Sir John Hawkins
5 of 9 portraits by Robert Boissard
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir John Hawkins
by Robert Boissard
line engraving, circa 1597-1601
7 1/2 in. x 5 1/8 in. (189 mm x 130 mm) paper size
Purchased, 2017
Reference Collection
NPG D48075
On display in Room 1 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
Artistback to top
- Robert Boissard (1570?-circa 1603), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Bolland, Charlotte, The Tudors Passion, Power and Politics, 2022, p. 100
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Events of 1597back to top
Current affairs
Philip II of Spain launches another armada against England. As in 1588, the fleet is dispersed by a storm, which is celebrated as divine intervention.Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex is made Earl Marshall.
Charles Howard, Baron Howard of Effingham is created Earl of Nottingham.
King James VI of Scotland (later James I of England) publishes Daemonologie, an attack on witchcraft that incites a fever for witch-hunts.
Art and science
William Shakespeare writes The Merchant of Venice.The musician John Dowland publishes The First Booke of Songes or Ayres, the most successful music publication of the period.
International
Philip II of Spain opens peace negotiations with Henry IV of France after his army in the Spanish Netherlands fails to defeat the forces of France or the Protestant United Provinces of the northern Netherlands.The Japanese ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi launches a second invasion of Korea.
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