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John Greenhill

Also known as: John Greenhill; primary name: Greenhill, John
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1642-1676
Biography: Portraitist. b. in Salisbury.He arrived in London by 1662 and entered the studio of Peter Lely. He set up on his own studio as a portrait painter, with a line in heads in coloured crayon, a medium that was introduced by Lely, and was popular with others in these years, including Edward Luttrell and Edmund Ashfield. He was a friend of the poet Aphra Behn (1640-89), who wrote an elegy on his death (The works of Aphra Behn, ed. Janet Todd, I 1992, no.15).

37 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1857,1114.213 |
Producer name: BIOG35418 Drawn by:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1658-1662

drawing

Museum number: 1949,0411.27 |
Producer name: BIOG29735 Drawn by:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1640-1676

drawing

Museum number: 1986,0301.1.+ |
Producer name: BIOG29735 Drawn by:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1640-1676

drawing

Museum number: 1961,1209.1 |
Producer name: BIOG29735 Drawn by:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1640-1673

drawing

Museum number: 1886,1123.1 |
Producer name: BIOG29735 Drawn by:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1640-1676

drawing

Museum number: 1986,0301.1 |
Producer name: BIOG29735 Drawn by:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1676

drawing

Museum number: 1985,1005.57 |
Producer name: BIOG29735 Drawn by:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1649-1676

print

Title: The right Honble Anthony Earle of Shaftsbury Lord Chancelor of England anno 1673 |
Museum number: 1863,0808.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward LutterellAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1680-1700

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.1255 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1680-1690

print; counterproof

Museum number: 1917,0714.21 |
Producer name: BIOG29735 Print made by:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1667

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6320 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward HardingAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1802

print

Museum number: 1861,0608.156 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Thomas DooAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1826-1827

print

Museum number: P,6.123 |
Producer name: BIOG29735 Print made by:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1667

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,1014.315 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry WorthingtonAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Title: John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale. |
Museum number: 1901,0806.23 |
Producer name: After:Samuel CooperAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1901

print

Museum number: 1950,0520.59 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis PlaceAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1675-1700

print

Title: Mr Philip Woolrich |
Museum number: 1848,0911.553 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis PlaceAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1675-1700

print; book-illustration

Title: Bowyer's History of England |
Museum number: 1858,1009.219 |
Producer name: After:Robert SmirkePrint made by:R Slann |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.4345 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Thomas DooAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1826-1827

print

Museum number: P,8.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van GunstAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1710-1730

print

Museum number: 1848,0911.535 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BlootelingAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1673-1680

print; frontispiece

Title: Sir. William Davenant K.t |
Museum number: 1868,0822.2315 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1672

print

Title: Joseph Harris |
Museum number: 1877,0512.258 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry DaweAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1820

print; book-illustration; catalogue

Museum number: 1911,0412.66.1-81 |
Producer name: Published by:Berlin Photographic CompanyAfter:Adolphe Braun |
Production date: 1910 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Philip Woolrich |
Museum number: 1838,0420.121 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis PlaceAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1675-1700

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.3675 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis PlaceAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1675-1700

print

Museum number: 1843,0513.584 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis PlaceAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1680-1690

print

Title: The Right Hono.ble Anthony Earle of Shaftesbury ... |
Museum number: P,5.262 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BlootelingAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1673-1680

print; frontispiece

Title: Sir. William Davenant K.t |
Museum number: G,7.195 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1672

print; frontispiece

Title: Sir. William Davenant K.t |
Museum number: P,6.94 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1672

print

Museum number: 1848,1125.329 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry WorthingtonAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1803-1840

print

Title: The Right Hono.ble Anthony Earle of Shaftesbury ... |
Museum number: 1848,0911.534 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BlootelingAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1673-1680

print; frontispiece

Title: Sir. William Davenant K.t |
Museum number: 1948,0315.6.146 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1672

print; book-illustration

Title: Joseph Harris, Comedian |
Museum number: K,60.140 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward HardingIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1802

print

Museum number: 1886,1123.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alexander BannermanAfter:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1750-1780

print; book-illustration; catalogue

Museum number: 1907,0727.4.1-125 |
Producer name: Print made by:J Hallett HyattPrinted by:Charles Whittingham |
Production date: 1906 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

token

Museum number: T.3109 |
Authority: BIOG91632 Issuer:John Greenhill |
Production date: 1671 |
Production place: Issued in:London (England)

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