The affair of the pictures

ON 9 NOVEMBER 1620 MEMBERS OF THE SPANISH DIPLOMATIC DELEGATION TO LONDON DID SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TWO PAINTINGS (ONE OF THE BATTLE OF KINSALE) DEPICTING ENGLISH MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC TRIUMPHS IN THE LONG GALLERY AT WHITEHALL PALACE. WHAT WAS BEHIND THIS EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT? By Hiram Morgan There are confused reports about what exactly happened in ... Read more

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