portrait of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury. 33 years old, average height with a slender build. fair hair and complextion. He is said to have had a fair complexion and light-colored hair. dressed in the fashionable attire of the Elizabethan era , which typically included elaborate clothing befitting his social status as a nobleman and statesman. imagine him as a figure of authority and influence, befitting his prominent role in the court of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.