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Sir Edward Herbert
Watercolour on vellum on panel, 18.1 x 22.9 cm, by Isaac Oliver, c. 1613–14
Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
 

Sir Edward Herbert, later 1st Lord Herbert of Cherbury, was a soldier, poet and historian. Possibly resting after a tournament, he lies on a grassy bank as though the whole world has paused for him.