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Description: | The Mount Edgcumbes were a Royalist family of considerable wealth and standing who owned lands to the west of Plymouth. Sir Richard was born in 1640, just before the outbreak of civil war in England. On the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 he received his knighthood and was made a member of the Order of the Bath. The painting depicts him in his knight's regalia, standing with one hand on his hip and his body turned to the right, draped in the rich fabric of his robes. The composition is typical of portraits by Sir Peter Lely. | Subjects: | portrait (Sir Richard Edgcumbe) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Lely, Peter (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1618-1680, active in England) Æ Attributed to studio of Attributed to circle of Wright, John Michael (English painter, 1617-1694) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8501... | Go to resource |
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