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‘Sr Bernard Astley Col & Son of Sr Jacob Astley’, 1642 (c). Line engraving by Michael Van de Gucht (Vandergucht), 1680 (c). Oval vignette head and shoulders portrait of the Royalist Colonel Sir Bernard Astley in armour and lace collar. During the English Civil War Astley took part in the Storming of Leicester on 31 May 1645 and at the Battle of Naseby 14 June 1645 and died of wounds received at the Siege of Bristol in August 1645. Possibly from Clarendon’s History of England. Inscribed under title ‘From a Painting at Sir Jacob Astley’s House called the Palace at Maidstone in Kent./ Vol.2.P546’ Associated with Sir Bernard Astley and Sir Jacob Astley, English Civil War (1642-1649).

Naseby, Battle of, 1645 (English Civil War 1642-1649), Leicester, Siege of, 1645 (English Civil War 1642-1649), Bristol, 2nd Siege of, 1645 (English Civil War 1642-1649)