Richard Hooker
6 of 17 portraits of Richard Hooker
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Richard Hooker
by William Faithorne
line engraving, published 1662 or after
10 1/8 in. x 6 1/4 in. (257 mm x 160 mm) plate size; 10 5/8 in. x 6 3/4 in. (271 mm x 170 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D22791
Sitterback to top
- Richard Hooker (1554-1600), Theologian and philosopher. Sitter associated with 17 portraits.
Artistback to top
- William Faithorne (circa 1620-1691), Engraver and draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 720 portraits, Sitter associated with 4 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D20233: Richard Hooker (from same plate)
- NPG D20555: Richard Hooker (from same plate)
- NPG D21620: Richard Hooker (from same plate)
- NPG D23139: Richard Hooker (from same plate)
- NPG D22792: Richard Hooker (from same plate)
- NPG D22793: Richard Hooker (from same plate)
Events of 1662back to top
Current affairs
Marriage of Catherine of Braganza to Charles II. A spectacular pageant on the Thames greets Catherine as she arrives at Whitehall Palace.Act of Uniformity, lays down requirements for the clergy to remain in the Church of England, forcing hundreds to be ejected from their livings.
Art and science
Physicist Robert Boyle publishes A Defence of the Doctrine, Touching the Spring and Weight of the Air, which contains the first formulation of Boyle's Law, describing the relationship between pressure and volume of gases.International
Upon restoration of the monarchy, pro-royalist and Catholic Irish landlords, notably James Butler, Duke of Ormonde, appeal to the king to restore their lands confiscated during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. However, political wrangling and insufficient land renders the subsequent Act of Settlement, passed by the Irish Parliament, unworkable.Comments back to top
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