Sir Philip Sidney

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- date of portrait between '1540' and '1580'

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Sir Philip Sidney

after Unknown artist
oil on canvas, 18th century or after, based on a work of circa 1576
45 3/8 in. x 32 3/8 in. (1152 mm x 823 mm)
Given by Harold Lee-Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon, 1925
Primary Collection
NPG 2096

On display at Ditchley Foundation, Chipping Norton

Sitterback to top

  • Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), Soldier, statesman and poet. Sitter associated with 30 portraits.

Artistback to top

  • Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6577 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG 5732: Sir Philip Sidney (after)
  • NPG D41682: Sir Philip Sidney (based on same portrait)

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Current affairs

Parliament presents Queen Elizabeth I with a petition complaining of ecclesiastical abuses.
The member of Parliament Peter Wentworth is imprisoned for attacking royal interference with Parliamentary freedom of speech.
The explorer and privateer Martin Frobisher sets out to find a Northwest passage to the Far East. He becomes the first European to visit Baffin Island, Canada.

Art and science

The actor and theatre manager James Burbage builds the Theatre, the first permanent playhouse in England, at Shoreditch, London.
The composer Thomas Whithorne writes the earliest known autobiography in English.

International

Pacification of Ghent - an alliance between the Protestant northern and Catholic southern provinces of the Netherlands to collectively fight for the expulsion of Spanish troops from their territories.
The Spanish army serving in the Low Countries mutinies and sacks the city of Antwerp.
Death of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian II and succession of his son Rudolf II.

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