Lancelot Andrewes

by David Loggan
line engraving, 1675
4 1/2 in. x 3 1/8 in. (114 mm x 78 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D25886

Sitterback to top

Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626), Bishop of Winchester. Sitter in 28 portraits.

Artistback to top

David Loggan (1634-1692), Artist and engraver. Artist associated with 191 portraits.

Portrait setback to top

Fleming Collection: Fleming's Granger (volume 2)

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Events of 1675back to top

Current affairs

James Scott, Duke of Monmouth oversees the suppression of the London weavers' riots which break out in the East End against the introduction of mechanised silk looms.
The great fire of Northampton quickly destroys the city. Charles II donates timber for its reconstruction.

Art and science

Charles II founds the Royal Observatory in Greenwich and appoints John Flamsteed the first Astronomer Royal.
Royal approval is given to the 'Warrant' design, Sir Christopher Wren's design for the rebuilding of St. Paul's Cathedral devastated by the Great Fire (1666).

International

A naval campaign into the Mediterranean under the command of Sir John Narbrough, with protégé, Cloudesley Shovell as lieutenant, blockades the port of Tripoli and successfully halts persistent attacks on English merchant ships by North African pirates. A peace treaty is signed with Tripoli in 1676.

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