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- In 'Early Stuart Portraits' Catalogue

Elias Ashmole

Elias Ashmole

1617-1692
Antiquary
Sitter in 6 portraits
Richard Baxter

Richard Baxter

1615-1691
Puritan divine
Sitter in 25 portraits
William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford

William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford

1616-1700
Soldier and Privy Counsellor
Sitter associated with 17 portraits
Robert Boyle

Robert Boyle

1627-1691
Chemist and natural philosopher
Sitter associated with 22 portraits
Sir Thomas Browne

Sir Thomas Browne

1605-1682
Physician; author of 'Religio Medici' and 'Urn Burial'
Sitter in 10 portraits
John Bunyan

John Bunyan

1628-1688
Author of 'The Pilgrim's Progress'
Sitter associated with 24 portraits
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington and 2nd Earl of Cork
Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

1612-1680
Author of 'Hudibras'
Sitter in 26 portraits
John Cholmley

John Cholmley

died 1693
Brother of Nathaniel Cholmley, merchant of London
Sitter in 1 portrait
Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

1599-1658
Lord Protector of England
Sitter associated with 224 portraits
William Harvey

William Harvey

1578-1657
Physician, discovered the circulation of the blood
Sitter in 19 portraits
Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes

1588-1679
Social philosopher
Sitter associated with 21 portraits
John Howe

John Howe

1630-1705
Puritan divine
Sitter in 5 portraits
Sir John Knatchbull, 2nd Bt

Sir John Knatchbull, 2nd Bt

1637-1696
Sitter in 1 portrait
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby')

Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds ('Lord Danby')

1631-1712
Statesman
Sitter associated with 12 portraits
Sir Roger L'Estrange

Sir Roger L'Estrange

1616-1704
Royalist and journalist
Sitter in 8 portraits
Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford

Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford

1626-1703
Soldier
Sitter in 2 portraits
Sir Paul Rycaut

Sir Paul Rycaut

1628-1700
Diplomat and writer
Sitter associated with 8 portraits
John Tradescant the Younger

John Tradescant the Younger

1608-1662
Gardener and collector
Sitter in 7 portraits
Izaak Walton

Izaak Walton

1593-1683
Author of 'The Compleat Angler'
Sitter in 6 portraits

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