Portrait of John Kersey the elder (1616-1677) Finish:Single Sir Henry Edmund Knight

Sir Henry Edmund Knight

Princess Royal

The faint outline of a fourth figure can just be seen in the middle of the group

which is in turn rests its head in Hunter's knee

Portrait of John Kersey the elder (1616-1677) Finish:Single Sir Henry Edmund KnightHead and shoulders portrait of John Kersey, facing to the viewer's right and shown with long dark hair and a moustache. Dressed in a dark coat with a white lawn collar. In an oval framing device bearing the inscription: 'IOHN KERSEY BORNE AT BODICOT NEERE BANBURY IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD AO. DNI. 1616.' Below, an inscription on a sculptured banner: 'Vox audita perit Litera scripta manet.' On either side of this, two open and two closed volumes, the