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Engraved oval portrait of a bearded older man in a tall cap, lace ruff and chain of office, with Latin and English inscriptions in a decorative frame.

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham

An oval engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a tall cap, large lace ruff, and heavy chain of office over a dark cloak, set within an ornate decorative frame. Inscriptions in Latin and English surround the image and a coat of arms appears below, with dense crosshatched shading.

Artist
Simon van de Passe
Date
1618-20
Medium
Engraving on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size
2682 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1620).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery

Español: Charles Howard, conde de Nottingham, retrato grabado

Retrato grabado en óvalo de un hombre mayor con barba, gorro alto, gran gorguera de encaje y pesada cadena de oficio sobre una capa oscura, dentro de un marco ornamentado. Inscripciones en latín e inglés rodean la imagen y un escudo aparece abajo.

Português: Charles Howard, conde de Nottingham, retrato gravado

Retrato gravado em formato oval de um homem mais velho, barbado, com chapéu alto, grande gola de renda e pesada corrente de cargo sobre uma capa escura, dentro de moldura ornamentada. Inscrições em latim e inglês cercam a imagem, e um brasão aparece abaixo.

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