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Elias Ashmole (1617–1692)

Image credit: Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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Elias Ashmole was born in Breadmarket Street, Lichfield, in 1619, the son of a saddler. At Oxford he began his study of physics, mathematics, and astrology. During the Civil War he held important Royalist appointments and after the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 he researched and published a history of the Order of the Garter (his right hand rests on a copy of this book in the portrait). He was a generous benefactor to his native city: the Ashmole Cup is now in the Treasury of the Lichfield Heritage Centre and the Cathedral Choir benefited from several gifts of music. His celebrated collection of antiquities and his library became the basis of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the world’s first public museum.

Lichfield Guildhall

Lichfield

Title

Elias Ashmole (1617–1692)

Date

1836

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 160 x W 123 cm

Accession number

2001.531

Acquisition method

transferred from Lichfield Museum and Free Library, 1970

Work type

Painting

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Lichfield Guildhall

Bore Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire WS13 6LU England

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