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1611 – 1646William Dobson (1611-1646)Died 28 October 1646, aged 35Dobson was the leading English portrait painter of the 1640s, succeeding Anthony van Dyck as principal painter to Charles I during the Civil War. Working from the Royalist wartime capital at Oxford, he painted many of the king's commanders. He died in London shortly after the war's end, reportedly in poverty.