Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby')
6 of 11 portraits of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby')
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby')
by Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling), after Sir Peter Lely
line engraving, circa 1670-1690
10 in. x 6 3/4 in. (253 mm x 170 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D5040
Sitterback to top
- Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby') (1631-1712), Statesman. Sitter associated with 12 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Abraham Blooteling (Bloteling) (1640-1690), Engraver, draughtsman and print publisher. Artist or producer associated with 69 portraits.
- Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 843 portraits, Sitter in 19 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D5039: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby') (from same plate)
- NPG D5041: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby') (from same plate)
- NPG D19062: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby') (from same plate)
Events of 1670back to top
Current affairs
Charles II mistress, Barbara Villiers, is created Duchess of Cleveland and granted Nonsuch Palace including its sizeable grounds.Actress and royal mistress, Nell Gwyn, gives birth to Charles II's son, Charles, who would later become, Duke of St. Albans.
Art and science
Tragicomedy, The Forc'd Marriage, by Aphra Behn, staged by the Duke's Company, starts Behn's career as a professional writer. The writer may have been a royalist spy towards the end of the interregnum.Poet laureate, John Dryden, is made historiographer royal, a post he would hold for nearly 20 years.
International
Terms of a secret treaty between Charles II and Louis XIV are brought by Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans during a visit to Dover; upon England supplying the majority of military power for a war against Holland and Charles's official conversion to Catholicism, France would assist financially.Comments back to top
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