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Object Type
Museum number: 1895,1031.256
Description: Columned interior in which a man (possibly Roger Ascham) wearing a ruff and long cloak reads from a paper to Queen Elizabeth; resting on two columns at the top, busts of the heads of Demosthenes and Cicero; arranged around the outside of the scene circular portraits of the heads of Edward VI, Elizabeth I, John Cheke, Johann Sturmius, William Cecil, Thomas Smith, Johann Sleidan, John Aylmer, Jane Grey, and Mary I. Engraving
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School/style
Production date: 1668-1727
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Dimensions: Height: 167 millimetres; Width: 104 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Roger Ascham; Portrait of: Elizabeth I, Queen of England; Portrait of: Edward VI, King of England; Portrait of: Sir John Cheke; Portrait of: Johann Sturm; Portrait of: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley; Portrait of: Sir Thomas Smith; Portrait of: Johann Sleidan; Portrait of: John Aylmer, Bishop of London; Portrait of: Lady Jane Grey; Portrait of: Mary I, Queen of England; Representation of: Demosthenes; Representation of: Cicero
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1895
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1895,1031.256

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