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A description of the group portrait of 1585 was described in an article by I. Nichols in the 19th century genealogical periodical Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, volume VII of 1841:-

A curious picture, probably now [1841] in the possession of the Marquess of Donegal, represents the portraits of the Clerk of the Privy Council and his very numerous family. The painting measures four feet four inches in breadth by three feet three inches in height. Its principle compartment ... is occupied by large, three-quarter length portraits of the parents of the family; whilst down the sides and at the foot are ranged portraits of their children, in fourteen compartments. On the upper margin is the date 1585, (which was sixteen years after the death of William Honing the father,) and this crest, a lion’s head erased argent, langued gules, and collared with gemmelles sable. In the centre of the lower border ... is the shield of arms, suspended on the trunk of a tree. The parents are holding a ring between them, suspended by a cord from heaven, which a hand issuing from the clouds is about to cut with a pair of shears. Their dresses are very similar: being black gowns and close ruffs at the neck and wrists. The gentleman has a skull cap, a thick but close beard, a gold chain passed several times across his breast, and a large signet ring on the fore-finger of his right hand, apparently engraved with the crest of his family. In the same hand he holds a paper on which is written, “The letter – honour – ”. The lady has in her left hand a small book bound in red, with clasps. The portraits of the children are arranged nearly in order of birth, at least with respect to those that were living at the time of the picture being painted. It may be premised that they are all bare-headed.

The original painting, last seen in 1841, is no longer owned by the Marquess of Donegal, and is probably lost. This pen sketch, based on the description by Nichols, was produced by User:Honnyng.

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