Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave.

• Price: $300.00
  

  SKU: 103717

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• ARTIST: Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke)

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: c.1615

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 x 4 3/8"

• DESCRIPTION: Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (c.1564–1646), an English nobleman, soldier, and court official who served during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I of England. The portrait was engraved by Renold Elstrack (also spelled Reginold or Reginald Elstracke), one of the most important English portrait engravers active in the early seventeenth century.<BR><BR> Sheffield, the son of John Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield, was elevated to the peerage as Earl of Mulgrave in 1626. Over the course of his career he held a number of positions at court and was associated with the political and military affairs of the late Tudor and early Stuart periods. Like many members of the English nobility of the era, his public reputation was reinforced through engraved portraiture, which circulated widely among collectors and readers interested in prominent historical figures.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: 1st State.

• CONDITION: Good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Famous People