Portrait of an Unknown Man
Date1550-1600
MediumOil on oak
ClassificationsArtworks/Commemorations/Photographs
Terms
Object numberC04146
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. On View
Not on viewCollections
1603 - 1714
1630-1799
1800-1850
1850 - 1906
400-300 BC
1700-1900