Portrait Miniatures: Tiny Windows to the Past · Richard Baxter

Richard Baxter

Title: Richard Baxter
Creator: White, Robert; White, Robert, 1645-1703; Robert White
Date: 1670
Description: Richard Baxter is pictured in semi-profile. He wears the traditional clothing of a 17th century Protestant faith leader. The depiction of Baxter holding a Bible also implied his religious commitment and status with British Protestantism.
Subject: miniatures (paintings); Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691; Richard Baxter
has style period: Restoration (British style or period)
Medium: oil paint (paint); copper (metal)
height: 3 7/8 in (99 mm)
width: 3 1/4 in (83 mm)
Coverage: England
Provenance: Bequeathed by Thomas Kerslake, 1891
Rights: National Portrait Gallery, London
Identifier: NPG 875