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Unknown man called Sir Thomas Myddelton
2 of 7 portraits by Thomas Hinde
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Unknown man called Sir Thomas Myddelton
after Unknown artist, published by Thomas Hinde
line engraving, 1635-1652
5 1/8 in. x 4 1/4 in. (131 mm x 107 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D30371
Sitterback to top
- Sir Thomas Myddelton (1586-1666), Parliamentarian army officer. Sitter associated with 4 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Hinde (active 1635-1652). Artist or producer associated with 7 portraits.
- Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.
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Current affairs
Discovered by the Earl of Arundel, centenarian Thomas Parr dies, it is claimed, at the age of 152.Richard Weston, Earl of Portland dies. Though unpopular in the Commons, Portland was an effective Lord Chief Treasurer who succeeded in curbing royal expenditure.
Art and science
Dramatic poet, James Shirley composes The Traitor, dedicating it to literary patron, William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle. Shirley would later assist Newcastle on a number of the earl's own plays, while benefiting from his patronage.Postal services are made available to the public.
International
As a result of French first minister, Cardinal Richelieu's foreign policy, France becomes directly involved in the Thirty Years' War.Elector palatine, Charles Lewis, excluded from the peace of Prague between Emperor Ferdinand II and Electorate of Saxony, travels to England to secure military help from his uncle, Charles I.
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Serena Jones
31 October 2019, 08:40
I'm a writer/book editor of 17th century subject matter and unless there is hard evidence to the contrary that I have not seen, I feel there is a strong case for challenging the "sitter's" identity. In the course of looking for an image of Myddelton, I discovered that the image above comes from a late 17th century book about horsemanship which was published in 1670, four years after Myddelton's death (helpfully, a scan of the image in situ has been uploaded here https://www.lib.auburn.edu/sparc/treasures/images/expert-ferrier_lg.jpg). Elaborate frontispieces like this often appeared in books of the time and were ripe for appropriation by later authors. Which I suggest is what's happened here: a version of the image with Myddelton's name on (which is not present on the original) is currently online on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Myddelton_(younger)#/media/File:Sir_Thomas_Middleton.jpg) and is taken from a late 18th century book; unless there is contradictory evidence, I suspect that the 18th century author thought it was a nice image and decided to borrow it and relabel it as Myddelton for his book about Wales. The original engraving makes no reference to him at all and appears to be purely decorative for the 1670 publication. So in summary, unless you have further documentary evidence to the contrary (in which case I respectfully defer to yourselves) I would severely doubt the identification.