Oil paint on canvas
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George Puleston 
Purchased 1954
adults
clothing and personal items
collar
individuals: male
man
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
Puleston, George
<p>Souch was a provincial artist who was apprenticed to the heraldic painter Randle Holme of Chester in 1607. His career can be charted from a small group of signed portraits of people from the region around Chester.The sitter was a member of the Puleston or Pilsdon family of Emral on the Welsh border. Above his slashed doublet he wears a black gorget, or piece of throat armour, which indicates that he is an officer. Over this lies a lace collar called a 'falling band' and Puleston grasps its tie-strings in his left hand.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
George Puleston (?)
support: 762 × 635 mm
frame: 978 × 849 × 94 mm
Purchased 1954
<p>Souch was a provincial artist who was apprenticed  to the heraldic painter Randle Holme of Chester in  1607. His career can be charted from a small group  of signed <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a> of people from the region  around Chester.<br/>The sitter was a member of the Puleston or Pilsdon  family of Emral on the Welsh border. Above his  slashed doublet he wears a black gorget, or piece  of throat armour, which indicates that he is an  officer. Over this lies a lace collar called a  'falling band' and Puleston grasps its tie-strings  in his left hand.</p>
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adults clothing and personal items collar individuals: male man named individuals objects people portraits Puleston, George