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Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset

6 of 213 portraits by John Simon

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Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset

by John Simon, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1692 or after
14 in. x 10 1/4 in. (357 mm x 259 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1949
Reference Collection
NPG D1773

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  • John Simon (1675-1751), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 213 portraits.
  • Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 1689 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.

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Current affairs

Statesman and member of the Privy Council, John Churchill is dismissed from office by the monarchs and later imprisoned on suspicion of collaborating with Jacobites.
Jacobite sympathisers in the Scottish Highlands, the MacIain clan, are murdered by government troops led by Robert Campbell, in the Glencoe Massacre.

Art and science

Antiquary, Thomas Rymer, is appointed historiographer royal. Rymer would spend the rest of his life transcribing the history of England's alliances and treaties with foreign countries, publishing them in sixteen volumes.
Nahum Tate is appointed Poet Laureate.
Composer, Henry Purcell, stages the dramatic opera, The Fairy-Queen.

International

Attempts by French and Jacobite-Irish forces to invade England and restore James II to the English throne are thwarted at the naval Battle of La Hogue. The English victory is principally achieved by Vice-Admiral George Rooke's destruction of the enemy's fleet.

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