Francis Lord Cottington, 1579?-1652 – Vintage Wall Art
![Francis Lord Cottington, 1579?-1652, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8e/8e45f0dc81f1-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Francis Lord Cottington, 1579?-1652, preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Francis Lord Cottington, 1579?-1652
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The sitter is Francis Cottington, whose life dates on the caption card are given as 1579? to 1652, with the question mark marking the uncertain birth year. This engraving reproduces a painting by an artist named Van Sommer, and the card records no date for the print itself. Cottington was a courtier and diplomat under Charles I, serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer and later as a royal envoy to Spain. Portrait engravings like this one helped spread the likenesses of such officials beyond the court, so the print offers a view of how public men of the period were presented to a wider audience.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Engraving after painting by Van Sommer. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P I.; BI; Pub. Ind.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 897 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-171541 |
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