Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.1936

    Portrait of Thomas Howard

    Date
    1744
    Sitter
    Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel (1585 - 1646, British) , Diplomat
    Creator
    Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780, Dutch) , Engraver
    After
    Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640, Flemish) , Painter
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 360mm
    width (print): 225mm
    Description
    Half-length portrait of Thomas Howard within an oval frame. Howard is shown wearing a fur coat with a white collar and a medallion featuring a mounted knight around his neck. The frame is decorated with leaves and nuts and is draped with a large cloth. A bust, a mask and a partially rolled illustration of a horse, a dog and a lion are visible below the frame. At the bottom of the print, a sculpture of a face in profile and a rolled illustration of a male figure can also be seen.

    Inscribed: ‘THOMAS HOWARD/EARL OF ARUNDEL’ Inscribed below: ‘P. P. Rubens pinxit./J Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1743/In the Collection of Dr Mead/Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini 1744.’

    Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel (1585-1646), British diplomat, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. His great-grandson Thomas Howard (c1655-1689), British courtier, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672.
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