Robert Sanderson
10 of 14 portraits of Robert Sanderson
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Sanderson
by Robert White
line engraving, published 1677
6 1/8 in. x 4 in. (155 mm x 102 mm) plate size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D29538
Sitterback to top
- Robert Sanderson (1587-1663), Bishop of Lincoln. Sitter associated with 14 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Robert White (1645-1703), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 608 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
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Current affairs
Speech by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, arguing that the prolonged prorogation of the Cavalier Parliament rendered it dissolved, sends him and three others, including Philip Wharton, Baron Wharton, to the Tower.Stadtholder, Prince William of Orange, marries Mary, daughter of James, Duke of York and Anne Hyde.
Art and science
The Natural History of Oxfordshire, (1676) by naturalist and antiquary Robert Plot, secures his election to the Royal Society in December and two years later, appointment as curator of objects to the objects bequeathed to Oxford University by Elias Ashmole.International
Despite his dismissal from court in 1669, royalist soldier and statesman, James Butler, Duke of Ormond, is reappointed lord lieutenant of Ireland.Comments back to top
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