. A historical catalogue of the pictures, herse-cloths & tapestry at Merchant taylors' hall with a list of the sculptures & engravings . : on asquare pedestal sable a falcon azure with wings expanded, beakedand legged gules. Panel, 45 inches high x 33 inches. This portrait was formerly supposed to be that of Sir ThomasRowe, and his name was painted on the canvas, though incharacters of the eighteenth century. It appears, of course, underRowes name in Faithfulls list issued in 1871. An endeavourmade in 1895 to trace its history (of course under the name ofRowe) met with no success in the Record
. A historical catalogue of the pictures, herse-cloths & tapestry at Merchant taylors' hall with a list of the sculptures & engravings . : on asquare pedestal sable a falcon azure with wings expanded, beakedand legged gules. Panel, 45 inches high x 33 inches. This portrait was formerly supposed to be that of Sir ThomasRowe, and his name was painted on the canvas, though incharacters of the eighteenth century. It appears, of course, underRowes name in Faithfulls list issued in 1871. An endeavourmade in 1895 to trace its history (of course under the name ofRowe) met with no success in the Records prior to 1769 (200years after Rowes death), when a picture of Sir ThomasRowe is first The fact that his name does not 1 At a Court held July 28, 1769, Mr. John Clark attended in behalf of Cave Bart, and requested the liberty of taking a copy of the picture ofSr. Thomas Rowe, a worthy Benefactor of this Company, and a relation of thesaid Sr. Thomas Cave. Ordered that the picture be delivered to the said Mr. JohnClark on his giving a receipt to the Clerk of this Company to return the samewithin six months. 76. appear in the Inventories aroused suspicion and led to furtherinvestigation, and a more careful examination of the picture. Rowe, if we may accept the evidence of the engraving of hismonument1 in Hackney Church given in Robinsons Historyof Hackney1 (vol. ii. p. 8), was a clean-shaven man. The sub-ject of this picture wears a beard. Rowe was Master in 1557,Lord Mayor in 1568 and died in 1570. The details of dress hereshown are of a later period. But more conclusive evidencewas found when the arms painted on the canvas were painting of these is contemporary with the rest of the picture,and they are not those of Rowe. His claim upon the portraitmay therefore be dismissed. The next step was to ascertain whether the Company at anytime possessed a portrait of a Lord Mayor of the beginning ofthe seventeenth century, which is the period to which
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