The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Samuel Cooper (1609 - 5 May 1672)

English miniature painter and younger brother of Alexander Cooper. Artist - painter
 References in Documents:
Inventory of Ornamental Plate, &c formerly at Oxnead Hall (1844) Under Andromeda my ladies Paston eldest brother[*]i. e. my Lady Paston's eldest brother, a Clayton. The same painting is afterwards referred to as “my Brother's picture;” so the Inventory seems to have been taken by Sir Robert Paston himself. The artist was, no doubt, Samuel Cooper, the celebrated miniature painter. picture in liming, done by Mr. Cooper.
Inventory of Ornamental Plate, &c formerly at Oxnead Hall (1844) [*]i. e. my Lady Paston's eldest brother, a Clayton. The same painting is afterwards referred to as “my Brother's picture;” so the Inventory seems to have been taken by Sir Robert Paston himself. The artist was, no doubt, Samuel Cooper, the celebrated miniature painter.