Today we're looking at a leading figure in the history of English gardens and public museums - John Tradescant the Elder...
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Portrait of John Tradescant the elder, formerly attributed to Cornelis de Neve, now attributed to Emanuel de Critz (1638 – 1665). Held by the Ashmolean Museum.
Portrait of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury by John de Critz (1602). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Anonymous portrait of Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton (16th century). Held in a private collection, image from Wikimedia Commons.
George Villiers, Duke of Buckigham, as Lord High Admiral, a portrait by Daniel Mytens the Elder, 1619. From Wikimedia Commons.
Portrait of Princess Henrietta Maria of France, Queen consort of England by Anthony van Dyck (between circa 1636 and circa 1638). Held by the San Diego Museum of Art.
New Hall in 1669 from Count L. Magalotti, Travels of Cosmo the Third, Grand Duke of Tuscany, through England during the Reign of King Charles the Second 1669 (1821).
Artists impression of “Tradescant’s Ark” from outside, in Thomas Allen: The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Lambeth, and the Archiepiscopal Palace, in the County of Surrey, J. Allen, London (1827).
Images of Tradescant’s plants from [ Ссылка ]
Images of Tradescant’s “curiosities” from [ Ссылка ]
Interior of Ferrante Imperato’s cabinet of curiosities, from: Historia naturale di Ferrante Imperato napolitano nella quale ordinatamente si tratta della diversa condition di minere, pietre pretiose, ed altre curiosità by Ferrante Imperato. Presso Combi, & la Noù, Venetia 1672. Image hosted by Wellcome Collection Online ([ Ссылка ])
Painting of Oatlands Palace (circa 17th Century). From Wikimedia Commons.
Portrait of Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria by Anthony van Dyck (1632). Held by the Kroměříž Archdiocesan Museum.
Quoted texts:
Arthur MacGregor, ODNB entry on John Tradescant the Elder (2007)
