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Henry, Duke of Gloucester

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Henry, Duke of Gloucester

published by Balthasar Moncornet, after Unknown artist
line engraving, 1650s
6 1/4 in. x 4 1/2 in. (160 mm x 115 mm) plate size; 8 in. x 5 5/8 in. (202 mm x 144 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D16469

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  • Balthasar Moncornet (circa 1600-1668), Tapissier, engraver and print publisher. Artist associated with 53 portraits.
  • Unknown artist, Artist. Artist associated with 6557 portraits.

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Events of 1650back to top

Current affairs

Exiled Charles, Prince of Wales, holds negotiations in the Netherlands, with the Scottish Parliament to secure an alliance. Despite misgivings on both sides, and pressure from the Scots for Charles to sign the covenants, the treaty of Breda is agreed.
Oliver Cromwell defeats the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar.

Art and science

Poet and politician, Andrew Marvell, composes his greatest political poem, Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland. Marvell become Oliver Cromwell's unofficial poet laureate during the Protectorate.

International

William, The Prince of Orange, grandson of Charles I, is born assuming the title from the moment of birth. Forty years later, he would become William III of England.
General-at-Sea, Robert Blake is dispatched to Portugal to prevent attacks on Commonwealth merchant shipping from royalist, Prince Rupert, based in Lisbon.

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