Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orleans

by Jean Audran, after Claude Mellan
line engraving, 1707
12 3/8 in. x 7 3/8 in. (314 mm x 188 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D29333

Sitterback to top

Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orleans (1644-1670), Daughter of Charles I. Sitter in 19 portraits.

Artistsback to top

Jean Audran (1667-1756). Artist associated with 11 portraits.
Claude Mellan (1598-1688), Engraver. Artist associated with 22 portraits.

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Fleming Collection: Fleming's Granger (volume 4)

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Line engraving

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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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