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Portrait of Henry Hastings, KG, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon

Unknown artist, 1588

Henry Hastings, a significant figure in Elizabethan history, is shown wearing armour which is illustrated under the title 'the Earle of Leicester' in the 'Jacobe Album' a book of contemporary drawings of armour from the Royal workshops at Greenwich, in the V&A. THe armour is now lost.

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Title of artwork, date

Portrait of Henry Hastings, KG, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, 1588

Date supported

1954

Medium and material

Oil on panel

Dimensions

109 x 84 cm

Grant

200

Total cost

400

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