FDA-E.2296-2015
Parts
FDA-E.2296-2015
Identification
Sir William Sharington
assigned by cataloguer
Parker 75
Description
Sharington, William, c.1495 - 1553 (Sitter)
height (actual size): 302mm
width (actual size): 202mm
width (actual size): 202mm
Inscribed in pencil on reverse '75 Sire William Sherinton V / 12241 / Born 1495 / Kt Bath 1547/57 / Precipitated [?] friends / Joined plots of Thos Seymour / arrested 1548/49 / Pardoned/ Sheriff of Wiltshire 1552 / Died 1553'
Production
Holbein, Hans, 1497 - 1543 (Source artist)
c. 20th century
History and association
Balfour, Nicholas Robert: Nicholas Balfour Collection of Holbein collotypes, given to Eton by his son James Balfour, 2012