https://williamdobson.com/ 'The most excellent painter that England hath yet bred' - John Aubrey Sat, 10 May 2025 13:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://williamdobson.com/biography/#comment-20 Tue, 27 May 2014 16:42:39 +0000 http://www.williamdobson.com/os/?page_id=8#comment-20 […] [1]  For all the freshest and most comprehensive information on William Dobson, see Waldemar Januszczak’sk website. […]

]]> https://williamdobson.com/research/#comment-18 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:33:22 +0000 http://www.williamdobson.com/os/?page_id=11#comment-18 […] Unlike other Dobson’s, the symbolism is not particularly obvious which would normally give a clue as to the sitter. Januszczak read the column wrapped with vine as a visual representation of “Pleasure reconciled to Virtue”, a concept linked to Cavendish through the decoration of his retreat Bolsover Castle. The vine represents wine and by extension Pleasure, while the column is steadfastness or Virtue, but they are intertwined so as to be reconciled. This notion comes from a masque by Ben Jonson, for whom Cavendish was a great patron. A wider discussion of  Januszczak’s thoughts on our painting – and on Dobson himself – can be found here: http://www.williamdobson.com/research/ […]

]]> https://williamdobson.com/dobson-art-trail/#comment-4 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:56:43 +0000 http://www.williamdobson.com/os/?page_id=5#comment-4 […] the Dobson Art Trail using Google map technology to trace the career of William Dobson through his paintings and the […]

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