1650 Collection (page 5)

Sir C Shovell / Blood
SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVELL British naval commander, drowned when his vessel was wrecked in a storm off the Scillies

William of Orange
KING WILLIAM III Statue of William of Orange at Brixham in Devon, England, commemorating his landing near there on 5 November 1688 to claim the English throne

Paris / Notre Dame C17
Social scene outside Notre Dame, including a horse and carriage and a man on horseback

Nell Gwyn Toasted
Young Nell Gwyn, selling oranges for a living, attracts the attention of some young men, one of whom - Charles II - will have her as one of his mistresses

William III
KING WILLIAM III Wearing ermine robes

Jean Bart Smoking
JEAN BART French naval, smoking a clay pipe

French Nobles 1650
A group of French nobles; the man wears a cape, sword and spurred boots, with rosettes at his waist and knees; all support the lacemaking industry generously

Persian N Oble
A Persian noble of the 17th century

MOGUL LADY
An Indian lady of the Mogul period

Mathias Laensbergh
MATHIAS LAENSBERGH Flemish mathematician and astrologer

Descartes and Christina
Rene Descartes explains his ideas to the scholarly queen Christina of Sweden

Battle of Dunbar / Smith
Cromwell defeats the Scots at DUNBAR

Peter the Hermit 1650
PIERRE L HERMITE, also known as Pierre d Amiens, French monk who urged the First Crusade, which he accompanied, then returned and became a prior in Belgium

France / Strasbourg (Hlar)
A scene during autumn

London / Somerset House
Old Somerset Palace, built for the Duke of Somerset in the 1550s, showing the watergate designed by Inigo Jones

Men and Women 1650
An English man and two women of the mid-17th century

John Churchill / Posselwhi
JOHN CHURCHILL Duke of Marlborough, Commander in Chief over the armies of England and Holland in the war of the Spanish Succession

Sir George Rooke
SIR GEORGE ROOKE Naval commander

DRUM MAJOR
Drum Major from the Coldstream Guards. Raised in 1650, it received its title at the time of the Restoration

William Iii / Kneller / Smit
KING WILLIAM III Reigned 1688-1702

William Iii / Cig Card
KING WILLIAM III Reigned 1688-1702

Berlin / Palace 1650
The archducal palace of the Electors of Brandenburg at Berlin

Sailor Circa 1650
One of Blakes men - a British sailor of the mid-17th century

John Churchill / Ronjat
JOHN CHURCHILL (with wife Sarah) Commander in chief over the armies of England and Holland in the War of the Spanish Succession

Puritan Girls Dancing
Puritan girls caught dancing

John Churchill / Woodcut
JOHN CHURCHILL 1ST DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH An early 19th century French satire of the English military commander

Lady and Unicorn
A girl cuddles a unicorn

Harpies / Johnstone
Though Johnstone includes the harpy in his natural history of birds, they are only half- birds, having human faces; they have nasty habits and they smell awful

East Indiaman-Salamander
Dutch East Indiaman

Tokyo Earthquake 1650
The population in and around Tokyo are thrown into despair when an earthquake devastates the region and the sacred mountain Fujiyama erupts

Dutch Musical Party
A Dutch musical party - singers and a fiddler

William Iii / Britain
KING WILLIAM III William of Orange, reigned as King of England 1688 - 1702

Palace of G-Duke Tuscana
Design of the sumptuous Garden & Palace of the Grand Duke of Toscana shows a series of formal Italian gardens including fountains, an obelisk & covered walkways

Villa Mattei by Rossi
VILLA MATTEI OR VILLA COELI MONTANA built in 1582 by Ciriaco Mattei showing a series of formal Italian gardens & buildings including a maze, obelisk & statuary

William Iii / Anon Italian
WILLIAM III of Orange

Mazarin Attacked
Cardinal Mazarin is dragged from his carriage by roughs, allegedly paid by his enemies, but perhaps its a put-up job on the Cardinals part ?

Caxtons House
CAXTONs house in the Armoury, Westminster (you can see the cathedral in the background)

Claude Comte D avaux
CLAUDE MESMES, comte d AVAUX French diplomat and scholar

Henry Hastings
HENRY HASTINGS of Woodlands, Dorset : sportsman, son of the fourth earl of Huntingdon

John Duke Marlborough
JOHN CHURCHILL, first duke of MARLBOROUGH British military commander in the war of the Spanish succession. with his autograph

William and Mary
WILLIAM III and MARY they accessed the throne by virtue of descent - he as a grandson of Charles I, she as daughter of James II. with their autographs

Philip Earl Pembroke
PHILIP HERBERT, fourth earl of PEMBROKE, brother of William, statesman, described as choleric, boisterous and absurd with his autograph

John Williams, Bishop
JOHN WILLIAMS bishop of Lincoln with his autograph

William III & Mary
KING WILLIAM III & QUEEN MARY A contemporary Dutch engraving commemorating their accession

William III by Schenck
KING WILLIAM III A half-length portrait with ermine robes, crown and sceptre

William III Mezzotint
KING WILLIAM III Life-like bust portrait within a niche

Globe Clock C17
Globe or falling-ball clock by Jacob Beham of Vienna, now in the British Museum, London

William III on Horse
WILLIAM III, king of England on a very small horse

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