2-705-226 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Prince Rupert', c1640, (early-mid 19th century). Portrait of Prince Rupert, Royalist cavalry commander of the English Civil War. Rupert (1619-1682) was the third son of the Elector Palatine Frederick V and Elizabeth, daughter of James VI of Scotland. In 1642 he came to England and fought for the Royalists in the Civil War. He spent his last years conducting chemical, physical and mechanical researches, including work on mezzotint methods, gunpowder and alloys. 'From the original of Vandyke in the collection of The Right Honourable The Earl of Craven'. [The London Printing and Publishing Company, London]