Sir Anthony Sherley - Codrington Library

The Codrington Library Plaster Busts by John Cheere - Part 2.

Sir Anthony Sherley (1565 - 1636).

Anthony Sherley (Shirley) (1565-circa 1636), Count Sherley in the nobility of the Holy Roman empire (1565-1636?), adventurer and diplomat in the Persian service.

see his biography see - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Shirley,_Anthony_(DNB00)

see also - http://www.carolinemawer.com/europeans-on-the-maydan-as-military-sports-centre/


http://www.garyschwartzarthistorian.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/the-sherleys-and-the-shah_tmp_39_06021409-24-00buch_persien_e_schwartz.pdf

https://archive.org/stream/threebrothersor00manwgoog#page/n10/mode/2up

https://archive.org/stream/sirantonysherley00sher#page/n5/mode/2up

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The following two engravings were the source for modelling the three dimensional representations.

Sir Anthony Sherley

Possibly by Aegidius Sadeler II.

Line engraving, 

Early 17th century.

7 1/4 in. x 5 3/8 in. (184 mm x 135 mm) paper size.

Image © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Sir Anthony Sherley.

by Giovanni Orlandi.

1601.

line engraving.

198 mm x 140 mm plate size; 

Image © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Sir Anthony Sherley.

Possibly by Domenicus Custos.

Engraving.

175 x 130 mm

Image © National Portrait Gallery, London.

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The following photographs taken by the author.

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