Edward Alleyn Peter Paul The inscribed date may refer

The inscribed date may refer to the date of his death and not neccessarily the picture

A twentieth-century label verso reads: 'Portrait of Miss Planner By John Smart Senr

[it] deserves notice only from its association with a great name

at the age of four

An early work

Edward Alleyn Peter Paul The inscribed date may referUnrecorded in his diary, this is the only known image of Edward Alleyn (1566 1626), the identification being confirmed by provenance and by the signet ring with the sitter's arms. The inscribed date may refer to the date of his death and not neccessarily the picture, although it may well date from 1620 30.