Sir Henry Gage
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Sir Henry Gage
by Weesop
oil on canvas, 1640s
50 1/4 in. x 39 in. (1276 mm x 991 mm)
Transferred from Tate Gallery, 1957
Primary Collection
NPG 2279
On display at Lyme Park, Stockport
Sitterback to top
- Sir Henry Gage (1597-1645), Soldier, royalist and Governor of Oxford. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 132
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 235
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Events of 1640back to top
Current affairs
Second Bishops' War. James Graham, Marquess of Montrose, leading the Scottish armies, occupies northeast of England. Defeat at the Battle of Newburn forces impoverished Charles to sign Treaty of Ripon.Long Parliament. Habeas Corpus Act is passed, abolishing the Star Chamber. Impeachment of Royalists, Earl of Strafford and Archbishop Laud.
Art and science
Author, James Howell, writes Dodona's Grove, a historical allegory of events since 1603. A renowned royalist, Howell's anti-parliamentary remarks in the book would later attract accusations from parliamentarians.The last Caroline masque before the outbreak of civil war, Salmacida Spolia by Sir William Davenant, is performed at Whitehall Palace.
International
Frederick William becomes Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia. The Elector's policy of religious tolerance benefited his state during the religious struggles dominating the Thirty Years' War.The Bay Psalm Book is published, the first book to be printed in British North America.
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