Oliver Cromwell

1 portrait

Oliver Cromwell

by Samuel Cooper
watercolour on vellum, 1656
2 3/4 in. x 2 1/4 in. (70 mm x 57 mm) oval
Transferred from British Museum, 1939
Primary Collection
NPG 3065

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Sitterback to top

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), Lord Protector of England. Sitter associated with 220 portraits.

Artistback to top

Samuel Cooper (1609-1672), Miniature painter. Artist associated with 105 portraits, Sitter associated with 3 portraits.

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NPG 514: Oliver Cromwell (source portrait)
NPG 588: Oliver Cromwell (source portrait)
NPG D17603: Oliver Cromwell (source portrait)

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Cooper, John, Great Britons: The Great Debate, 2002, p. 58
Cooper, John, Oliver the First: Contemporary Images of Oliver Cromwell, 1999, p. 24
Foskett, Daphne, Samuel Cooper, 1974 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 15 March - 15 June 1974), p. 22
Parris, Matthew, Heroes and Villains: Scarfe at the National Portrait Gallery, 2003 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 30 September 2003 to 4 April 2004), p. 56
Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 93
Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 93
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 155
Walker, Richard, Miniatures: 300 Years of the English Miniature, 1998, p. 33