Robert Carr or Ker, Earl of Somerset (d. 1645). Engraving by Jacobus Houbraken, ca. 1749.

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1749
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Robert Carr or Ker, Earl of Somerset (d. 1645). Engraving by Jacobus Houbraken, ca. 1749. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Accompanied King James VI of Scotland to England as his page in 1603; subseqently became his private secretary; finally removed from a position of influence by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham and by Francis Bacon

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Londini [London] : Impensis J. & P. Knapton, 1749.

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1 print : engraving

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J. Houbraken sculps.

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Wellcome Collection 590245i

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