Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
after Unknown artist
line engraving, 1630s-1640s
8 1/2 in. x 6 1/4 in. (215 mm x 159 mm) plate size; 8 5/8 in. x 6 3/8 in. (218 mm x 163 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D22619
Sitterback to top
- Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587-1658), Lord High Admiral. Sitter associated with 33 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- EEBO (Early English Books Online), p. frontispiece
- Anon, A list of his Majesties navie royall, and merchant ships, their names, captains, men, ordnance, in every ship, now set forth for the guard of the narrow seas, and for the coast of Ireland in this present expedition, 1643 Vnder the command of the Right Honourable Robert Earle of VVarwick, admirall and commander in chiefe of the said fleet, 1643, p. frontispiece
Events of 1630back to top
Current affairs
Charles I's first surviving child, Charles, is born in St. James's Palace. He is baptised by the Anglican Bishop of London, William Laud, and brought up in the care of the Protestant Mary Curzon, Countess of Dorset.Art and science
The Cottonian Library, containing the greatest resource of Old English and Middle English literature, founded by antiquary and anti-royalist, Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, is confiscated by the authorities.International
Philip IV of Spain and Charles I sign the Treaty of Madrid, ending hostilities between the two countries. Spanish diplomat, Cesare Alessandro Scaglia, assists with the conclusion of the peace deal.German, Protestant land is regained from Catholic allies on account of Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.
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