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[Robert Philip] Father Philips confessor to Henrietta Maria, was by many supposed, to influence that bigotted princess...
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. 120 x 80mm (4¾ xx 3¼").
Oval portrait of Robert Phillip (d.1747), Scottish Roman Catholic priest. Ordained in Rome, he returned to Scotland in 1612 and was sentenced to death the following year for conducting Mass. When his sentence was commuted to banishment he moved to France, but coming to England in 1628 to be confessor to Henrietta Maria of France when she married Charles I. In this role he was accused of being a Papal spy, then committed to the Tower of London for refusing to be sworn on the Anglican Bible before a House of Lords committee. He joined the queen in exile in the Hague at the outbreak of the Civil War, never to return.
[Ref: 55326] £70.00
Etching. 120 x 80mm (4¾ xx 3¼").
Oval portrait of Robert Phillip (d.1747), Scottish Roman Catholic priest. Ordained in Rome, he returned to Scotland in 1612 and was sentenced to death the following year for conducting Mass. When his sentence was commuted to banishment he moved to France, but coming to England in 1628 to be confessor to Henrietta Maria of France when she married Charles I. In this role he was accused of being a Papal spy, then committed to the Tower of London for refusing to be sworn on the Anglican Bible before a House of Lords committee. He joined the queen in exile in the Hague at the outbreak of the Civil War, never to return.
[Ref: 55326] £70.00