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Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613), Poet and courtier

Sitter associated with 18 portraits
Poet and courtier; Overbury opposed the re-marriage of Frances Howard, Lady Essex to Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset to whom he was court adviser.

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3090(1)Sir Thomas Overbury
by Silvester Harding, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
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D27973Sir Thomas Overbury
after Cornelius Johnson, published by Peter Stent
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D4207Unknown gentleman, possibly Sir Thomas Overbury, previously known as William Shakespeare
by Richard Earlom, after Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist
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D33168Sir Thomas Overbury
by Simon de Passe, after Cornelius Johnson
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D33169Sir Thomas Overbury
by and published by Simon de Passe, after Cornelius Johnson
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D1313Sir Thomas Overbury
by Simon de Passe, after Cornelius Johnson
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D8406Sir Thomas Overbury
by Simon de Passe, after Cornelius Johnson
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D23930ENGLAND'S WORTHIES. The Lives of the Most Eminent Persons from CONSTANTINE to This Present time
after Unknown artist
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D33170Sir Thomas Overbury
after Cornelius Johnson
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D33171Called Sir Thomas Overbury
by Unknown engraver
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D19916Called Sir Thomas Overbury
by Unknown engraver
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D33374Sir Thomas Overbury
published by Richard Baldwin, after Cornelius Johnson
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D27975Sir Thomas Overbury
by Silvester Harding, or by Edward Harding, after Cornelius Johnson, published by E. & S. Harding
NPG D27975
D27974Sir Thomas Overbury
published by William Richardson, after Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke)
NPG D27974
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Literature, Journalism and Publishing
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
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Courtesans and courtiers
Elizabethan writers
Poets