William Dobson

Self-portrait, late 1630s

William Dobson (4 March 1611 (baptised);[1] 28 October 1646 (buried)[2]) 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".[3] He died relatively young and his final years were disrupted by the English Civil War.

  1. ^ London Metropolitan Archives, St Andrew Holborn, Register of baptisms, 1558 - 1623, P82/AND2/A/001/MS06667, Item 001
  2. ^ Katherine Gibson, William Dobson, Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
  3. ^ National Portrait Gallery - William Dobson

William Dobson

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