Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
2 of 88 portraits of Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
by Unknown artist
lead bust, circa 1650
33 5/8 in. x 24 3/8 in. (855 mm x 620 mm) overall
Purchased, 1980
Primary Collection
NPG 5284
On display in Room 6 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
Sitterback to top
- Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1612-1671), Parliamentary Commander-in-Chief. Sitter associated with 88 portraits.
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- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 212
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Current affairs
Exiled Charles, Prince of Wales, holds negotiations in the Netherlands, with the Scottish Parliament to secure an alliance. Despite misgivings on both sides, and pressure from the Scots for Charles to sign the covenants, the treaty of Breda is agreed.Oliver Cromwell defeats the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar.
Art and science
Poet and politician, Andrew Marvell, composes his greatest political poem, Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland. Marvell become Oliver Cromwell's unofficial poet laureate during the Protectorate.International
William, The Prince of Orange, grandson of Charles I, is born assuming the title from the moment of birth. Forty years later, he would become William III of England.General-at-Sea, Robert Blake is dispatched to Portugal to prevent attacks on Commonwealth merchant shipping from royalist, Prince Rupert, based in Lisbon.
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