Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Sir Clement Edmonds bust by John Cheere, Codrington Library All Souls, Oxford.



The Codrington Library Plaster Busts by John Cheere

All Souls College, Oxford University.

Part 21. Sir Clement Edmond(e)s (1568 - 1622).



Fellow of All Souls 1590.

Secretary of the Council of James I, Burgess of Oxford University 1590.

For a brief biog. see - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Edmondes





Title-page to Clement Edmondes, 'Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries' (London, Mathew Lownes, 1604); portal with two Roman soldiers on top of arch; at top, portrait of Edmondes; at bottom, portrait of Caesar.  Engraving




Thumbnail Portrait of Clement Edmonds on

Title-page to Clement Edmondes, 'Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries' 
(London, Mathew Lownes, 

1604

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Sir Clement Edmond(e)s.

Daniel Myttens. 

Guildhall Art Gallery.

Acquired from Spink & Son in 1951.

Oil on Canvas.

75 x 63 cms.

Image from Art UK.


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All photographs above taken by the author.





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Title-page to Clement Edmondes, 'Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries' (London, Mathew Lownes, 1609); double columns with Romans either side (the one on the left being Caesar ?); at top, portrait of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales; through the arch, a military camp either side of a river, with shore in the foreground and hills in the background. After addition of imprint details.  Engraving


Title-page to Clement Edmondes, 'Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries' (London, Mathew Lownes, 1609); double columns with Romans either side (the one on the left being Caesar ?); at top, portrait of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.

1609.

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