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Great Britain - History - Charles II, 1660-1685

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  • A committee of English Nonconformists of the Commonwealth era receiving petitions from people accused of bestiality (a woman with a dog and a man with a horse); representing the danger that Puritanism might be revived in 1680 and seize power in Great Britain. Engraving after Sir R. Lestrange, 1680.
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    • Ephemera

    A proclamation for discovering such as own, or will not disown a late treasonable declaration of war against His Majesty, and the horrid principle of assassination.

    England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) | Date: 1685
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    A committee of English Nonconformists of the Commonwealth era receiving petitions from people accused of bestiality (a woman with a dog and a man with a horse); representing the danger that Puritanism might be revived in 1680 and seize power in Great Britain. Engraving after Sir R. Lestrange, 1680.

    L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704. | Date: [1680] | Reference: 36259i
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    King Charles II greeting his sister, Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans. Etching and engraving by W. Bromley, 1804, after T. Stothard.

    Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834. | Date: June 1804 | Reference: 3224206i
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    A young woman and a young man in the reign of King Charles II having a quarrel: they prepare to surrender each other's portrait miniature. Engraving by C. Heath, 1824, after G.S. Newton.

    Newton, Gilbert Stuart, 1794-1835. | Date: May 15 1827 | Reference: 3162392i
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