1-238-978 - Guildhall Art Gallery (City of London)/Heritage Images

'Sir Edward Coke, Recorder of London', 1615. Seated portrait in an ornate gilt frame of Lord Coke, a prominent judge and Recorder of London. He wears his hair long, under a tight black cap, with a red robe and lace cuffs. A book lies open on a stand beside him, probably a reference to legal text books or to his own writings on the law.