Description: Print of portrait of 'Sir William Cavendish, Earl of Derbyshire 1618, Engraved for a Drawing by Gardiner, after the Original, at Hardwick', published by T & H Rodd, Leicester Square, April 1820.
The Cavendish's have lived at Chatsworth since it was built in the mid-sixteenth century.
This image is one of a collection by the famous local antiquarian, Thomas Bateman, of Middleton by Youlgreave. (1821-1861). Bateman organized his collection by inserting them into a 4 volume copy of Lysons Magna Britannia, Derbyshire, creating a fascinating and unique illustrated record of the county. The purchase of the collection for Derbyshire Libraries was made possible by the generous bequest of Miss Frances Webb of Whaley Bridge, well known local historian, who died in December 2006.