William Faithorne, often "the Elder" (1616 – 13 May 1691), was an English painter and engraver. Faithorne was born in London and was apprenticed to William...
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William Faithorne the Younger (1656–1701) was an English mezzotint engraver. He was born in London, the eldest son of William Faithorne the Elder. According...
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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley KG PC (13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598) was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most...
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(2017). "Chapter 21: Lucian of Samosata". In Richter, Daniel S.; Johnson, William A. (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the Second Sophistic. Vol. 1. Oxford...
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Vane, Earl of Darlington. Their grandson later became William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland. William FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Cleveland and 2nd Duke of Southampton...
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good marriage. In 1649, he married Mary, Lady Mainwaring (daughter of Sir William Forster of Aldermaston), a wealthy thrice-widowed woman twenty years his...
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John Milton (section William Blake)
Milton is described as the "greatest English author" by his biographer William Hayley, and he remains generally regarded "as one of the preeminent writers...
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Oughtred similar to that by Wenceslas Hollar, but re-engraved by William Faithorne, and depicted as aged 83, and with a short epigram by "R.S." beneath...
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Champaigne." His pupils were his nephew Jean Baptiste de Champaigne, William Faithorne, Jean Morin, and Nicolas de Plattemontagne. During his last period...
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to William, the son of William Cavendish, Baron of Hardwick (and later Earl of Devonshire), and began a lifelong connection with that family. William Cavendish...
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