Fine copy of Hilliard’s miniature Raleigh portrait comes to light
The well-known miniature portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh by Nicholas Hilliard (c.1547-1619) in the National Portrait Gallery was painted c.1585, the year after Raleigh was knighted.
Wearing a large lace-trimmed ruff and black coat, with two crimson jewels to his chest, and a blac…