Portraits of seven bishops of England Bending but not breaking Flectimur sed non frangimur (title on object), Portraits of seven bishops of England, placed in the Tower by King James II in 1688, because they openly turned away from its Declaration of Indulgence. In the center, in an oval, the portrait of the Archbishop William of Canterbury, around it, also in ovals, the portraits of William or St. Asaph, John or Chichester, Thomas or Peterborow, Jonathan or Bristol, Thomas of Bath and Wells and Francis or Ely. Above each bishop's portrait a bishop's throat, at the very top a cherub. At the bottom a four-line text, left in Dutch and right in French, with two medallions in the middle. One shows an image of the Tower, the other an image of a scales with a sun and a moon, insignia or bishop, eg miter, crozier, The Tower of London, Willem, archbishop of Canterbury Sancroft, William, bishop of St. Asaph Lloyd, John, Bishop of Chichester Lake, Thomas, Bishop of Peterborow White, Jonathan, Bishop of Bristol Trelawny, Bishop of Bath and Wells Ken, Francis, Bishop of Ely Turner, Adriaen Haelwegh (mentioned on object), in or after 1688 - 1712, paper, engraving, h 442 mm × w 288 mm
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Portraits, seven bishops, England Bending, breaking Flectimur sed non frangimur, title, object, England, placed, Tower, King James II, 1688, openly turned away, Declaration, Indulgence, center, oval, portrait, Archbishop William, Canterbury, ovals, portraits, William, St. Asaph, John, Chichester, Thomas, Peterborow, Jonathan, Bristol, Bath, Wells, Francis, Ely, bishop's portrait, bishop's throat, top, cherub, bottom, four-line text, left, Dutch, right, French, two medallions, middle, image, scales, sun, moon, insignia, bishop, eg miter, crozier, London, Willem, archbishop, Canterbury Sancroft, St. Asaph Lloyd, Bishop, Chichester Lake, Peterborow White, Bristol Trelawny, Wells Ken, Ely Turner, Adriaen Haelwegh, mentioned, 1712, paper, engraving
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