Vellum
A fine parchment, made from young animal skins, specifically calf skin, rubbed with pumice, chalk or ground bone.
Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex
studio of Hans Holbein the Younger
circa 1537
NPG 6311
Gerlach Flicke; Henry Strangwish (or Strangways)
by Gerlach Flicke
1554
NPG 6353
Queen Elizabeth I
by Nicholas Hilliard
1572
NPG 108
Sir Walter Ralegh
by Nicholas Hilliard
circa 1585
NPG 4106
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
by Unknown artist
circa 1587
NPG 6241
Henry, Prince of Wales
studio of Isaac Oliver
circa 1610
NPG 1572
Anne of Denmark
by Isaac Oliver
circa 1612
NPG 4010
Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel
probably after John Hoskins
(1647)
NPG 6275
Isaac Barrow
by David Loggan
1676
NPG 1876
Sir Thomas Browne
after Robert White
late 17th century
NPG 1969
Brook Taylor
probably by Louis Goupy
1720
NPG 1920
Elizabeth Carter
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
1788-1789
NPG 28














