Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel

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Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel

by Henry Peart the Elder, after Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1660, based on a work of circa 1645
49 in. x 39 1/2 in. (1245 mm x 1003 mm)
Purchased, 1908
Primary Collection
NPG 1520

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Artistsback to top

  • Henry Peart the Elder (circa 1637-circa 1697 or 1698), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
  • Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.

Linked publicationsback to top

  • Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 52
  • Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 101

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Events of 1645back to top

Current affairs

First proposed by Sir WiIliam Waller, the New Model Army, the first national army consisting of full-time soldiers, is recruited by Parliament. Under the leadership of Thomas Fairfax, Commander-in-Chief, the Army decisively wins the battles of Naseby and Langport against the Royalists.
Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason.


Art and science

Alexander Ross, clergyman and philosopher publishes The Philosophical Touch-Stone, an important refutation of the unorthodox Aristotelianism expounded by Sir Kenelm Digby in his Two Treaties.
Physician Daniel Whistler, presents his thesis on rickets at the Dutch university of Leiden, the first printed text on the disease.

International

Charles I commissions Edward Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, to secretly negotiate with Irish Confederates. For generous concessions the Confederates would raise an army to fight against parliamentarians. Ongoing, complex negotiations secure the signing of two treaties but the king eventually disavows the agreements and repudiates Somerset.

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