Seashaken Houses collection_Royal Observatory Greenwich Charles II fled England in

Charles II fled England in 1649 when his father was executed by Cromwell's Roundheads

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his crown and orb rest on richly ornate fabric and a fluted pillar in the left background

during which his uncle and father-in-law

A full-length portrait of William IV turning slightly to the left

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