Caption:
Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, c.1485-1540. Lord Privy Seal, Vicar General and Lord Chamberlain to King Henry VIII of England. Beheaded 28 July 1540. At his desk with quill pen, papers, inkwell, book with clasps. Copperplate engraving by John Filian for Peter Stent after a portrait by Hans Holbein from Samuel Woodburns Gallery of Rare Portraits Consisting of Original Plates, George Jones, 102 St Martins Lane, London, 1816.