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WILLIAM DOBSON (16ro-1646)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 353 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM See also:DOBSON (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, 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 where one of See also: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 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 .

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