Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, Nicholas Hilliard, 1594
Portrait of henry wriothesley, 3rd earl of southampton (1573-1624)
miniature painting, sometimes thought to have been the dedicatee of shakespeare's sonnets (1573-1624). Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait miniature. Date: 1594. Dimensions: height: 41 mm (1.6 in) ; width: 32.5 mm (1.2 in). Medium: watercolor paint on vellum mounted on board. Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum. Miniature of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, 1594. (Fitzwilliam Museum) cropped