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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.

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2019-08-22

Born in Leicestershire in 1636, a child named George eventually turned out to be "Jane". Read about her intriguing life on our blog...
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2019-06-10

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...

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2019-05-15

What was it like to live in the Join me February 7th at ESU in New York as I tell the story of the Keeper's Wife.

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2019-01-25

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

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2019-01-08

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

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2018-11-04

James Francis Edward Stuart, the legitimate Catholic heir to the Stuart throne, was born 10 June 1688 to Mary of Modena & James VII/II in St. James's Palace. A birth that ignited a revolution...

🎨 Gennari/Belle; 🏛️ NPG/Bridgeman.

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2018-06-09

🎨 Hendrik de Clerck: "Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan, Cupid and Apollo", 1600.
🏛️ Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida.

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2018-05-28

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

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2018-05-02

1648 Lord Grey is the most prominent MP involved in army support to expel moderates and guarantee action against Charles I.
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2017-12-06