Oval portrait of Oliver Cromwell, 1599-1658, parliamentary leader in the English Civil War, Lord Protector. In armour, surrounded by medallions of King David, Solomon, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. Inscribed Illustrissimo Excellentissimo necnon vere Principi Viro DD Oliverio Cromwell. After the frontispiece to Lamberton's Aphorismi, 1654. Copperplate engraving from Samuel Woodburn’s Gallery of Rare Portraits Consisting of Original Plates, George Jones, 102 St Martin’s Lane, London, 1816.

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