Titus Oates
(1649-1705), InformerSitter in 23 portraits
Oates was an opportunist who failed to make a career in the clergy. He made an insincere conversion to Catholicism and was briefly admitted into a Jesuit college. His experience there was used to give a veneer of plausibility to his fabricated Popish Plot to kill the king. His accusations caused panic in England and led to the persecution of Roman Catholics and the deaths of thirty-five innocent men. When the truth emerged, he was prosecuted for perjury and sentenced to be flogged, pilloried and imprisoned.
by Robert White
line engraving, engraved 1679
NPG 634
possibly by David Loggan
engraving, circa 1650-1690
NPG D16594
after Unknown artist
line engraving, late 17th to early 18th century
NPG D30670
after Unknown artist
mezzotint, late 17th to early 18th century
NPG D30671
after Unknown artist
line engraving, late 17th to early 18th century
NPG D30672
after Unknown artist
mezzotint, late 17th century
NPG D3748
after Unknown artist
mezzotint, late 17th century
NPG D5738
by Cornelius Nicolas Schurtz, after Thomas Hawker
line engraving, late 17th century
NPG D16601
'Dr Oates discovereth ye Plot to ye King and Councell' (Titus Oates; King Charles II)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23012(a)
'Dr Oates receives letters from ye Fathers to carry beyond Sea' (Titus Oates)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23012(i)
'Dr Oates discovereth Gavan in the Lobby' (Titus Oates; John Gavan)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23012(k)
'Sr E.B. Godfree takeing Dr Oates his depositions' (Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey; Titus Oates)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23012(l)
published by Richard Tompson, after Thomas Hawker
mezzotint, circa 1679
NPG D19812
'A True Narrative of the Horrid Hellish Popish-Plot...The First Part'
after Unknown artist
line engraving and letterpress, 1682
NPG D23015
'A True Narrative of the Horrid Hellish Popish-Plot...The Second Part'
after Unknown artist
line engraving and letterpress, 1682
NPG D23016
by Unknown engraver
etching, 1685 or after
NPG D16606
after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, late 18th or early 19th century
NPG D16603
after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, late 18th or early 19th century
NPG D16604
by John Swaine, after Thomas Hawker
etching, early-mid 19th century
NPG D16602
after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1810
NPG D31036
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