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
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
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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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