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British half-crown (1658), bearing head of Cromwell in classical style. Inscription:
OLIVAR[IVS]·D[EI]·G[RATIA]·R[EI]P[VBLICAE]·ANG[LIAE]·SCO[TIAE]·ET·HIB[ERNIAE]&cPRO[TECTOR] / Oliver, by the grace of God and of the
Republic, of England, Scotland, and Ireland etc. Protector.
Oliver Cromwell by Sir Peter Lely, c.1653. Cromwell famously told Lely to paint him ‘warts and all’.
Cromwell on horseback copied from Van Dyck's painting of Charles I. This print, by Pierre Lombart, was produced in several different
versions in the 1650s.
This picture was painted by Robert Walker in 1649. Walker is known chiefly for his portraits of Cromwell and his circle