The Treaty of London, signed on 18 August 1604, concluded the nineteen-year Anglo-Spanish War. The negotiations took place at Somerset House in London and are sometimes known as the Somerset House Conference. Represented in the painting: To the right, the British delegation including Thomas Sackville (by the window), Charles Howard, Charles Blount, Henry Howard and Robert Cecil. To the left, the Hispano-Flemish delegation: Juan de Velasco (by the window), Juan de Tassis and Acuna, Alessandro Robido, Charles de Ligne, Jean Louis Richardot and Verekyn.

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