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Serjeant Painter to James I . It is probable, however, that the treatise was taken, down from the instructions of Hilliard, for the benefit of one of his pupils, perhaps See also:

ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac See also:

Oliver . The esteem of his countrymen for Hilliard is testified to by Dr See also:

DONNE, JOHN (1573–1631)

Donne, who in a poem called " The See also:

Storm " (1597) praises the work of this artist . He painted a portrait of himself at the See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of thirteen, and is said to have executed one of See also:

Mary queen of Scots when he was eighteen years old . He died on the 7th of See also:

JANUARY

January 1619, and was buried in St See also:

Martin's-in-the-See also:

FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

Fields, See also:

Westminster, leaving by his will twenty shillings to the poor of the See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish, L3o between his two sisters, some goods to his maid-servant, and all the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his effects to his son, Lawrence Hilliard, his sole executor . It seems to be See also:

PRETTY

pretty certain that he visited See also:

France, and that he is the artist alludea in in the papers of the due d'See also:

ALENCON

Alencon under the name of " See also:

Nicholas Belliart, peintre anglois" who was painter to this See also:

prince in 1577, receiving a See also:

STIPEND

stipend of 200 livres . The miniature of Mademoiselle de Sourdis, in the collection of Mr J . Pierpont See also:

Morgan, is certainly the work of Hilliard, and is dated 1577, in which See also:

YEAR

year she was a maid of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour at the See also:

French See also:

Court; and other portraits which are his work are believed to represent Gabrielle d'See also:

ESTREES, GABRIELLE

Estrees, niece of Madame de Sourdis, la Princesse de See also:

Conde and Madame de See also:

Montgomery . For further See also:

INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information respecting Hilliard's sojourn in France, see the privately printed See also:

CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue of the collection of miniatures belonging to Mr J .

Pierpont Morgan, compiled by Dr G . C . See also:

Williamson . (G . C .

End of Article: NICHOLAS HILLIARD (c. 1537–1619)

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