Miniature of John Tradescant the Younger

Oil on silver miniature portrait of the botanist and gardener John Tradescant the Younger (1608-1662) wearing an open-necked shirt and black jacket. - .ring at top edge. A copy by a 'Continental hand' of De Critz portrait of Tradescant in Ashmolean Museum. Created as an item of jewellery - suggested for a female member of the Tradescant family. Purchased with assistance from The Art Fund, Beecroft Bequest and Philip Mould.