Oliver Cromwell
Emblematic portrait of Oliver Cromwell wearing armor and a laurel wreath, holiding a sword with three crowns in his right hand, and an open book in his left hand; trampling a female allegorical figure with his right foot, a serpent with his left; allegorical figure blowing a trumpet behind to left; between two pillars bearing flags, symbolic objects and signs, and plaques showing kneeling figures holding laurel wreaths; men working in the countryside in foreground; regiment of soldiers in background on right; lettered within image in Greek with 'MONΩ TΩ ΘEΩ ΛOΞ A'
Artwork Details
- Title: Oliver Cromwell
- Artist: Charles Turner (British, Woodstock, Oxfordshire 1774–1857 London)
- Artist: after William Faithorne the Elder (British, London ca. 1620–1691 London)
- Sitter: Oliver Cromwell (British, Huntingdon 1599–1658 London)
- Date: 1823
- Medium: Mezzotint; proof before published state
- Dimensions: Image: 13 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (33.7 × 24.4 cm)
Plate: 15 7/16 × 10 3/8 in. (39.2 × 26.4 cm)
Sheet: 21 3/16 × 15 3/16 in. (53.8 × 38.6 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
- Object Number: 24.63.101
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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