Probably Sharington I Talbot of Salwarpe (1577-1642), aged 37, holding a book

attributed to Robert Peake the elder (c.1551 – 1619). Oil painting on panel, Probably Sharington I Talbot of Salwarpe (1577-1642), aged 37, holding a book. A half-length portrait facing, wearing black with white goffered collar, and lace cuffs; left hand to chest, book in right hand held on hip; wearing a ring engraved with an eagle’s (?) head. Attributed to Robert Peake. Inscribed Aet 37, 1614, with a later (?) Greek inscription. Probably born in 1577, and christened Sharington in order to preserve the family name, Sharington Talbot was the son of Olive Sharington (d. 1646) and her first husband, John Talbot (d.1581), whom she married in 1574. Lacock, Wiltshire