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Pack 647. Pack of two English Civil War prints by Chris Collingwood.
PCK0647. PCK0647. Pack of Chris Collingwood English Civil War prints. Military Print Pack.
Items in this pack :
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DHM1100. Opposing Generals of Horse - Battle of Marston Moor by Chris Collingwood. Portraits of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Prince Rupert of the Rhine. Sir Thomas Fairfax (1612-71) Captain general of the Parliamentary New Model Army and his opponent Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-82) nephew of King Charles 1st and general of Royalist Horse. Centre section of the painting depicts cavalry engagement during the battle of Marston Moor. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm)
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DHM678. Found and Lost by Chris Collingwood. After the Battle of Roundway Down 13th July 1643, a grief stricken girl meets her true love all too briefly for the last time. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 24 inches x 17 inches (61cm x 43cm)
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DHM600B. Prince Rupert at Edgehill by Stanley Berkeley. Prince Rupert beginning his career as a leader of the Royalist Cavalry drove the Parliamentarian Cavalry off the field. Prince Rupert was a nephew of King Charles I and commanded the Royalist cavalry during the English Civil War. Prince Rupert was born on 17th December1619 in Prague. His mother was Elizabeth, the sister of Charles I. Rupert became a soldier and fought in the Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648) and in 1642, he joined the army of Charles I in the English Civil War. He was soon appointed to lead the royalist cavalry and fought in the first major battle of the war at Edgehill in October 1642. His cavalry charge completely routed the parliamentarians but he got carried away and pursued them too far from the battlefield, losing the chance to inflict a decisive defeat. His reputation grew after a number of military. In 1644 Prince Rupert led the spectacular relief of the siege of York but his army was defeated by a parliamentary army at Battle of Marston Moor, losing York and the north to Cromwell In June 1645 he took part in the Battle of Naseby at which the royalists were defeated. In September Rupert surrendered Bristol to parliament and in response the king abruptly withdrew his commission. Rupert left for exile in Holland. After the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Rupert held a series of British naval commands, fighting in the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch Wars. On 19th November 1682 Prince Rupert died. Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm)
Website Price: £ 130.00
To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £256.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £126
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