Oil on canvas, 127cm by 152.4cm.
In 1643, during the Civil War, the 4th Earl of Exeter was a boy of fifteen when Parliamentarian forces attacked Burghley where Viscount Campden and a troop of Royalist cavalry were known to have sought refuge.
He later married Lady Frances Manners (1636-1660), daughter of John, 8th Earl of Rutland. The 4th Earl and Countess of Exeter were the parents of John, 5th Earl, one of the two great collectors at Burghley.
