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Near full-length portrait of a gentleman in late middle age, with long natural brown hair, greying, and a white moustache. His dress is relatively plain, apparently in Commonwealth style. He wears a long brown coat, white gloves and white square collar. A sash is worn across the body from his right shoulder and a sword hilt is visible at the left hip, the hand resting lightly above this. His right hand holds a silver cane with a bone or ivory handle. He wears white stockings and gold garters on both legs. Behind, a woodland landscape and in the foreground an ivy-covered rock, bearing an inscription: 'I C – MIVT – SD'.

The Royal Society

London

Title

Portrait of a Gentleman of the Chester Family

Date

17th C

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 176 x W 116 cm

Accession number

RS.9693

Acquisition method

purchased as part of the contents of Chicheley Hall, 2009

Work type

Painting

The Royal Society

6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London, Greater London SW1Y 5AG England

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