Sir John Cotton Showing his Mantuan Horses to Charles II at Newmarket (unknown artist, c1670, National Horse Racing Museum).
Charles loved horse racing; he restored the palace and stables at Newmarket and founded race meetings there

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There's an exciting project to reconstruct the Lenox, a 70-gun third rater built in 1678 in Deptford. Can you imagine sailing in a full-size replica Restoration ship of the line?

Pic: Lenox and two other Navy ships fight a Spanish 70-gunner, 1740

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Fubbs the yacht was scrapped in 1781, of course; Madam Carwell wasn't scrapped by Charles II, but remained in high favour until his death.
She returned to France and died in Paris on 14 November 1734, aged 85.

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I always love Charles II's yacht Fubbs, named for the plumptastic Louise de Kerouaille. Designed by Phineas Pett and built in 1682 at Greenwich, Fubbs was ketch-rigged and underwent several rebuilds. She was scrapped in 1781

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i like the scribble bg better
eat my balls "stuarts animals all look the same" aki

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TOMORROW. Thursday 8pm Eastern I'll have a live art sale on Facebook! Dozens of NEW pieces, most of which have never ever seen seen! Please tune in live to bid on my personal FB page... Here's the link:
https://t.co/7I294NkjNC

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My all time favorite video game! The helmet and arm cannon come off when she's with the baby! This Thursday at 8pm eastern on Facebook I'll have a BIG ORIGINAL ART SALE. MANY NEW NEVER OFFERED PIECES! See you soon! https://t.co/ZP0gaPBeZY

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Here are the HWA members who write about the
https://t.co/RFcI3qrZE0
And some authors whose books are set in the 17th century
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Immerse yourself in the 1620s and 1630s at the Rubens House in Antwerp. Rubens designed the portico and adjacent studio where he painted many of his works, assisted by the young Van Dyck before he left for London in 1621.

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Sometimes the best pieces are fast and spontaneous! Here's a 10-minute Joker I drew in graphite, paint markers, and a red colored pencil!

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Two marriage portraits, Van Dyck school & by Lely. 1. Paul, 2nd Viscount Bayning with wife Penelope. 2. Daughter Anne was 1st wife of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford. When he was confined to the Tower as a Royalist spy, devoted Anne joined him & died there.

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Charles II and his brother loved sailing. The King named one of his yachts Fubbs ('chubby'), his nickname for Louise de Kerouaille. Despite its name it was fast😏
Here are Fubbs the ketch-rigged yacht (with the Katherine) and Fubbs the mistress

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Masques! Charles I and Henrietta Maria continued the tradition, when circumstances allowed, and appeared in some (not to universal approval). The Banqueting House was the ideal setting; somewhat ironically, with hindsight

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Rare Gold Royalist badge c1649
Concealed on a Royalist after execution of King Charles I, to remember him. All Items bearing King's image forbidden by Parliament & seen as a threat.
{Charles I & Queen Henrietta Maria - Thomas Rawlins)

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THURSDAY at 8pm est on Facebook I'll be selling new exclusive X-O Manowar covers! (remarks, CGC and CBCS submissions available!) plus a smart lesson on word balloons and lettering! PLUS live drawing!
https://t.co/ZP0gaPBeZY

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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. 😀

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