Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Charles I and the Duke of York, Peter Lely (1647)


Sir John Suckling and Richard Lovelace


Sir John Suckling, by Anthony Van Dyck (1637-38)


Richard Lovelace, attributed to William Dobson (1645)

Monday, September 30, 2013

King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria





All of these paintings were executed by the great Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck between 1632, when he was appointed Principal Painter to Charles I, and 1635.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Lady Mary Wroth

Frontispiece to Lady Mary Wroth's The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania (London, 1621). For the full text on EEBO, click here.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Aemilia Lanyer

I'm very excited to be working on Aemilia Lanyer today!
Here's a link to one of the British Library's copies of Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (London, 1611)
We'll talk about it.