Sir John Finet
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Sir John Finet
copy by George Perfect Harding, after Unknown artist
watercolour, 19th century, based on a work of circa 1609
11 1/8 in. x 8 1/2 in. (282 mm x 216 mm)
Purchased, 1929
Primary Collection
NPG 2404
Artistsback to top
- George Perfect Harding (1779 or 1780-1853), Portrait painter, copyist and antiquary. Artist associated with 172 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Unknown artist, Artist. Artist associated with 6553 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 217
- Strong, Roy, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 1969, p. 118
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Events of 1609back to top
Current affairs
James I, Queen Anne and their children attend the inauguration of The New Exchange, a shopping centre built by Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury in the Strand. The opening underlined Salisbury's dominance in the development of this affluent area of London.Soldier, Sir Francis Vere, is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Art and science
Historian and poet, Samuel Daniel, completes the last book of his epic poem, Civil Wars, a history of the hostilities between the royal houses of Lancaster and York. It was one of Daniel's greatest literary achievements.Cornelius Drebbel invents the thermostat.
International
Promoted by administrator, Sir William Parsons, in the aftermath of the Nine Years' War, the Plantation of Ulster encourages English and Scottish Protestants to settle in Ireland and establish towns on land confiscated from Irish Catholics.English castaways, destined for Virginia, are shipwrecked on Bermuda to become its first colonizers.
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