The Cromwell Museumさんのイラストまとめ

#OnThisDay 14 April 1655 General Venables landed Protectorate troops west of Santo Domingo, as part of Cromwell's 'Western Design' to seize Spanish Hispaniola (Haiti). The poorly planned and conceived expedition was a disaster, denting the regime's confidence. #17thCentury #OTD

#OnThisDay 9 April 1644 Parliamentarian forces under Sir William Waller stormed Winchester. They captured the town but the Royalist garrison held out in the castle. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD

#OnThisDay 29 March 1644 was the Battle of Cheriton (Alresford) in Hampshire. Sir William Waller defeated Lord Hopton and Lord Forth, ending the Royalist advance in the south-east. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD

#OnThisDay 18 March 1643 Royalist forces under the Earl of Derby summoned Lancaster to surrender, to be rejected by the Mayor. "Enraged to see their sauciness" the Royalists plundered much of the town but were unable to capture the castle. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD (NPG)

@BunyanSociety Nope, it's rather bigger than that! See full sized scan...

@17thCenturyLady @jdmccafferty @ElizStJohn @HistoricEchoes @RoyalStuartSoc @cheapsellotape @thomasbrunkard Just two of the portrait miniatures in our collection, here of the two Lord Protectors. One of Oliver Cromwell by Christian Richter, one of Richard Cromwell by Richard Gibson. 😀
#17thCentury #StuartsSaturday #KeepItStuart

#OnThisDay 3 December 1642 The Earl of Newcastle entered #York, securing it for King Charles I. It would remain a Royalist stronghold for the next two years. #17thCentury #EnglishCivilWar #OTD

#OnThisDay 30 November 1652 was a naval battle off Dungeness in Kent during the First Anglo-Dutch War, when the Dutch fleet under Admiral Tromp defeated the English fleet under Admiral Blake. The English lost two ships, the Dutch one. #17thCentury #OTD

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

@Hollie_Babbitt @Woo100 @effjayem @Artemisapphire @17thCenturyLady @jdmccafferty @Cromwellorg @_paullay @MirandaMalins @SGMacleanauthor @Temulkar @1642Author @ConflictArchaeo @ProfTonyPollard Yes, he was fairly thickset judging by things like his surviving gaiters. It's difficult to tell from contemporary portraits as usually he has armour on... except this one from 1657 where he has middle aged spread...