Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

Cromwell was an East Anglian squire and MP. Although he had no military experience, his leadership was crucial to the Parliamentarian victory in the Civil War, and he became a leading figure in the Republican Commonwealth Government. From 1653 he ruled as Lord Protector. Cromwell's great-grandfather, Morgan Williams, was an innkeeper from Glamorgan who married into the family of Henry VIII's minister, Thomas Cromwell.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 539

Creation/Production

BRITISH SCHOOL, 17th century

Date:

Acquisition

Purchase, 10/8/1934

Measurements

Height (cm): 127.2

Width (cm): 101.5

Depth (cm): 2

h(cm) frame:145.2

h(cm)

w(cm) frame:118.9

w(cm)

d(cm) frame:7.3

d(cm)

Techniques

oil on canvas

Techniques (fine art)

art dept - fine

Fine Art - painting

Material

oil paint

canvas

Location

In store

Bronze Age Gold from Wales