Sir Francis Walsingham (1530-1590) (after John de Critz the elder)
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1823
Materials
Enamel
Measurements
203 mm (H)165 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1250539
Summary
Enamel portrait miniature, Sir Francis Walsingham (1530-1590) (after John de Critz the elder) by Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834). c.1823. Three-quarter length portrait, seated in a high-backed chair with brass studs and finials, turned slightly to left, facing spectator, in a black fur-lined robe and black cap, a cameo of Queen Elizabeth's head hanging from a black ribbon around his neck and holding a paper in his right hand.Brown eyes, black hair and beard. Original in the Bisham Abbey Collection
Provenance
The Bone enamels at Kingston Lacy, copied from paintings in well-known houses, were mostly acquired by William Bankes at auction in 1836, from a set of 85 which had been unsuccessfully offered to the nation for £4000 by the elder Bone. William gave the bulk of them to his brother the Rev Edward Bankes. After William's flight abroad in 1841, Edward returned them to Kingston Lacy.
Marks and inscriptions
SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM / 17 (painted in black on fixed gilt label, centred under image)
Makers and roles
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834), artist after John de Critz, the Elder (Antwerp 1551/52 - London 1642), artist