He must have arrived at an agreeable purchase price because the portrait appears in Sotheby's sale of his effects in 1885, two years after his death, described as 'Portrait of Thomas Hobbes in gilt frame'. According to a pencil note on Central Library's copy of the catalogue, the selling price was £2-12/-.
Above is a portrait of Hobbes, which is unlikely to have been Crossley's, but gives a clear image of his features. What do you think? Is there any evidence of strabismus in this image of the great man?
