King Charles II (101 page)

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Authors: Antonia Fraser

Edward Hyde, first Earl of Clarendon, by Lely.
The rare seal of Charles
II
issued in Jersey after his father’s death; Jersey was the only part of the English dominions in which Charles
II
was proclaimed.
Mary, Princess of Orange and eldest sister of Charles
II
, 1659, by Adriaen Hanneman.
‘La Grande Mademoiselle’ (Anne-Marie Louise de Montpensier), first cousin of Charles
II
and the greatest heiress in Europe.
Whiteladies and Boscobel House in Shropshire, where Charles
II
hid after the battle of Worcester; he commissioned this commemorative painting, by Robert Streater, after the Restoration.
Worcester, showing the house from which Charles
II
escaped at the end of the battle; photo by the author.
The Royal Oak today, isolated in a field near Boscobel House (it was once part of a forest).
Charles
II
asleep in the lap of Major Carlos in the branches of the Boscobel Oak.
Charles
II
in farmer’s clothes riding with Jane Lane from Bentley Hall to Abbot’s Leigh. These are two of a set of five historical reconstructions of the royal adventures painted by Isaac Fuller some time after the Restoration. Much of the detail is accurate, but the King himself, only twenty-one at the time of his escape, looks far too old.
Charles
II
in exile, artist unknown but probably a Spanish painter working in Bruges (detail).
Lucy Walter, known as Mrs Barlow, mistress of Charles
II
.
Miniature of James, later Duke of Monmouth, Charles
II
’s illegitimate son by Lucy Walter, showing a strong resemblance to pictures of his father at the same age.

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