Richard Weston

Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland (1577-1634/1635), statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Treasurer, small oval silver medal, unsigned, standing bust with head turned three-quarters left, wearing high ruff collar, buttoned doublet and gown, holding papers in his left hand, rev., blank, but crudely and faintly inscribed "Sir Rich Weston", 26.5 x 20mm (MI - ; Platt - ). Good very fine and extremely rare and perhaps unpublished.

The portrait follows that by Van Dyke, though the head has been turned left rather than right. He is without the Garter George, an honour he received in the last year of his life.

Provenance: Bt. D. Fearon, January, 2007.