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Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, KG, PC, FRS (17 December 1619 [27 December 1619 (N.S.)] – 29 November 1682 (O.S.) [9 December 1682 (N.S)]) was an English-German army officer, admiral, scientist, and colonial governor.
- Emanuel Scrope Howe
He married Ruperta Hughes, the natural daughter of Prince...
- The Great Executioner
The Great Executioner is a mezzotint by the soldier and...
- Boy (dog)
Boy (also Boye) was a white hunting poodle belonging to...
- Emanuel Scrope Howe
Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, was an English-German army officer, admiral, scientist, and colonial governor. He first rose to prominence as a Royalist cavalry commander during the English Civil War.
The Great Executioner is a mezzotint by the soldier and amateur artist Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-1682), finished in 1658. The subject of the picture is the execution of John the Baptist, after Jusepe de Ribera's painting.
Boy (also Boye) was a white hunting poodle belonging to Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the 17th century. Parliamentarian propaganda alleged that the dog was "endowed" with magical powers. Boy accompanied his master into battle and was killed at the Battle of Marston Moor on 2 July 1644.
Born on December 17, 1619, at Prague, Rupert was given the title Prince Rupert of the Rhine because he had come into the world while his father was still king of Bohemia. By his late teens he had grown into a handsome youth.
Prince Rupert of the Rhine’s The Great Executioner is the most ambitious and beautiful mezzotint produced during the seventeenth century. This luscious impression shows the work in all its glory. The deepest tones are rich and velvety.
Prince Rupert (1619-1682), Count Palatine of the Rhine and Duke of Cumberland and Bavaria, was buried on 6th December 1682 in a vault with his mother in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.
