'Cromwell', 1655
Engraving by R Pranker after Robert Pyle, 1760 (c), published 1800 (c).
Full length portrait in armour, with sword hanging by his side and a marshal's baton held against his thigh.
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) rose to prominence in the committees of the House of Commons and fought in the early campaigns of the Civil Wars of Britain (1639-1651) under the Parliamentarian Earl of Essex. In 1644, he commanded the cavalry of the Eastern Association at the Battle of Marston Moor; in 1645 he was in command of the cavalry of the newly-formed New Model Army at the Battle of Naseby.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1998-10-222-1
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1998-10-222-1