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PETER OLIVER (1594-1648)

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 88 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PETER See also:OLIVER (1594-1648)  , See also:English See also:miniature painter, was the eldest son of See also:Isaac See also:Oliver, probably by his first wife; and to him Isaac Oliver See also:left his finished and unfinished drawings, with the See also:hope that he would live to exercise the See also:art of his See also:father . The younger sons of the artist appear to have been under See also:age at the See also:time of his See also:death, and were probably therefore sons by a later wife than the See also:mother of See also:Peter Oliver . He resided at Isleworth, and was buried beside his father at St See also:Anne's, Blackfriars . He was even more eminent in miniature See also:painting than his father, and is specially remarkable for a See also:series of copies in See also:water-See also:colour he made after celebrated pictures by See also:scold masters . Most of these were done by the See also:desire of the See also:king, and seven of them still remain at See also:Windsor See also:Castle . A See also:great many of Oliver's See also:works were See also:purchased by See also:Charles II. from his widow; several of his drawings are in existence, and a See also:leaf from his See also:pocket-See also:book in the collection of the See also:earl of See also:Derby . His most important See also:work is the See also:group of the three grandsons of the 1st See also:Viscount Montacute with their servant, now belonging to the See also:marquess of See also:Exeter; and there are See also:fine miniatures by him at Welbeck See also:Abbey, See also:Montagu See also:House, See also:Sherborne Castle, Minley See also:Manor, Belvoir Castle and in the private collection of the See also:queen of See also:Holland . (G . C .

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