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William Dobson

1611–1646

Portrait of the Artist’s Wife c.1635–40
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Historic and Modern British Art

Biography

William Dobson (4 March 1611 (baptised); 28 October 1646 (buried)) was a portraitist and one of the first significant English painters, praised by his contemporary John Aubrey as "the most excellent painter that England has yet bred". He died relatively young and his final years were disrupted by the English Civil War.

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Early Stuart Civil War and Commonwealth

Artworks

  • Endymion Porter

    William Dobson
    c.1642–5
    On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art
  • Portrait of an Officer

    William Dobson
    c.1645
  • Portrait of the Artist’s Wife

    William Dobson
    c.1635–40
    On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art

Features

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    Endymion Porter c.1642–5 by William Dobson

    Rica Jones and Joyce H. Townsend

  • Essay

    Portrait of the Artist’s Second Wife c.1635–40 by William Dobson

    Rica Jones and Joyce H. Townsend

  • Essay

    Portrait of an Officer c.1645 by William Dobson

    Rica Jones and Joyce H. Townsend

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