Sir Francis Walsingham [graphic]Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker1738.engPortrait of Francis Walsingham, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a ruff and brocaded jacket; in an ornamental oval decorated with an owl, a book, a snake and envelopes; a cartouche below showing a woman seated in a chair accompanied by two other women being shown a painting of a group of men by the artist and his assistantsTitle from text in image."In the collection of the Right Honorable Sr. Robert Walpole"--Below image.Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751].Engraved after the portrait painting, formerly thought to be of Sir Francis Walsingham, that later came into the collection of Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill.