Portrait of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Kelly McIntosh Billy Jennings

Billy Jennings

The event was cancelled because of fear of civil disturbance

These included pegtop trousers and the crinoline

Original is oil on canvas 10x14 (inches)

View from the entrance of Staple Inn

Portrait of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Kelly McIntosh Billy JenningsHalf length portrait showing Tycho Brahe at full face, with thinning dark hair and a full beard with long moustaches. He wears a prosthetic nose [his real nose was cut off in a duel]. Brahe's face is bordered by a white ruff collar and he is dressed in a dark coat with gold buttons. He wears a triple gold chain from which hangs a medallion with a classical head in profile. His left hand rests on a celestial globe showing a cartouche [not legible] and