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The Cassiobury Collection
The Earls of Essex, their wives and children at Cassiobury House
The Earls of Essex, their wives and children
Arthur Capel, 1st Earl of Essex (1631-1683)
Circle of Sir Peter Lely
Oil on canvas laid on panel 58.3 x 41 cm (22 7/8 x 16 3/8 in)
Arthur's early education was curtailed by the Civil War but he appears to have been self-taught in Latin, mathematics, and, in the words of John Evelyn 'was very well vers'd in English historic and affaires, industrious, frugal, methodical, and in every way accomplish'd'.