A rare painting of three Elizabethan children and their pet could be the earliest portrait of a guinea pig, the National Portrait Gallery has said. The privately-owned portrait - which has not been seen in public before - is part of the gallery's upcoming exhibition, Elizabeth I And Her People. It was painted by an unknown Anglo-Dutch artist around 1580.
A rare painting of three Elizabethan children and their pet could be the earliest portrait of a guinea pig, the National Portrait Gallery has said. The privately-owned portrait - which has not been seen in public before - is part of the gallery's upcoming exhibition, Elizabeth I And Her People. It was painted by an unknown Anglo-Dutch artist around 1580.