27977)
- John Florio (NPG D31841)
- John Whitgift (NPG D8320)
- Henry, Prince of Wales (NPG D9245)
- Sir Thomas Overbury (NPG D1313)
- Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset; Frances, Countess of Somerset (NPG D1316)
- Gervase Babington (NPG D11173)
- George Chapman (NPG D2941)
- William Perkins (NPG D23054)
- Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh) (NPG D21168)
- King Richard II (NPG D9386)
- King Richard I ('the Lionheart') (NPG D32012)
- King Edward I (NPG D32011)
- King Henry VII (NPG D23827)
- Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (NPG D27991)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (NPG D13178)
- Anne of Denmark (NPG D9485)
- Sir John Hawkins (NPG D3236)
- Sir Martin Frobisher (NPG D5920)
- Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (NPG D20935)
- John Fisher (NPG D24262)
- Fictitious portrait called John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (NPG D31710)
- Sir Nicholas Bacon (NPG D31840)
- King James I of England and VI of Scotland; Henry, Prince of Wales (NPG D9484)
- King Edward VI (NPG D20909)
- Sir John Harington (NPG D31631)
- King Henry V (NPG D9398)
- King Henry VI (NPG D9404)
- Called King Edward III (NPG D9383)
- Queen Mary I (NPG D17819)
- King Edward IV (NPG D21040)
- King Richard III (NPG D21255)
- Fictitious portrait called King Stephen (NPG D21424)
- Matthew Parker (NPG D25182)
Related sitters
- Anne of Denmark
- Gervase Babington
- Sir Nicholas Bacon
- Thomas Bates
- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
- Christopher Carleill
- Robert Catesby
- Thomas Cavendish
- George Chapman
- Thomas Cranmer
- Samuel Daniel
- Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
- John Day (Daye)
- Sir Francis Drake
- King Edward I
- King Edward III
- King Edward IV
- King Edward VI
- Queen Elizabeth I
- Guy Fawkes
- John Fisher
- John Florio
- Sir Martin Frobisher
- John Gerard
- Sir Humphrey Gilbert
- Sir Thomas Gresham
- Sir John Harington
- Sir John Hawkins
- Richard Haydock
- King Henry V
- King Henry VI
- King Henry VII
- King Henry VIII
- Henry, Prince of Wales
- King James I of England and VI of Scotland
- John Knox
- Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
- Queen Mary I
- Mary, Queen of Scots
- Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
- Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham
- Sir Thomas Overbury
- Matthew Parker
- Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
- Thomas Percy
- William Perkins
- Philip II, King of Spain
- Sir Walter Ralegh
- King Richard I ('the Lionheart')
- King Richard II
- King Richard III
- Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
- Sir William Segar
- William Shakespeare
- John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
- John Smith
- Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset
- Frances, Countess of Somerset
- King Stephen
- John Whitgift
- Thomas Whythorne (Whithorne)
- King William I ('The Conqueror')
- Robert Winter
- Thomas Winter
- Christopher Wright
- John Wright
Related artists
- Robert Boissard
- Thomas Cecill
- Thomas Cockson (Coxon)
- Francis Delaram
- Crispijn de Passe the Elder
- Magdalena de Passe
- Simon de Passe
- Willem de Passe
- Martin Droeshout
- Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke)
- Giacomo Forma
- Richard Haydock
- John Hinde
- Remigius Hogenberg
- William Hole (Holle)
- Compton Holland
- Hendrik Hondius (Hond)
- Jodocus Hondius
- George Humble
- Thomas Jenner
- Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
- Cornelis Metsys (Massys)
- G. Miller
- William Peake
- William Rogers
- Unknown artist
- Christoffel van Sichem (Voschem)
- Adrian Vanson (van Son)
- Robert Vaughan
- George Vertue
- Hieronymus Wierix
- Samuel Woodburn