Investigating drawing - Chalk
George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury
by Unknown artist
inscribed 1582
NPG 6343
NPG 6343 (detail - eyes)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
NPG 6343 (detail - ear)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
NPG 6343 (detail - beard)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
There is real delight and panache in the way that the pattern of the beard has been carefully drawn
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