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When Lord John le brount Crooke high sheriff of buckingham was born in 1517, in Chilton, Buckinghamshire, England, his father, John Le Blount Crooke, was 17 and his mother, Prudence Cave, was 14. He married Dame Elizabeth Unton in 1553, in Chilton, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters.
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Open. Commissioned by his widow, Dorothy, this remarkable painting tells the life story of Sir Henry Unton, an Elizabethan soldier and diplomat who died during a mission to France. The story begins at the bottom right, where after entering a house through the porch, the first scene portrays Sir Henry’s early infancy.
Detailing was applied wet-in-wet on top in lead-tin yellow, and glazed here and there with a red lake mixed with black in a brownish medium. All these features are illustrated in figs.7–17. Most areas of the painting have become more transparent and darker with time, which has robbed the portrait of some of its solidity.
Sir Henry Unton. by Unknown artist oil on panel, circa 1596 29 1/8 in. x 64 1/4 in. (740 mm x 1632 mm) Purchased, 1884 Primary Collection NPG 710. Sitter back to top.
1 de feb. de 2013 · children of a school in London acted out the scenes of Henry Unton's portrait at the National portrait gallery
UNTON (or Umpton), SIR HENRY (c. 1557–1596), English diplomatist, was the second son of Sir Edward Unton, or Umpton (d. 1583), of Wadley, near Faringdon, Berkshire, his mother, Anne (d. 1588), being a daughter of Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset, the protector. Educated at Oriel College, Oxford, Unton became a member of parliament in 1584 and served with th
