Cornelius Vandun
etching, etching
Accession Number

NAM.1964-12-139-34-1

Description

Cornelius Vandun. Etching by and after T Trotter from the monument in St Margaret’s, Westminster, nd. Published by W Richardson, 30 Jun 1794. Shows an oval portrait as Yeoman of the Guard to Elizabeth I. Monument inscribed: ‘Cornelius Vandun lieth here borne at Breda / in Brabant souldiour with K Henry at Turney / Yeaman of the Gard and Usher to K Henry K / Edward Q Mary and Q Elizabeth of honest / and vertuoys lyfe a carful man for pore folke / who in the ende of this town dyd buyld for / pore widowes 20 howses of his owne coste’ Monument inscribed around portrait: ‘Obiit anno domini 1577 buried [??] of Sept aetatis suae 94’

Events

Spurs, Battle of the, 1513 (French War 1512-1514)