Portrait of an Unknown Man
Portrait of an Unknown Man
Object name: Painting
Date: 1550-1600
Medium: Oil on oak
Object number: C04146
DescriptionMiniature oil painting of unknown individual, thought by Cuming to be Sir Francis Drake. It has a circular frame with a narrow gilded rim and shows a middle-aged man with close cropped hair, moustache, grey beard and a long scar across right eyebrow. He is dressed in a black tunic with a red sash across the left shoulder, and a white collar with simple lace edging.