See also:SAMUEL See also:- COOPER
- COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
- COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
- COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
- COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
- COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
- COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
- SAMUEL COOPER (1609-1672)
- COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
- COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)
COOPER (1609-1672)
, See also:English See also:miniature painter
.
This artist was undoubtedly the greatest painter of miniatures who ever lived
.
He is believed to have been See also:born in See also:London, and was a See also:nephew of See also:John See also:Hoskins, the miniature painter, by whom he was educated
.
He lived in Henrietta St., Covent See also:Garden, and frequented the Covent Garden See also:Coffee-See also:House
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See also:Pepys, who makes many references to him, tells us he was an excellent musician, playing well upon the See also:lute, and also a See also:good linguist, speaking See also:French with ease
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According to other contemporary writers, he was a See also:short, stout See also:man, of a ruddy countenance
.
He married one Christiana, whose portrait is at Welbeck See also:Abbey, and he had one daughter
.
In 1668 he was instructed by Pepys to paint a portrait of Mrs Pepys, for which he charged £30
.
He is known to have painted also the portrait of John See also:Aubrey, which was presented in 1691 to the Ashmolean Museum, as we
learn from his See also:correspondence with John See also:Ray, the naturalist
.
See also:Evelyn refers to him in 1662, when, on the. occasion of the visit that the diarist paid to 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, See also:- COOPER
- COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
- COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
- COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
- COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
- COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
- COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
- COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
- COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
- COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)
Cooper was See also:drawing the royal See also:face and See also:head for the new coinage
.
Magnificent examples of his See also:work are to be found at See also:Windsor See also:Castle, Belvoir Castle, Montague House, Welbeck Abbey, See also:Ham House, the Rijks Museum at See also:Amsterdam and in the collection of Mr J
.
Pierpont See also:Morgan
.
His largest miniature is in the See also:possession of the See also:duke of See also:Richmond and See also:Gordon at See also:Goodwood
.
A piece of the artist's See also:handwriting is to be seen at the back of one of his miniatures in the Welbeck Abbey collection, and one of his drawings in See also:black See also:chalk is in the University See also:Gallery at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford
.
His own portrait of himself is in the collection of Mr J
.
Pierpont Morgan
.
The date of his See also:death has been handed down by a See also:record in the See also:diary of See also:Mary See also:Beale, the miniature painter; and in some letters from Mr See also:Charles See also:Manners, addressed to See also:Lord Roos, dated 1672, now amongst the duke of See also:Rutland's papers at Belvoir, the writer refers to Cooper's serious illness on the 4th of May, and to his doubt as to whether the artist would ever recover
.
Mary Beale's reference to his decease is in the following words: " See also:Sunday, May 5, 1672—Mr See also:Samuel Cooper, the most famous limner of the See also:world for a face, dyed."
For a See also:fuller See also:account see the See also:History of Portrait Miniatures, by G
.
C
.
See also:Williamson, vol. i. p
.
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