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20 April 1643 Prince Rupert's engineers detonated the first ever explosive mine used in England to breach the defences and retake Close.

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2021-04-20

Edward Tyson was hot on This book of his notes and drawings, containing human and animal life in all its splendour, is a definite contender for

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2021-04-14

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.

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2021-04-14

9 April 1644 Parliamentarian forces under Sir William Waller stormed Winchester. They captured the town but the Royalist garrison held out in the castle.

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2021-04-09

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.

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2021-03-29

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. (NPG)

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2021-03-18

In 1649 Thomas Fairfax is given a 'Bason & Ewer of beaten Gold as Testimony of the hearty affections [of Oliver Cromwell is sent a 'present of plate to the value of 300 l, & 200 pieces in gold'. (Source: 'A perfect diurnall', 4-11 June 1649).

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2021-02-26

Charles Le Brun, a French painter, was born 24 February 1619.

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2021-02-24

This monumental work is by Dutch painter one of the most famous landscape painters of Holland.

Ruisdael was particularly successful at conveying the majesty and power of nature, investing many landscapes with an emotional, poetic dimension.

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2021-02-06

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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2021-01-31

painted c.1775-80 by iconic French artist depicts a young girl carving an initial into the bark of a tree.

Only 25cm tall, the scale and careful technique show Fragonard echoing the contemporary taste for Dutch cabinet paintings.

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2021-01-31

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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2021-01-16

🎄Merry Christmas Eve! 🎄
❄ Hear ye! 'Tis time for the 24th day of The Seventeenth Century Lady's 2020 Advent Calendar! ❄
Behind Door No. 24...
Sassoferrato's 'The Virgin in Prayer, 1640-50.
National Gallery, London.

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2020-12-24

3 December 1642 The Earl of Newcastle entered securing it for King Charles I. It would remain a Royalist stronghold for the next two years.

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2020-12-03

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.

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2020-11-30

This week, our series continues the theme of seeking refuge in art during troubled times.

Made by acclaimed landscape painter this dramatic vista is dominated by turbulent, fast-moving water flowing through a rocky gorge.

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2020-11-27

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.

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2020-11-25

Introducing the many faces of clergyman Joseph Hall (1574–1656). In the first portrait, Hall is trying to induce some serious &, unlike his other poses, is seen writing rather than reading. Source: https://t.co/rHaskYpSAL

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2020-11-24

Today I'm hanging out with on her blog. She writes a great post, does Anna, and we chat about writing and how the keeps us in its iron grip https://t.co/p0KizjeRpf

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2020-11-19