Lot 76
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ENGLISH SCHOOL
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ENGLISH SCHOOL

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ENGLISH SCHOOL
Lord Samuel Desborough (1619-1690), in black doublet, white lawn collar, long dark hair
the reverse engraved 'Lord Desborough Chancellor to Cromwell Cooper'
possibly on a print base
oval in a gilt-metal frame
2¼ in. (57 mm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, London, 9 July 1968, lot 25 (as Attributed to Samuel Cooper).
Special notice
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Sale room notice
Please note that this work is possibly on a print base and therefore could have been executed later than 1650.

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Lot Essay

During the protectorate, Desborough served as an MP. Under Cromwell, he gained increasing prominence in Scotland's administration and was 'appointed his Highness's Council in Scotland, for the government of that nation'. He became keeper of the great seal of Scotland in 1655.(S. Wright, 'Desborough, Samuel (1619-1690)', Oxford DNB, Oxford, 2004; online edn., Jan 2008).

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