Note 685 — Chapter XIII · THE FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND: PORTRAITS OF THE MORE FAMILY

One of these copies was in 1867 in the possession of Mr. Charles J. Eyston, of East Hendred (Wornum, p. 246), and a second in the collection of the Marquis of Lothian. There was a small circular portrait of More, on wood, 4 in. in diameter, in Charles I’s collection (No. 48), in a black cap, furred gown, and red sleeves. Evelyn notes in his Diary, under the date Feb. 15th, 1649:—“Sir William Ducy shew’d me some excellent things in miniature, and in oyle of Holbein’s Sir Tho. More’s head.” Among the numerous copies in existence is one by Rubens in the Prado, Madrid. A portrait of More, “invested with the collar of the Garter, by Holbein; upon a pedestal is inscribed the date, MDXXVII,” was included in the sale of the Duke of Bedford’s pictures from Woburn Abbey, on 30th June 1827, and fetched 70 guineas.