1851 Antique Portrait - Oliver Cromwell - Engraved from Robert Walker Painting

Description: An original antique engraving featuring the portrait of Oliver Cromwell based on the famous painting in the British Museum by Robert Walker - see below. The engraving is not dated but the publisher, L.Tallis was active in London between 1838 and 1851 Good condition. This is a genuine antique engraving and not a reproduction. Page size 9 x 5.5 inches See more of these historic portraits in Seller's Other Items offered at a fraction of dealer prices - another copy is currently offered on Ebay for $70Robert Walker (painter)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchFor other people named Robert Walker, see Robert Walker (disambiguation).Robert Walker self-portrait.Robert Walker (1599–1658) was an English portrait painter, notable for his portraits of the "Lord Protector" Oliver Cromwell and other distinguished parliamentarians of the period. He was influenced by Van Dyck, and many of his paintings can now be found at the National Portrait Gallery, London.[1]Contents1Life and work2Works in UK galleries and museums3Notes4References5External linksLife and work[edit]Richard Deane, 1610–1653, General at Sea by Robert Walker, painted c. 1653.Walker was the chief painter of the parliamentary party during the Commonwealth of England from 1649 to 1660. Nothing is known of his early life. His manner of painting, though strongly influenced by that of Van Dyck, is yet distinctive enough to rule out the possibility of him being one of Van Dyck's immediate pupils.[1]He is chiefly known for his portraits of Oliver Cromwell, and our knowledge of Cromwell's appearance is mainly based on Walker's paintings, as well as the portraits of him by Samuel Cooper[2] and by Peter Lely.[3] There are two main types. The earlier, representing Cromwell in armour with a page tying on his sash, and the later, full face to the waist in armour, were frequently repeated and copied.[1]The best example of the first type is perhaps the painting now in the National Portrait Gallery (formerly in the possession of the Rich family).[4] This likeness was considered by diarist John Evelyn (1620–1706) to be the truest representation of Cromwell which he knew (see Numismata, p. 339). There are repetitions of this portrait elsewhere. In another portrait by Walker, Cromwell wears a gold chain and decoration sent to him by Queen Christina of Sweden.[1]Walker painted Henry Ireton,[5] John Lambert[6] (examples of these two in the National Portrait Gallery), Charles Fleetwood, Richard Keble and other prominent members of the parliamentary government. John Evelyn himself sat for him, as stated in his Diaryfor 1 July 1648: "I sate for my picture, in which there is a death's head, to Mr. Walker, that excellent painter";[1] and there is another entry on 6 July 1650: "To Mr. Walker's, a good painter, who shew'd me an excellent copie of Titian".[1][7] This copy of Titian, however, does not appear, as sometimes stated, to have been painted by Walker himself.[1] One of Walker's best paintings is the portrait of an unknown man – formerly thought to be William Faithorne the elder – now in the National Portrait Gallery.[8]In 1652, on the death of the Earl of Arundel, Walker was allotted apartments in Arundel House, which had been seized by the parliament. He is stated to have died in 1658.[1]Walker painted his own portrait three times – one is at the National Portrait Gallery, which also houses two engravings of portraits of Walker by other artists (one was finely engraved in his lifetime by Peter Lombart).[1][9] Another example, with variations, is in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford.[10]Works in UK galleries and museums[edit]Walker has a number of paintings in the collection of the UK's National Portrait Gallery. At least a half dozen of these were done by Robert Walker himself. The remainder were done by others after his style. The paintings noted as "by" or "by or after" with no other attribution are of Adrian Scrope, John Evelyn, Oliver Cromwell, two unknown men, and himself.His portrait entitled "Richard Deane, 1610–53, General at Sea" is in the collection of the National Maritime Museum.[citation needed]Two of his portraits of Cromwell are in the collection of the Cromwell Museum. The museum also has a receipt signed by Robert Walker for painting Cromwell's portrait.[citation needed]Oliver CromwellFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to search"Cromwell" redirects here. For other uses, see Cromwell (disambiguation) and Oliver Cromwell (disambiguation).His Highness Oliver CromwellA 1656 Samuel Cooper portrait of CromwellLord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and IrelandIn office 16 December 1653 – 3 September 1658Preceded byCouncil of StateSucceeded byRichard CromwellMember of Parliament for CambridgeIn office 30 February 1640 – 20 January 1649MonarchCharles IPreceded byThomas PurchaseMember of Parliament for HuntingdonIn office 31 January 1628 – 2 March 1629MonarchCharles IPreceded byArthur MainwaringPersonal detailsBorn25 April 1599 Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, Kingdom of EnglandDied3 September 1658 (aged 59) Palace of Whitehall, London, The ProtectorateResting placeTyburn, LondonNationalityEnglishSpouse(s)Elizabeth Bourchier (m. 1620)ChildrenRobert CromwellOliver CromwellBridget CromwellRichard CromwellHenry CromwellElizabeth CromwellJames CromwellMary CromwellFrances CromwellParentsRobert Cromwell (father)Elizabeth Steward (mother)Alma materSidney Sussex College, CambridgeOccupationFarmer, parliamentarian, military commanderSignatureMilitary serviceNickname(s)Old Noll[1]Old IronsidesAllegianceRoundheadBranch/serviceEastern Association (1643–1645)New Model Army (1645–1646)Years of service1643–1651RankColonel (1643 – bef. 1644)Lieutenant-General of Horse (bef. 1644 – 1645)Lieutenant-General of Cavalry (1645–1646)CommandsCambridgeshire Ironsides(1643 – bef. 1644)Eastern Association (bef. 1644 – 1645)New Model Army (1645–1646)Battles/warsEnglish Civil War (1642–1651):GainsboroughMarston Moor2nd NewburyNasebyLangportPrestonDunbarWorcesterRoyal styles of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the CommonwealthReference styleHis HighnessSpoken styleYour HighnessAlternative styleSirOliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658)[note 1] was an English general and statesman who, first as a subordinate and later as Commander-in-Chief, led armies of the Parliament of England against King Charles I during the English Civil War, subsequently ruling the British Isles as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658. He acted simultaneously as head of state and head of government of the new republican commonwealth.Cromwell was born into the landed gentry to a family descended from the sister of Henry VIII's minister Thomas Cromwell. Little is known of the first 40 years of his life, as only four of his personal letters survive, along with a summary of a speech that he delivered in 1628.[2] He became an Independent Puritan after undergoing a religious conversion in the 1630s, taking a generally tolerant view towards the many Protestant sects of the time;[3] an intensely religious man, Cromwell fervently believed in God guiding him to victory. Cromwell was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in 1628, and for Cambridge in the Short (1640) and Long (1640–1649) Parliaments. He entered the English Civil Wars on the side of the "Roundheads", or Parliamentarians, and gained the nickname "Old Ironsides". Cromwell demonstrated his ability as a commander and was quickly promoted from leading a single cavalry troop to being one of the principal commanders of the New Model Army, playing an important role under General Sir Thomas Fairfax in the defeat of the Royalist ("Cavalier") forces.Cromwell was one of the signatories of Charles I's death warrant in 1649, and dominated the short-lived Commonwealth of England as a member of the Rump Parliament (1649–1653). He was selected to take command of the English campaign in Irelandin 1649–1650. Cromwell's forces defeated the Confederate and Royalist coalition in Ireland and occupied the country, bringing to an end the Irish Confederate Wars. During this period, a series of Penal Laws were passed against Roman Catholics (a significant minority in England and Scotland but the vast majority in Ireland), and a substantial amount of their land was confiscated. Cromwell also led a campaign against the Scottish army between 1650 and 1651. On 20 April 1653, Cromwell dismissed the Rump Parliament by force, setting up a short-lived nominated assembly known as Barebone's Parliament, before being invited by his fellow leaders to rule as Lord Protector of England (which included Wales at the time), Scotland, and Ireland from 16 December 1653.[4] As a ruler, he executed an aggressive and effective foreign policy. Nevertheless, Cromwell's policy of religious toleration for Protestant denominations during the Protectorate extended only to "God's peculiar", and not to those considered by him to be heretics, such as the Quakers, Socinians, and Ranters.[5]Cromwell died from natural causes in 1658 and was buried in Westminster Abbey. He was succeeded by his son Richard, whose weakness led to a power vacuum. Oliver's former General George Monck then mounted a coup, causing Parliament to arrange the return to London of Prince Charles as King, Charles II, and the Royalists' return to power in 1660. Cromwell's corpse was subsequently dug up, hung in chains, and beheaded.Cromwell is one of the most controversial figures in British and Irish history, considered a regicidal dictator by historians such as David Sharp,[6] a military dictator by Winston Churchill,[7] a bourgeois revolutionary by Leon Trotsky,[8] and a hero of liberty by John Milton, Thomas Carlyle, and Samuel Rawson Gardiner. His tolerance of Protestant sects did not extend to Catholics, and the measures taken by him against Catholics, particularly in Ireland, have been characterised by some as genocidal or near-genocidal,[9] and his record is strongly criticised in Ireland,[10] although the worst atrocities took place after he had returned to England.[11] He was selected as one of the ten greatest Britons of all time in a 2002 BBC poll.[12]§

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