John Hampden (1595-1643), député du Parlement anglais avant et pendant la guerre civile anglaise. Hampden a contesté l'autorité du roi Charles I et a été jugé en 1637 pour avoir refusé de payer l'argent des navires, une taxe initialement prélevée sur les zones côtières en temps de guerre que le roi a tenté d'étendre aux comtés intérieurs alors que le pays était en paix. Gravure créée en 1700s par le graveur flamand Michael van der Gucht (1660-1725).
9448 x 15510 px | 80 x 131,3 cm | 31,5 x 51,7 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
22 juillet 2006
Lieu:
London, England, UK
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John Hampden (1595-1643), a leading English Parliamentarian who challenged the authority of King Charles I and stood trial in 1637 for refusing to pay Ship Money, a tax originally levied on coastal areas in wartime which the king attempted to extend to inland counties while the country was at peace. Original copperplate engraving by Flemish engraver, Michael van der Gucht (1660-1725), after a portrait by an unknown artist. This engraving was first used in a verse history of the English Civil Wars by Edward Ward (1667 - 1731), 'History of the Grand Rebellion’ published in 1713. It was then re-used, with plate number added, in later editions of the 'History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England' by Edward Hyde, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to King Charles I, later raised to the peerage as 1st Earl of Clarendon. John Hampden, known as 'the Patriot', was one of the 'five members' of Parliament whose attempted arrest by King Charles I sparked the English Civil Wars. The five members' absence from the House of Commons prompted the King's famous remark “I see the birds have flown”. When pressed to reveal the five members' whereabouts, Speaker of the House, William Lenthall, responded: “I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, in this place, but as the house is pleased to direct me”. Hampden fought bravely for Parliament in the first English Civil War, before being mortally wounded at the Battle of Chalgrove Field in 1643. He died at an inn in nearby Thame, Oxfordshire. Michael van der Gucht was born in Antwerp and came to London in about 1690 where he was largely employed in engraving title pages and portraits for booksellers. D1318.B5718
