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See also:DOBSON, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (16ro-1646) , See also:English portrait and See also:historical painter, was See also:born in See also:London. His See also:father was See also:master of the See also:alienation See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, but by improvidence had fallen into reduced circumstances. The son was accordingly See also:bound an apprentice to a stationer and picture dealer in See also:Holborn See also:Bridge; and while in his employment he began to copy the pictures of See also:Titian and See also:Van Dyck. He also took portraits from See also:life under the See also:advice and instruction of See also:Francis Cleyn, a See also:German artist of considerable repute. Van Dyck, happening to pass a See also:shop in See also:Snow See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill where one of Dobson's pictures was exposed, sought out the artist, and presented him to See also:Charles I., who took Dobson under his See also:protection, and not only sat to him several times for his own portrait, but caused the See also:prince of See also:Wales, Prince See also:Rupert and many others to do the same. The See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king had a high See also:opinion of his See also:artistic ability, styled him the English See also:Tintoretto, and appointed him serjeantpainter on the See also:death of Van Dyck. After the fall of Charles, Dobson was reduced to See also:great poverty, and See also:fell into dissolute habits. He died at the See also:early See also:age of See also:thirty-six. Excellent examples of Dobson's portraits are to be seen at See also:Blenheim, See also:Chatsworth and several other See also:country seats throughout See also:England. The See also:head in the " Decollation of St See also:John the Baptist " at See also:Wilton
is said to be a portrait of Prince Rupert.
End of Article: DOBSON, WILLIAM (16ro-1646)
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