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Lancelot Andrewes

by John Payne, published by R. Badger, after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1641
9 1/4 in. x 6 3/8 in. (234 mm x 162 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D20028

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  • R. Badger (active 1635-1641). Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
  • John Payne (died 1648 or before), Printmaker. Artist or producer associated with 69 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
  • Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.

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  • NPG D2940: Lancelot Andrewes (from same plate)
  • NPG D978: Lancelot Andrewes (from same plate)
  • NPG D984: Lancelot Andrewes (from same plate)
  • NPG D19363: Lancelot Andrewes (from same plate)

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Current affairs

Statesman, John Pym, plays a leading part in bringing charges of treason against the king's chief councillor, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford whose subsequent execution is widely celebrated.
The Grand Remonstrance, a long, comprehensive indictment of the king's government since his accession, is narrowly passed by Parliament.

Art and science

Following the death of Sir Anthony van Dyck, William Dobson is appointed Principal Painter to the king.
Poet and polemicist, John Milton, publishes the first of several anti-prelatical tracts, attacking the episcopal form of church governance and in particular, the arguments of royalist Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich.

International

The Irish Catholic gentry, fearing invasion from the increasingly pro-Puritan English Long Parliament and the Scottish Covenants, launch an unsuccessful coup d'etat in order to seize concessions for Catholics; the ensuing Irish Rebellion, which precipitated civil war in the three kingdoms, is led by Irish rebel, Sir Phelim O'Neill.

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