Hieronymous Westonius Comes Portlandi

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Wenceslaus Hollar after van Dyck Hieronymous Westonius Comes Portlandi c. 1645 Etching 175x230mm Trimmed to image,part of title missing, neatly re-margined.

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Sir Richard Weston (1577-1635) was a foreign envoy for James I and became the principal advisor of CharlesI after the death of Buckingham, and in 1628 Lord High treasurer. The “Hieronymous” (Jerome) in the title is an error – that was his father’s name.
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