Portrait of Horace, Lord Vere of Tilbury
George Gower
- Art Funded
- 1975
- Dimensions
- 93 x 78 cm
- Vendor
- Sotheby's
Portrait of Sir Horace Vere (1565-1635), the greatest military commander of his time - fighting in the Netherlands against the Spanish.
Appointed Master-General of the Ordnance for life, giving him close association with the Tower as the Board of Ordnance was situated there until 1855.
Provenance
The Earl of Westmorland; Major A.C.Tempest; by descent, Captain Stephen Tempest of Broughton Hall.