Samuel Cooper and the English miniature painters of the XVII century (1914)
Foster, J. J. (Joshua James), 1847-1923, Cooper, Samuel, 1609-1672 · London, Dickinsons · leaf 52
that the younger man painted miniatures. The fonrer authoritysremarks on this point arc so judicious that I may quote his views asc d in the Bur ol. viii. : He (Hoskins) is laid to have had a son who pain io8b the portrait of Tames II., but late conhrmation is much to be desired. It there was such… … John Hoskins Dr. Properts view may be gathered from the following which appearedin the Magazine of Art ^ December, 1900 : He (John Hoskins) signedhis work more frequently than most of his contemporaries, and thevariety of monogram he made from the two letters * J. H. probably gaverise, in the first…
