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Description: Dorothy, Lady Browne (née Mileham), and Sir Thomas Browne

TitleDorothy, Lady Browne (née Mileham), and Sir Thomas Browne

Creator nameCarlile, Joan

Creator name (description)Attributed to Joan Carlile

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1641–1650

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

LocationNational Portrait Gallery, London

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw00853/Dorothy-Lady-Browne-ne-Mileham-Sir-Thomas-Browne

Accession numberNPG 2062

SubjectsCouples in artAlchemistsPortrait painting, BritishWomen artists

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III. The Pastons

Andrew Moore (Editor), Nathan Flis (Editor), Francesca Vanke (Editor)

The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World

The Pastons

Author

Andrew Moore (Editor), Nathan Flis (Editor), Francesca Vanke (Editor)

PublisherYale Center for British Art

Related print edition pages: pp.422-529

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21505&redirecttoanchor=67900

Chapter subject tags:Families--England--HistoryArt--Collectors and collectingPaston, WilliamItaly--Description and travelAlchemy

20. Sir Thomas Browne, the Pastons, and the Pursuit of Health and Wealth

Reid Barbour

The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World

The natural and artificial curiosities displayed in the painting known as The Paston Treasure were largely assembled by Sir William Paston, first Baronet (1610–1663), over the course of his travels in Italy, Egypt, Jerusalem, Turkey, and the Netherlands— and also possibly by his ancestors (see chapter 15). This collection then passed to Sir...

Author

Reid Barbour

PublisherYale Center for British Art

Related print edition pages: pp.232-237

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00266.021

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21500&redirecttoanchor=67900

Chapter subject tags:Yarmouth, Robert Paston, Earl of, 1631-1683Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682AlchemyScientists--CorrespondenceElixir of life

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