Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland
3 of 11 portraits of Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1645 (circa 1635)
Reference Collection
NPG D1314
Sitterback to top
- Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland (1577-1635), Statesman. Sitter associated with 11 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677), Etcher. Artist or producer associated with 540 portraits, Sitter associated with 10 portraits.
- Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 1023 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
This portraitback to top
The inscription wrongly identifies the sitter as Jerome Weston, 2nd earl of Portland.
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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.Comments back to top
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