Mary Beale's reference to his decease is in the following words : " Sunday, May 5, 1672 Mr Samuel Cooper, the most famous limner of the world for a face, dyed ."
32.
The dances performed in the Austen adaptations and, indeed, hundreds of similar dances, some dating to a century before the time of that great limner of English country life, are known as English country dances.
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Analysis of these inscriptions, together with other sources, enabled Mary Black in 1969 to identify Vanderlyn as the " Gansevoort Limner, " an otherwise unidentified portrait painter of this era, though the attribution remains contreversial.
34.
Nixon was a leading miniaturist of his time, and held the appointments of limner to the Prince of Wales and miniature-painter to the Duchess of York; in 1778 he was elected Associate of the Royal Academy.
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But to sort out nine or 10 wholly disparate human beings and get them down on canvas in a way that characterizes them both singly and as a group _ that calls for a painter who is both limner and storyteller.
36.
In 1835 he was elected a Royal Academician, and in 1838, on the death of Sir limner to the queen in Scotland, an office which was, as usual, followed ( in 1842 ) by a knighthood.
37.
Many English sovereigns appointed court limners who, in contrast with the likes of Anthony Van Dyck and Thomas Lawrence, who painted official portraits, had the special responsibility of providing the private portraits of the monarch, his wife, his mistresses and his children.
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He is most famous for his intimate portraits of leading figures in Scottish life, going beyond the aristocracy to lawyers, doctors, professors, writers and ministers, He became a knight in 1822 and the King's limner and painter for Scotland in 1823.
39.
Of these, Queen Mary is by far the best-well drawn, good in colour, and suggestive of the influence of Provost of the William and Mary from " Mr Scougal, limner ( painter ) in Edinburgh, " for ?7 sterling, was approved.
40.
Notice is hereby given, that Jeremiah Theus Limner is remov d into the Market Square near Mr . John Laurans Sadler, where all Gentlemen and Ladies may have their Pictures drawn, likewise Landskips of all Sizes, Crests, and Coats of Arms for Coaches or Chaises.
