1655 Collection

Sir John Oglander
SIR JOHN OGLANDER deputy-governor of the Isle of Wight, whose royalist sympathies and loyalty to Charles I got him into trouble with the Commonwealth. Date: 1585 - 1655

Ecce Homo, 1655, by Rembrandt (1606-1669)
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Ecce Homo, 1655. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Mariana of Austria at Prayer by Velazquez
Mariana of Austria (1634-1696). Queen of Spain. Mariana of Austria at Prayer. 1655. Portrait by Diego Velazquez. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Francois Nicolas Fagel 1
FRANCOIS NICOLAS FAGEL Dutch military commander and statesman. Date: 1655 - 1718

Jacques Boonen
JACQUES BOONEN Archbishop of Mechelen (Malines), Belgium. Date: 1573 - 1655

Freak Birth of Zardana
This half sheep and multi- bodied and headed creature was taken in the mountains of Zardana in Spain Date: 1655

VALPUESTA, Pedro de (1614-1688). Philip IV Swears to defend the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. ca. 1655. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Museo de Historia

Northern Tartar Manchu woman, in a Chinese scolars studio. Calligraphy is on the wall, and she is standing in front of a desk, there is a vase with a landscape painting on it

Church Stile House
The old Church Stile House at Cobham, Surrey, England, which was built in 1432 and restored in 1655. Date: 15th & 17th century

Landscape with a river, 1650-1655, by Philip de Koninck (161
Philip de Koninck (1619-1688). Dutch painter. Landscape with a river, 1650-1655. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Francis Goldsmith
FRANCIS GOLDSMITH Translator of Grotius, etc. Date: 1613 - 1655

Andrew Fletcher - 2
ANDREW FLETCHER - Scottish statesman, patriot who opposed the union with England yet died in London. Date: 1655 - 1716

Francois Nicolas Fagel 2
FRANCOIS NICOLAS FAGEL Dutch military commander and statesman. Date: 1655 - 1718

Johann Ebertz
JOHANN EBERTZ German statesman Date: 1596 - 1655

Sir William Dick
SIR WILLIAM DICK Scottish merchant, Provost of Edinburgh, sadly reduced to destitution by his loyalty to Charles I : in prosperity, in chains, in his coffin. Date: 1580 - 1655

Jacques-Nicolas Colbert
JACQUES-NICOLAS COLBERT French churchman, archbishop of Rouen. Date: 1655 - 1705

Louis Cheron
LOUIS CHERON French artist Date: 1655 - 1725

Nicolas Abraham, Scholar
NICOLAS ABRAHAM of Frambesarij ? Jesuit scholar Date: 1589 - 1655

Robert Aylett, Writer
ROBERT AYLETT Religious writer. Date: 1583 - 1655

Regnard (Perlet - Mono)
JEAN-FRANCOIS REGNARD French writer Date: 1655 - 1709

Regnard (Perlet)
JEAN-FRANCOIS REGNARD French writer Date: 1655 - 1709

Pierre Gassendi / J Lubin
PIERRE GASSENDI French philosopher Date: 1592 - 1655

Englishman of 1655
Puritanism is in fashion - and even the sharp dresser must go with the zeitgeist : collar instead of ruffs, simple hues, and the plainest of hats... Date: circa 1655

Regnard (Rigaud)
JEAN-FRANCOIS REGNARD French writer Date: 1655 - 1709

James 1st Duke Richmond
JAMES STUART, fourth duke of Lennox and first duke of RICHMOND loyal royalist supporter of Charles I though disapproving his policy Date: 1612 - 1655

James Duke of Richmond
JAMES STUART, fourth duke of Lennox and first duke of RICHMOND loyal royalist supporter of Charles I though disapproving his policy Date: 1612 - 1655

Union Pacific goods locomotive 1655, America Date: circa 1910

Scottish Nationalist Andrew Fletcher
Andrew Fletcher- Scottish nationalist who was opposed to the Union. Date: circa 1700s

Artus de Lionne. French Missionary
LIONNE, Artus de (1655-1713). Bishop of Rosalia and missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society in Siam and China. 1847 French original work. Spanish translation published in Barcelona

Rene Aubert Vertot
RENE AUBERT abbe VERTOT French churchman and historian Date: 1655 - 1735

Philippe De Vendome
PHILIPPE DE VENDOME French soldier and statesman, Grand Prieur de France. Date: 1655 - 1727

Christian Thomasius - 2
CHRISTIAN THOMASIUS German jurist and philosopher who opposed the witchcraft mania. Date: 1655 - 1728

Christian Thomasius - 1
CHRISTIAN THOMASIUS German jurist and philosopher who opposed the witchcraft mania. Date: 1655 - 1728

Sigmund Gott. Staden
SIGMUND THEOPHILUS STADEN German musician Date: 1607 - 1655

Cornelis Schut - 1
CORNELIS SCHUT Flemish artist Date: 1597 - 1655

Cornelis Schut - 2
CORNELIS SCHUT Flemish artist Date: 1597 - 1655

Rene Pucelle
RENE PUCELLE French churchman and statesman Date: 1655 - 1745

Ottavio Piccolomini - 1
OTTAVIO PICCOLOMINI Italian military commander in the imperial service Date: 1599 - 1655

Ottavio Piccolomini - 2
OTTAVIO PICCOLOMINI Italian military commander in the imperial service Date: 1599 - 1655

Blaise Comte De Pagan
BLAISE FRANCOIS de PAGAN, comte de Merveilles French traveller, soldier, author of history & geography of the Amazon, and on fortification. Date: 1604 - 1655

Joachim Lutkemann
JOACHIM LUTKEMANN German Lutheran churchman Date: 1608 - 1655

Louis Legendre, Historian
LOUIS LEGENDRE French churchman, canon at Paris, historiographer. Date: 1655 - 1733

John Lamotte, Merchant
JOHN LAMOTTE London merchant Date: 1570 - 1655

Caspar Klock
CASPAR KLOCK German jurist and statesman Date: 1583 - 1655

Caspar Klock - 2
CASPAR KLOCK German jurist and statesman Date: 1583 - 1655

Daniel Heinsius
DANIEL HEINSIUS Dutch librarian, scholar and statesman Date: 1580 - 1655

LE SUEUR, Eustache (1617-1655). The Mass of St. Officiated by the abbot of Marmoutier, after of Rours. Oil on canvas

Changing nature of Chinese characters
Illustration to show the changing nature of Chinese characters, as imagined by the Dutch

Portrait of Johannes Nieuhof (1618-1672), From: Het gezandtschap der Ne견 andtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China Date: 1655

Dutch version of the Viceroy of Canton. The Old viceroy is sitting in front of his officials

Boats in Canton harbour From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

Qing Emperor Shunzhi
Portrait of The Great Cham Emperor Qing Emperor, Shunzhi (1638-1661). From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

Chinese men and women labeled Rusticks From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

Buddhist pagoda
Pagoda by Sinkicien, A Buddhist pagoda, with men, women and a Chinese junk in the foreground, houses and a walled city in the background

Tail-piece of the Dutch edition. From: Het gezandtschap der Ne견 andtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China Date: 1655

Old Viceroy of Canton
Ogilbys version of the Old Viceroy of Canton. From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

A tea plant, and workers harvesting tea - China
A tea plant, and workers harvesting tea in China in 1655. From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

Taoist and Buddhists priests, a Jesuit and a Confucian

Chinese women on a street in China From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

Tail-piece of the French edition From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

Inner court of the Imperial palace at Beijing, including figures of the Dutch Embassy, the Mongol embassy, and the Emperor and his guards

Map of China, the route of the embassy is marked. From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

Frontispiece Qing Emperor, Shunzhi
Frontispiece illustration featuring the Emperor of China (Qing Emperor, Shunzhi (1638-1661) and a globe surrounded by courtiers and prisoners

Dutch ships in stormy seas off the coast of China

Tomb of Edward Spencer
EDWARD SPENCER The tomb of Edward Spencer in Great Brington Church, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1594 - 1655

Adrien Bourdoise
ADRIEN BOURDOISE French churchman and educator. Date: CIRCA 1583 - 1655

James Stuart / Richmond
James Stuart Duke of Richmond 4th Duke of Lennox Date: 1612 - 1655

Cyrano De B / Visits Moon
SAVINIEN DE CYRANO DE BERGERAC French writer visiting the moon, in a story combining science fantasy with political satire

Theodore De Mayerne
Sir Theodore Turquet de MAYERNE Swiss/English physician and chemist

Pope Innocens X
POPE INNOCENS X (Giovanni Battista Pamfili)

Pope Alexander VII
POPE ALEXANDER VII (Fabio Chigi)

Daniel Heinsius / Larmessi
DANIEL HEINSIUS Dutch philologist and poet

Pierre Gassendi / Mellan G
PIERRE GASSENDI French philosopher

Savinien De Cyrano / 1709
SAVINIEN DE CYRANO DE BERGERAC French poet and soldier, famous as a duellist

Ludwig Wilhelm / Fursten
LUDWIG WILHELM Margrave of Baden (1677-1707)

Andrada Leitao
FRANCISCO ANDRADA LEITAO Portuguese statesman, diplomat in England and the Netherlands

Jamaica Taken by Brits
Penn and Venables take Jamaica from the Spanish

Eustache Le Sueur 17C
EUSTACHE LE SUEUR French artist

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