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11Court painter — Las Meninas, Diego Velázquez, 1656, shows a princess watching her unseen parents as Velázquez paints them; the cross on his chest was added later, according to legend painted by the king himself, after the artist received the Order of Santiago in …
12David Roberts (painter) — David Roberts in 1844 David Roberts RA (24 October 1796 – 25 November 1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and the Near East that he produced during the 1840s from… …
13Edward Calvert (painter) — Edward Calvert (1799 1883) was an English printmaker and painter.He was born in Appledore in Devon and, after a spell in the Navy, studied art at Plymouth and the Royal Academy. His early visionary work was greatly inspired by William Blake, and… …
14Peter Oliver (painter) — Peter Oliver (1594 1648) was an English miniaturist.Born in Isleworth, Middlesex, he was the eldest son of Isaac Oliver, probably by his first wife; and to him Isaac Oliver left his finished and unfinished drawings, with the hope that he would… …
15Henry Collen — (1797 1879) was a miniature portrait painter to Queen Victoria and the Duchess of Kent. Later in life he turned to photography and was on the cutting edge in photography in the mid nineteenth century in London. He had great technical expertise… …
16List of British artists — A partial list of artists active in Britain, arranged chronologically (but alphabetically within any year).Born before 1700*Francis Barlow (1626? ndash;1704) English painter, etcher, and illustrator *Samuel Cooper (c.1608 ndash;1672) English… …
17List of Iranians — This is a list of notable Iranians: In the news * Nazanin Afshin Jam, Actress, Singer/Songwriter, Human Rights Activist, Miss World 2003 1st runner up; Miss Canada 2003. * Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian American actress * Goli Ameri, Republican… …
18Hilliard, Nicholas — born 1547, Exeter, Eng. died Jan. 7, 1619, London British painter. The son of a goldsmith, he trained as a jeweler and began painting miniatures in his youth. In 1570 he was appointed miniature painter to Elizabeth I. He produced many portraits… …
19photography, history of — Introduction method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light sensitive material. The word, derived from the Greek photos (“light”) and graphein (“to draw”), was first used in the… …
20Maria Cosway — Self portrait of Maria Cosway, 1787. Birth name Maria Luisa Caterina Cecilia Hadfield Born 11 June 1760( …
