Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
by Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1647
5 in. x 3 in. (126 mm x 77 mm) plate size; 5 1/8 in. x 3 1/8 in. (130 mm x 80 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D18332
Sitterback to top
- Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602-1671), Lord Chamberlain and parliamentarian army officer. Sitter associated with 20 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D18333: Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (from same plate)
- NPG D27139: Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (from same plate)
Events of 1647back to top
Current affairs
Putney debaters. Civilian Levellers and parliamentary soldiers discuss a new constitution for the country; discussions focus on drafted proposals from both groups with Commissary-General Henry Ireton attempting to moderate the Levellers's radical Agreement of the People.Scots surrender Charles I to Parliament. Imprisoned at various locations, Charles enjoys relative freedom.
Art and science
Mariner, Sir Robert Dudley, publishes his maritime encyclopedia, Dell' Arcano del Mare with illustrations by Antonio Francesco Lucini. Written in Italian, the pioneering work includes cartography by Dudley of the earliest printed sea atlas of the world.Anglo-Dutch portrait painter, Daniel Mytens, Van Dyck's predecessor as court painter, dies.
International
Released from the Tower, George Monck, Duke of Albemarle, is appointed commander of Parliament's forces in eastern Ulster.The Irish Confederate suffer resounding defeats at the battles of Dungan's Hill and Knocknanauss against English Parliamentary forces.
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