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Description: | A three-quarter length portrait slightly to left of Charles Weston. in the informal home dress of a gentleman. He wears a brown silk gown, large white bow at his throat and a fur cap. He is shown holding a letter in both hands of which the seal is broken. The sitter is seated in a leather chair in front of gold drapes. On his right is a table with a large book, pen and ink and an inscribed piece of paper. Beyond is a ship at sea on the left.
The portrait was painted in about 1664-65. There is a partly legible inscription with the words ?Portland? ?Charles? ?Roi? and ?London? still recognisable.
Lord Weston succeeded to the earldom in 1663. In 1665 he served aboard the ?Royal James? as a volunteer and was killed at the battle of Lowestoft.
caption: BHC2958 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | paintings Charles Weston | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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