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Há 2 dias · At the age of 13, he took this to London to become an apprentice to the celebrated painter Peter Lely. Hooke also had "some instruction in drawing" from the limner Samuel Cowper [34] but "the smell of the Oil Colours did not agree with his Constitution, increasing his Head-ache to which he was ever too much subject", and he became a pupil at Westminster School , living with its master Richard ...
Há 5 dias · Early residents included Sir Peter Lely and the Civil War Royalist Sir Edward Verney, killed at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642. In 1638, St Paul’s Church, designed by Jones on an Etruscan model and London’s first new church since before the Reformation, was consecrated.
Há 3 dias · Sir Peter Lely. Sir Peter Lely, the celebrated painter, purchased a house at Kew, to which, during the latter part of his life, he frequently retired (fn. 8) : after his death, it escheated to the crown, but through the good offices of Lord Keeper North, was restored to his family (fn. 9) , some of whom were remaining there about fifty years ago.
Há 4 dias · Early life Anne (centre) and her sister Mary (left) with their parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, painted by Peter Lely and Benedetto Gennari II. Anne was born at 11:39 p.m. on 6 February 1665 at St James's Palace, London, the fourth child and second daughter of the Duke of York (later King James II and VII), and his first wife, Anne Hyde.
Há 5 dias · The first of a succession of famous painters who lived in the square was (Sir) Peter Lely; he became the tenant at No. 10–11 in about 1651. Later occupants included two other court painters, Sir Godfrey Kneller and Sir James Thornhill. The notable private residents in the Piazza are listed on page 96.
Há 3 dias · Plague years. In 1603 there were 26 burials at Heston, a number not much exceeding the average of that period; yet, as five persons were buried out of one family within a few days, it is most probable that this parish was visited with the plague. In 1625 there were 60 burials; in 1665, 48.
Há 4 dias · Vice Admiral Sir Christopher Myngs (sometimes spelled Mings, 1625–1666) was an English naval officer and privateer, most notably in the Colony of Jamaica. He came from a Norfolk family and was a relative of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. Samuel Pepys ' story of Myngs' humble birth, in explanation of his popularity, has now been evaluated by ...
