sergeant-painter

“He became a good portrait-painter, and after Vandyck's death was appointed sergeant-painter to the king.”

A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture

“One of the more personal acts of kindness which are related of him is that having seen by chance a picture which was painted by William Dobson, Vandyck sought him out, found him in a poor garret, instructed him with great care, introduced him to the king, and, in short, by his kind offices so prepared the way that Dobson was made sergeant-painter to the king after”

A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture

“The sergeant-painter and the deputy sergeant-painter were, indeed, conventional performers enough; as mechanical in their dispensation of wigs, finger-rings, ruffles, and simpers, as the figure of the armed knight who struck the bell in the”

Imaginary Portraits

“The sergeant-painter and the deputy sergeant-painter were, indeed, conventional performers enough; as mechanical in their dispensation of wigs, finger-rings, ruffles, and simpers, as the figure of the armed knight who struck the bell in the Residence tower.”

Imaginary Portraits

“Of Robert Streeter, sergeant-painter to King Charles”

A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character