Portrait of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) mb-code MP_0139414 View of Great Winchester Street

View of Great Winchester Street with Winchester Place visible in the distance

The plate is inscribed: 'The Titmouse of Paradise

On the left bank in the background there is a windmill and on the right bank are gallows

View of the building used for meetings of the Honourable Society of Cogers (latterly the Cogers' Society)

which proposed that such motions should only be put by Ministers of the Crown and must attract a majority of three to one

Portrait of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) mb-code MP_0139414 View of Great Winchester StreetHalf length portrait within a painted oval, looking directly to the viewer. Hobbes is shown in a black robe with a white squared collar. He has shoulder length grey hair and a small moustache and beard. Original: oil on canvas, 750x628mm. ca. 1661