FDA-E.3357-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3357-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
Thomas Wilson
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Print of a man from the torso up, wearing a Tudor flat cap, and pleated ruff collar and robe; surrounded by a frame with cloth and vines; underneath the portrait sits a ceremonial bag upon a stone plinth
Comments
This print features a famous misattribution of the sitter. The original drawing by Federico Zuccaro is actually of Thomas Wilson (1525?-1581) and not of Sir Nicolas Bacon (1510-1579).
Description
Content (person)
Wilson, Thomas, 1525? - 1581 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 498mm
width (actual size): 332mm
width (actual size): 332mm
Inscription
Lettered, around portrait: 'LORD KEEPER / S. NICOLAS BACON'; under print: 'J. Houbraken sculps. Amst / In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Bedford / Frederico Zucchero pinx. / Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini 1738'
Materials & techniques note
Line engraving
Production
Person
Organisation
John and Paul Knapton (Publisher)
Date
1738
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Abdalla Mirghani; by whom presented to Eton College in 2024
