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Nothing is so contemptible as a despised prince.

Doodles encapsulating the rule of King Charles I of England 1625-1649. References & yapping under the cut.

I watched a very good video recently about how to be creative during a burnout, and one of the suggestions was to replicate something else in your style. I have always loved Stuart-era portraits & the Stuart era in general is one of the most interesting to me, so I tried my hand at rejigging a few pamphlets & portraits. From there it spiralled into a whole page (which I am very pleased with).

I have not been creative at all recently due to burnout & feeling like I 'owed' fandoms content, so here is content for a "fandom" very few people are a part of! More art posts & potentially more writing may be posted here in the future, but do not expect anything. I'm not sure when (if ever) I will return to fanfiction as I am currently more focused on my special interest of history rather than any particular media.

Toodles!

References:

"Charles I in Three Positions" by Anthony Van Dyck

Samuel Cooper's 1656 portrait of Cromwell

Anthony van Dyck's 1636 portrait of Laud

George Glover's line engraving of John Lilburne

(Probably) Edward Blower's 1640 portrait of Pym

The 1646 "World Turned Upside Down" woodcut pamphlet

Woodcut from the parliamentarian pamphlet "A True Relation of Prince Rupert's Barbarous Cruelty against the Towne of Brumingham"

Shot from Monty Python & the Holy Grail (1975)