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National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) · London, New York [etc.] Cassell and company, limited · leaf 166

An illustration from The National portrait gallery, 1901, leaf 166
harles II.,during whose reign he painted all ttie beauties of the Court. Thename of his father, a captain of infantry, was Van der Faes. Bornat Soest in Holland, he came to England in 1643, and the King satto him. He is said also to have painted Oliver Cromwell. Purchased, 1893. (951.) THOMAS… … I K2 THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. JOHN WILMOT, EARL OF ROCHESTER. £648-1680. Painted by William Wissing. Poet, satirist, and boon companion of Charles II. Son of HenryWihnot, the faithful companion of the King in his wanderings afterthe battle of Worcester, 1651. He joined the Navy in 1665,…

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