Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593 - 1641), chief adviser to King Charles I of England in the run-up to the English Civil War. The king reluctantly signed Strafford's death warrant in a vain attempt to appease Parliament. Engraving created in 1740 by the Dutch engraver, Jacobus Houbraken (1798 - 1780), after a portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641).
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593 - 1641). Original copperplate engraving, created in 1740 by the Dutch engraver, Jacobus Houbraken (1798 - 1780), after an original portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641). Strafford was a powerful English statesman and hugely controversial figure during the political and religious turmoil that led to the outbreak of the first English Civil War in 1642. As chief adviser to King Charles I, he urged strong measures to control Parliament and was seen as a threat to it. Parliament voted to impeach Strafford and the King, reluctantly, signed his death warrant. On being told he would die, Strafford is said to have remarked bitterly 'put not your trust in Princes'. He was executed in London in May 1641. The King never forgave himself for what he saw as a betrayal of a man he had promised to protect. Jacobus Houbraken was the leading portrait engraver in 1700s Holland. Working with the English historian and artist, George Vertue, he engraved most of the important representations of Britain's most noted men from the past in a project entitled The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, published in London between 1743 and 1752. Sir Anthony van Dyck was the most influential painter to have worked in Britain during the 1600s. Flemish by birth, he found patronage in a number of European countries, but his longest stay was in England, which he made his home from the beginning of 1632.
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Location: England
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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