![[John Hay.] John Earle of Tweeddale.](jpegs/68543.jpg)
[John Hay.] John Earle of Tweeddale.
[After Sir Godfrey Kneller. Engraved by John Smith.]
[n.d., c.1690.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 335 x 235mm (13¼ x 9¼"). Small margins.
Portrait of John Hay (1625 - 1697), 17th-century Scottish statesman, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, and Lord High Chancellor of Scotland from 1692 to 1696. During the English Civil War, he repeatedly shifted his allegiance between the Royalist cause and the Parliamentarians. He initially supported Charles I joining him at Nottingham in 1642. In 1644, however, he fought for Parliament at the Battle of Marston Moor, influenced by his views regarding the Covenanters. Four years later, he once again aligned with the Royalists, participating in the Battle of Preston.
CS 256 iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68543] £290.00
[n.d., c.1690.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 335 x 235mm (13¼ x 9¼"). Small margins.
Portrait of John Hay (1625 - 1697), 17th-century Scottish statesman, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, and Lord High Chancellor of Scotland from 1692 to 1696. During the English Civil War, he repeatedly shifted his allegiance between the Royalist cause and the Parliamentarians. He initially supported Charles I joining him at Nottingham in 1642. In 1644, however, he fought for Parliament at the Battle of Marston Moor, influenced by his views regarding the Covenanters. Four years later, he once again aligned with the Royalists, participating in the Battle of Preston.
CS 256 iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68543] £290.00