Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665) aged 62
Thomas Cross (fl.1632-1682)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Etching/engraving on paper in a wooden frame
Measurements
270 x 220 mm
Order this imageCollection
Berrington Hall, Herefordshire
NT 617549
Summary
Print, etching, Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665) aged 62 by Thomas Cross (fl.1632-1682). Head and shoulders portrait, wearing a lace cravat; top right, a shelf with books, with the titles 'Plants', 'Sun Powder', 'his Cookery', 'Rec:ts in Physick &c' and 'Sr K. Digby of Bodyes'. Frontispiece to Digby's 'Choice and Experimented Receipts in Physick and Chirurgy' (1668) and 'The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby opened' (1669).
Makers and roles
Thomas Cross (fl.1632-1682), engraver (printmaker)