Sir Francis Bacon (Primary Title)
Printed beneath image, lower center: "The Right Hon.ble Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam and Viscount/ St. Albans, Lord High Chancellor of England, Obijt 9 April. 1626. Æ. 66."; lower left corner: "Cornelius Johnson pinxit."; lower right corner: "Sold by J. Cooper in James Street Covent Garden." Inscribed in graphite in lower margin: "16/20" Inscribed in graphite on verso: "one known", and another illegible inscription.
Bequest of John Barton Payne
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