SOMER, Paulus van
(b. ca. 1576, Antwerpen, d. 1621, London)

The 1st Earl of Monmouth and his Family

c. 1617
Oil on canvas, 227 x 217 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth (1560?-1639) was a courtier, royalist and politician. Monmouth is shown holding the white Chamberlain's rod, with, at the left, his wife Elizabeth Trevannion (died 1641), and his elder son Henry, later the 2nd Earl (1596-1661). At the right is his daughter Philadelphia (1594-1654), later Lady Wharton, and his younger son Thomas (1597-1634).