Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, bust-length, wearing a white dress and jewelled veil. Inscribed 'Queen Elisabeth' on the cartellino upper left.
Three-quarters length portrait of Williams, who stands turned to the right wearing black robes with a white ruff, black hat and moustache; his right hand rests horizontally across his stomach while his left hand drops to its natural position. On the right of the picture is Williams' coat of arms, inscribed with the identity of the sitter and the date of 1621.
Possibly a variant of a portrait of 1627 by Jackson at St John's College, Cambridge.
Dyed, painted silk, on a hessian backing. On the left the arms of the Commonwealth: the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew and the Irish harp and in escutcheon a lion rampant guardant for Cromwell. On the right are the quarterings of his wife. Inscribed verso with: 'this ensign was snatched from the bier of the tyrant Oliver Cromwell, when his waxen effigy, adorned with royal state, was being magnificently displayed in the Church of St. Peter, Westminster'.
Bust length, in a black doublet with white lace collar and later inscription on painted oval.
Johnson, Cornelius, 1593-1661Reverend William Freind (1714-66) as a scholar aged 13, in a carved wooden frame; he is standing in a library wearing a scholar's gown. Freind had four children, the youngest of whom John, succeeded to the estates of his maternal uncle, Richard Robinson, Bishop of Armagh, Baron Rokeby, to become Sir John Robinson.
Bardwell, Thomas, 1704-1767Charles Jervas (1675-1739)
Jervas, Charles, 1675-1739Half-length portrait turned to the right of the picture; he wears black academic dress and white collar. Carey is notabley younger than in other pictures in the school's possession.
Pelham sits on the left to the front of the composition. He is depicted with dark blue-grey eyes and heavy eyebrows nearly concealing a wart above his right eye. His long grey wig falling in front of his left shoulder and behind his right. He wears his chancellor's gown with gold lace over black coat, with a flocked details, lace cravat and wrist ruffles. Pelham is seated in a plain red chair, draped curtain behind, a letter without writing in his left hand. On the right sits John Roberts, with dark blue-grey eyes and dark brows. He is positioned behind a table draped with a green cloth. Roberts wears a red coat with the top button fastened and lace cuffs; he holds a quill to a page and further papers topped by an inkstand holding a second quill can be seen on the extreme right. Behind Roberts is an archway with sky and trees visible beyond. The composition is lit from the top left.
Shackleton, John, d.1767Three-quarters length portrait of Nicoll standing, turned to the left, wearing academic dress, collar and wig; his right hand holds a cap with a glove in it, while his left is in his pocket.
Highmore, Joseph, 1692-1780