The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use
This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.
Download this imageFor further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.
John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Tompson, Richard (publisher)
Painter:
Lely, Peter
(After)
Bought from the Perceval Fund with the aid of a donation from Louis C. G. Clarke, M.A.
Method of acquisition: Bought (1947)
17th Century
Circa
1678
-
Circa
1679
Without the lettering.
Accession number: P.238-1947
Primary reference Number: 162698
Lugt: 572
Chaloner Smith: 16
Blacklett-Ord and Turner: T.32-I
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/162698 Accessed: 2025-12-05 12:09:12
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/162698
|title=John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-05 12:09:12|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-162698
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp37/P_238_1947.jpg"
alt="John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...