Jane Seymour

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Jane Seymour

by Cornelis Martinus Vermeulen, after Adriaen van der Werff
line engraving, possibly 1707
12 3/8 in. x 6 7/8 in. (313 mm x 176 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D24182

Sitterback to top

  • Jane Seymour (1508 or 1509-1537), Third Queen of Henry VIII. Sitter associated with 15 portraits.

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  • Adriaen van der Werff (1659-1722), Painter, draughtsman, mezzotint engraver and architect. Artist or producer associated with 89 portraits.
  • Cornelis Martinus Vermeulen (circa 1644-circa 1708), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits.

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Current affairs

The Acts of Union unites the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one sovereign state, Great Britain, and merges the parliaments of both states. Presiding over the negotiations for the union was the Lord Chancellor, William Cowper and Lord Seafield, Scottish Lord Chancellor.

Art and science

Antiquary, Humphrey Wanley, helps 're-found' the Society of Antiquaries which first meets at the Bear Tavern in the Strand. Originally established in 1586, it ceased to meet soon after the accession of James I.

International

Following failure to capture Toulon, Admiral Cloudesley Shovell's flagship 'Association' is shipwrecked in the Isles of Scilly, drowning her entire crew.
Hispano-French army, led by James FitzJames, Duke of Berwick overwhelmingly defeat British forces under Henri de Massue de Ruvigny at Almanza, a defining battle in war against France.

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