English School, 17th Century

This rare depiction of Oliver Cromwell at Worcester, the last battle of the English Civil War, which took place on 3 September 1651, is likely to have been commissioned by Andrew Lloyd, a captain in Cromwell’s army. The picture hung at Aston Hall, Shropshire, but would appear to have left the possession of the Lloyd family before the contents of the house were auctioned by Ludlow, Briscoe and Hughes, in a series of sales over nine days in July 1923.