Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton
copy by Henry Peart the Elder, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen), and Sir Anthony van Dyck
oil on canvas, 1680s or 1690s
49 in. x 40 1/4 in. (1245 mm x 1022 mm)
Purchased, 1908
Primary Collection
NPG 1521
On display at Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley
Sitterback to top
- Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton (1601-1643), Royalist soldier and politician; MP for Ludlow. Sitter in 19 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen) (1593-1661), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 148 portraits, Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
- Henry Peart the Elder (circa 1637-circa 1697 or 1698), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
- Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 1023 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 462
Events of 1680back to top
Current affairs
William Howard, Viscount Stafford, is convicted of impeachment and beheaded on account of his alleged involvement in the Popish Plot.Whigs' sponsorship of a pope-burning procession, for the second consecutive year, supports their campaign to exclude James, Duke of York from the throne.
Art and science
Writer, John Bunyan, publishes, The Life and Death of Mr. Badman. Novelistic in form and conceived as a dialogue between two gentlemen, the book was intended as a sequel to the first part of The Pilgrim's Progress.International
Revelations surface of a Catholic uprising in Ireland with French support. The government launches an inquiry, ultimately leading to the execution of Oliver Plunket, Archbishop of Armagh.Secretary of State, Robert Spencer, in adopting an anti-French foreign policy, forges a defensive Anglo-Spanish treaty while seeking an alliance with the Dutch.
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On display at Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley