User:Rich Farmbrough/DNB/W/i/William Reader (fl.1680)

William Reader||| William Reader (fl. 1680), portrait-painter, was a pupil of Gerard Soest He was the son of a clergyman at Maidstone, and was for a long time patronised by a wealthy nobleman in the west of England. He is chiefly known by a portrait of Dr. John Blow, which was engraved in mezzotint by T. Beckett. There are no doubt other portraits by him under the names of more eminent artists. Reader died in poor circumstances as an inmate of the Charterhouse. ^{[DNB 1][DNB 2] [1]}

References

1. [[Template:Cite DNB|vb=yes|author=Template:DNB LC|title=Reader, William (fl.1680) (DNB00)|work=Dictionary of National Biography|volume=47|pages=0|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reader,_William_(fl.1680)_(DNB00)]]

DNB references

These references are found in the DNB article referred to above.

1. Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting, ed. Wornum
2. Chaloner Smith's British Mezzotinto Portraits.

External links

Reader, William (fl.1680) (DNB00)|Reader, William (fl.1680)

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