Westminster School's Archive & Collections

Sir Edward Wortley Montagu by Charles Jervas

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Early 18th Century

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Charles Jervas (1675-1739)

Jervas, Charles, 1675-1739

Dr. William Carey by a member of the English School

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Early 18th Century

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Half-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.

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton after Cornelis Jonson

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17th Century

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Bust length, in a black doublet with white lace collar and later inscription on painted oval.

Johnson, Cornelius, 1593-1661

The Majesty Scutcheon

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1658

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

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'.

John Williams attributed to Gilbert Jackson

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1621

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

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.

Jackson, Gilbert, c.1595-after 1648