Portrait of sir gavin carew. Black and coloured chalks, pen and indian ink, metalpoint, on pink-primed paper, 27. 5 × 21. 6 cm, royal collection, windsor castle. The drawing is, in art historian k. T. Parker's words, "very much injured". It has been substantially reworked and all leading outlines have been sharply gone over with metalpoint. Sir gavin carew (d. 1583) later became sheriff of cornwall, helped put down the prayer book rebellion of 1549, and was involved in the devonshire insurrection of 1553, after which he was attainted but later pardoned. His second wife was mary, lady guildford, whom holbein had drawn and painted on his first visit to england between 1526 and 1528. Date: circa 1532-43.
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