Portrait of Francis Aston (1644-1715) Size:XS: 25 x 20cm lower left '1663'

lower left '1663'

To the right his wife and daughter are holding a bottle of alcohol having pawned clothes to buy it

Eagle House was at this time a private school for boys

A sailor and a soldier stride towards the hotel

published in volume 1 of Amoenitates academicae (Stockholm

Portrait of Francis Aston (1644-1715) Size:XS: 25 x 20cm lower left '1663'Head and shoulders portrait, within a painted oval, body turned to the left, head half turned to face the viewer. Aston is shown with wig with long brown hair, wearing a red coat with white neck cloth. Francis Aston was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1678. He served as Secretary of the Royal Society from 1681 1685. Original: oil on canvas, 740x650mm. 17th century