Tag: Sir John Perrot

  • Sir John Perrot: two faces of a ruffian

    Sir John Perrot: two faces of a ruffian

    One of the images included in Wales in 100 objects is a small oil painting by an unknown artist, now in Haverfordwest Town Museum, of the Elizabethan magnate Sir John Perrot.  I chose this particular portrait, painted long after Perrot’s death, because it shows its subject as a jaunty, stylish and dashing character, whereas in…