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The image shows a portrait of a man facing slightly to the right. He has shoulder-length grayish wavy hair and a high forehead. The man is wearing a dark robe with a white collar. The portrait is in an ornate oval frame with decorative scrollwork. Below the frame is a coat of arms with a crest featuring a horse-like figure and floral elements. The background has a textured pattern.
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The image shows a portrait of a man facing slightly to the right. He has shoulder-length grayish wavy hair and a high forehead. The man is wearing a dark robe with a white collar. The portrait is in an ornate oval frame with decorative scrollwork. Below the frame is a coat of arms with a crest featuring a horse-like figure and floral elements. The background has a textured pattern.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Benjamin Woodroffe, R.R.S., Canon of Christ Church, Oxford

Robert White

Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 25.8 × 16 cm (10 3/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1951.11.861
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1951.

NGA object ID 41143. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.