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@17thCenturyLady @17cRoyalistHub @CryssaBazos @PSHistory @jdmccafferty @LiamPeterTemple @Pepyshistory @RoyalStuartSoc @stuartsonline @StuartOrme Baptised #otd 1566 @stirlingcastle, ‘Charles James, James Charles’… The greatest of the royal Charleses - James VI (& I)! #Stuartsaturday
@17thCenturyLady @1642Author @jdmccafferty @cheapsellotape @MuseumCromwell @ColemanDennehy @CryssaBazos @RoyalStuartSoc @EnglishCivilWar #StuartSaturday
"Charles 1 on horseback" - Van Dyck..always my fav Art
@17thCenturyLady @cheapsellotape @ARebelHand @ElizStJohn @swiftstory @CryssaBazos @NicolaCornick @jdmccafferty @quintonjournals For this week's #StuartSaturday I present a mezzotint of “Cupid Fighting with a Satyr” attributed to Jan van Somer c1680 brother of Paul van Somer II , but not a relative of Paul van Somer , James I's court painter. #KeepitStuart #17thCentury #art #engraving #mezzotint
@17thCenturyLady @quintonjournals @jdmccafferty @1642Author @ARebelHand @DrRJWarren @cheapsellotape For all things naval in #StuartSaturday its got to be the Assurance frigate- launched in 1646, commanded by William Penn - very active against privateers in the Civil war & remained in service through the 17th C