Richard Baxter
(1615-1691), Puritan divineEarly Stuart Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 25 portraits
Baxter was ordained in 1638 and he became a minister at Kidderminster in Worcestershire in 1641. During the civil wars, he served as a chaplain to one of Cromwell's regiments, after which he returned to Kidderminster. After the Restoration in 1660, Baxter settled in London. He had been made a king's chaplain, and was offered the post of Bishop of Hereford, but turned down the offer, an act that ended his ecclesiastical career. In his later years, he was a prolific writer of almost two hundred treatises. The work for which he is best remembered was A Call to the Unconverted (1658), which was credited with numerous conversions and formed one of the core texts of evangelicalism until the nineteenth century.
after Robert White
oil on canvas, based on a work of 1670
NPG 521
after Robert White
oil on copper, based on a work of 1670
NPG 875
A Compleat Collection of Farewell Sermons Preached by London and Countrie Ministers
after Unknown artist
line engraving, mid 17th century
NPG D29685
by or after Robert White
line engraving, mid-late 17th century
NPG D29730
after Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1662
NPG D29680
after Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1662
NPG D29704
by Michael Vandergucht
line engraving, late 17th century
NPG D29732
by Michael Vandergucht
line engraving, late 17th-early 18th century
NPG D29734
by John Sturt
line engraving, late 17th-early 18th century
NPG D29735
by Michael Vandergucht
line engraving, late 17th-early 18th century
NPG D29739
by Robert White
line engraving, published 1673
NPG D29729
by Robert White
line engraving, published 1677
NPG D22609
by Robert White
line engraving, published 1677
NPG D29731
by Robert White
line engraving, published 1677
NPG D18617
by Robert White
line engraving, published 1681
NPG D29736
by Robert White
line engraving, published 1681
NPG D14790
by George Vertue
line engraving, 1714
NPG D29733
by Jonathan Spilsbury, after John Riley
mezzotint, published 1763
NPG D21517
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