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Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639), Diplomat and poet

Sitter associated with 11 portraits
Diplomat and author, who was Britain's ambassador to Venice for nearly twenty years. From 1624, as Provost of Eton, he followed a literary career and wrote lives of his friends John Donne and Izaak Walton.

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Sir Henry Wotton

by Unknown artist
oil on canvas
NPG 1482

D27880

Sir Henry Wotton

by Walter Dolle
line engraving, mid to late 17th century
NPG D27880

D27882

Sir Henry Wotton

possibly by Walter Dolle
line engraving, mid to late 17th century
NPG D27882

D27881

Sir Henry Wotton

by Pierre Lombart
line engraving, published 1654
NPG D27881

D27883

Sir Henry Wotton

by Pierre Lombart
line engraving, published 1654
NPG D27883

D9025

Sir Henry Wotton

by Pierre Lombart
line engraving, published 1654
NPG D9025

D27884

Sir Henry Wotton

after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1657
NPG D27884

D8870

Sir Henry Wotton

after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1657
NPG D8870

D23930

ENGLAND'S WORTHIES. The Lives of the Most Eminent Persons from CONSTANTINE to This Present time

after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1684
NPG D23930

D27885

Sir Henry Wotton

after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D27885

D17122

Sir Henry Wotton

by Henry Bone, after Unknown artist
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, early 19th century
NPG D17122

Category
Literature, Journalism and Publishing
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
Ambassadors and diplomats
Elizabethan writers
Metaphysical poets
Poets
Places
Berkshire
Italy