![Detail from Verrio's Sea Triumph of Charles II](https://cmsadmin.rct.uk/sites/default/files/lead_image_half_height/Sea%20triumph%20half%20height.jpg)
SAMUEL COOPER (1609-72)
Charles II
1660/62RCIN 914040
This profile portrait was drawn from the life in the process of updating the nation's coinage. It was important that Charles's image be circulated as a tangible expression of his restored royal authority.
Cat. 75
Cat. 75