Keywords: Edward Seymour.jpg en Portrait of Edward Seymour 1st Earl of Hertford cr 1537 later in 1547 created 1st Duke of Somerset Lord Protector 1547 “49 ; by unknown artist Collection of Marquess of Bath Longleat House Wiltshire The Latin inscription either side of his head is E dwardus SE mour C omes HER tfordiensis Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford He wears the chain of the Order of the Garter from which hangs the Great George According to art historian Roy Strong there is only one absolutely certain portrait of Seymour a miniature painted by Nicholas Hilliard in 1560 from an earlier painting The features in the Hilliard support George Vertue's identification c 1745 of the present portrait as of Seymour Roy Strong Tudor and Jacobean Portraits London HMSO 1969 p 295 http //de wikipedia org/wiki/Bild Edward_Seymour1 jpg See also http //history wisc edu/sommerville/361/361-11 htm Artist unknown Uploaded by Qp10qp Sixteenth century PD-Art Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset |