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#OnThisDay 6 December 1642 Royalist forces under William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle defeated Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax at #Tadcaster, leaving Parliamentarian forces in Yorkshire divided. Newcastle then took the opportunity to secure Pontefract. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD

#OnThisDay 5 December 1659 London apprentices presented a petition demanding the return of Parliament and an election. Soldiers were attacked as a riot broke out. Col. Hewson ordered his troops to fire on the mob; a number of apprentices were killed or wounded. #17thCentury #OTD

#OnThisDay 25 November 1644 Oliver Cromwell denounces the Earl of Manchester's leadership of the Eastern Association army in Parliament. The ensuing debates led to reforms in Parliament’s armies and an increased professionalism in its officers. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD

#OnThisDay 4 November 1643 Sir William Waller was appointed as Parliamentary major-general of the revived Southern Association army (Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire). Image in our collection. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD

#OnThisDay 22 August 1620 Oliver Cromwell married Elizabeth Bourchier, daughter of a London fur dealer, at St Giles Church, Cripplegate. The couple had a devoted relationship, with a family of 9 children, 8 of whom survived infancy. Portraits in our collection. #17thCentury #OTD

The colour most people associate with Oliver #Cromwell is black, by the way he is depicted in films. In reality are no portraits of him wearing black (& few descriptions) as it was an expensive dye, so Charles I is more commonly shown wearing it! #MuseumWeek2019 #RainbowMW #17thC

#OnThisDay 15 May 1660, Parliament passed Acts of Attainder against Oliver Cromwell, John Bradshaw, Henry Ireton and Thomas Pride in preparation for the return of Charles II. Given that all four men were already long dead they weren't terribly aware of this... #17thCentury #OTD

#OnThisDay 9 January 1649 1st meeting of High Court of Justice to discuss procedure for trial of Charles I. 54 of 135 commissioners nominated attend, 4 lawyers named to conduct the prosecution: William Steele, Isaac Dorislaus, John Aske & John Cooke (pictured) 17thCentury #OTD

We’ve added two more exquisite items today, loaned to us as part of our #UnseenCromwell exhibit. They are portrait miniatures of Oliver #Cromwell and Henry Ireton by the circle of Samuel Cooper. These were last publicly displayed in 1866. #17thCentury #EnglishCivilWar #museums

Unusual engraving of #Cromwell from our collection, as it's cribbed from Van Dyck's famous portrait of #CharlesI. Artistic conventions meant there are copies of certain styles, the #17thCentury equivalent of Photoshop-ing someone's head onto another portrait. #art #museums #ECW