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Sir Gilbert Talbot kept the Royalist cause alive during the Commonwealth by helping to set up what became the Sealed Knot, a secret society plotting the return of Charles II. When his involvement in the conspiracy was revealed, he was thrown into Gloucester gaol. On his release, he fled to France to join the court of the exiled Charles II. The King was restored to power in 1660 but, like many Royalists who suffered for their loyalty, he found it impossible to get any compensation for his financial losses. As a result, at the end of his long life he was obliged to settle at Lacock with his nephew, Sir John Talbot, who had inherited in 1677. Sir Gilbert lived in Venice, at first as Secretary (1634–1638) and then as Chargé d'Affaires (1638–1644) for the Ambassador Extraordinary, Basil, Viscount Fielding.
The attribution to John Hayls (a lesser competitor of Sir Peter Lely) has been both doubted and accepted by scholars.
National Trust, Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village
near Chippenham
Title
Sir Gilbert Talbot (c.1606–1695), FRS
Date
c.1665/1675
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 76 x W 63.5 cm
Accession number
996282
Acquisition method
gift from Matilda Theresa Talbot (formerly Gilchrist-Clark), 1948
Work type
Painting