Sir Robert Peake
(circa 1605-1667), Printseller and royalist army officerSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 65 portraits
Robert Peake was the grandson of Tudor artist Robert Peake the Elder. His father, William Peake, was a printseller, and on his death in 1639, Robert inherited and continued the business. He published many of the finest prints of the 1640s, by engravers including William Faithorne, Edward Pierce and Wenceslaus Hollar. At the outbreak of civil war in 1642, Peake joined the royalist army. He was knighted by Charles I after serving with distinction at Oxford. He was imprisoned and then exiled for refusing to take the oath to Oliver Cromwell.
Fictitious portrait of King Henry I
probably by William Faithorne, sold by Sir Robert Peake
etching, probably published 1658
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Fictitious portrait of King Henry I
probably by William Faithorne, sold by Sir Robert Peake
etching, probably published 1658
NPG D33873
sold by Sir Robert Peake, after William Faithorne, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1816
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by William Faithorne, published by Sir Robert Peake, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, early 1640s
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James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
by William Faithorne, published by Sir Robert Peake, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, early 1640s
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