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| attributed to Paul van Somer The 1st Earl of Monmouth and his Family ca. 1617 oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland with his wife Lady Anne Cecil and their daughter Lady Catherine Percy ca. 1633-35 oil on canvas National Trust, Petworth House, Sussex |
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| Anonymous Flemish Artist Family Portrait 17th century oil on canvas Government Art Collection, London |
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| Cornelius Johnson The Capel Family ca. 1640 oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Gonzales Coques Family Group in a Landscape 1647 oil on canvas Wallace Collection, London |
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| Bartholomeus van der Helst Jochem van Aras with his Wife and Daughter 1654 oil on canvas Wallace Collection, London |
Love's Matrimony
There is no happy life
But in a wife,
The comforts are so sweet
When they do meet:
'Tis plenty, peace, a calm
Like dropping balm;
Love's weather is so fair,
Perfumèd air;
Each word such pleasure brings
Like soft-touched strings;
Love's passion moves the heart
On either part.
Such harmony together,
So pleased in either,
No discords, concords still,
Sealed with one will.
By love, God man made one,
Yet not alone:
Like stamps of king and queen
It may be seen,
Two figures but one coin;
So they do join,
Only they not embrace,
We face to face.
– William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle (ca. 1645)
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| Peter Lely Sir John Cotton and his Family 1660 oil on canvas Manchester Art Gallery |
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| John Michael Wright Family of Sir Robert Vyner 1673 oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Mathieu Le Nain Peasant Family at a Well before 1677 oil on canvas Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow |
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| Giuseppe Grisoni The Talman Family Group ca. 1718-19 oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| William Hogarth The Jones Family Conversation Piece 1730 oil on canvas National Museum Cardiff (Wales) |
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| Carl Marcus Tuscher Portrait of harpsichord-maker Burkat Shudi and his Family ca. 1742 oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Stephen Slaughter Portrait of Sir Edward Walpole's Children 1747 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| Pierre-Étienne Falconet The Tudor Family 1766 oil on canvas National Museum Cardiff (Wales) |