A rarely seen portrait of Thomas Hobbes, from Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire.
It’s from 1676, when Hobbes was in his late 80s.
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An odd portrait of Thomas Hobbes
Posted by Adrian Blau on May 12, 2013
https://adrianblau.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/unusual-portrait-of-thomas-hobbes/
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