MONTACUTE HOUSE

LONG GALLERY
Portraits on display

Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban
1561-1626
Philosopher; Lord Chancellor
by Unknown artist
after 1731 (circa 1620)
oil on canvas
79 in. x 50 in. (2007 mm x 1270 mm)
NPG 1288

Possibly Lucy, Countess of Bedford
circa 1581-1627
Countess, patroness of poets; married 3rd Earl of Bedford
by Unknown artist
circa 1603
oil on canvas
75 3/8 in. x 44 3/4 in. (1914 mm x 1138 mm)
NPG 5688

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
1520-1598
Lord High Treasurer
by Unknown artist
1590s
oil on canvas
88 1/4 in. x 55 1/4 in. (2230 mm x 1403 mm)
NPG 4881

James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle
1580-1636
Courtier; favourite of James I and Charles I
by Unknown artist
1628
oil on canvas
76 5/8 in. x 47 1/4 in. (1946 mm x 1200 mm)
NPG 5210

Charles I
1600-1649
Reigned 1625-49
attributed to Abraham van Blyenberch
circa 1617-1620
oil on canvas
79 in. x 45 1/2 in. (2007 mm x 1156 mm)
NPG 1112

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
1591-1646
Parliamentary general; son of 2nd Earl
by Unknown artist
circa 1620
oil on canvas
80 in. x 48 in. (2032 mm x 1219 mm)
NPG L115

Henry, Prince of Wales
1594-1612
Eldest son of James I
by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
circa 1603
oil on canvas
63 3/4 in. x 46 in. (1619 mm x 1168 mm)
NPG 2562

James I of England and VI of Scotland
1566-1625
Reigned, Scotland from 1567, England 1603-25
attributed to; after Rowland Lockey; Arnold van Brounckhorst
late 16th century (1574)
oil on canvas
46 1/2 in. x 28 3/4 in. (1181 mm x 730 mm)
NPG 63

1st Earl of Monmouth and his family (Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth; Elizabeth, Countess of Monmouth; Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth; Philadelphia, Lady Wharton; Thomas Carey)
attributed to Paul Van Somer
circa 1617
oil on canvas
89 1/2 in. x 85 1/4 in. (2273 mm x 2165 mm)
NPG 5246

Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
1584-1650
Courtier
by Unknown artist
circa 1615
oil on canvas
89 5/8 in. x 55 7/8 in. (2275 mm x 1419 mm)
NPG 5187

Lodovick Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond, and 2nd Duke of Lennox
1574-1624
Statesman
by Paul Van Somer
circa 1620
oil on canvas
81 3/4 in. x 47 3/4 in. (2077 mm x 1213 mm)
NPG 5297

John Thornborough
1551-1641
Bishop of Worcester
by Unknown artist
1630
oil on canvas
80 in. x 48 5/8 in. (2032 mm x 1235 mm)
NPG 5234

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