{{Short description|English painter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} [[File:Edward Bower (1597-1667) - Charles I (1600–1649), at His Trial - 353001 - National Trust.jpg|thumb|Charles I at his trial (c. 1650)]] '''Edward Bower''' (fl. 1635 – 1667)<ref name="npg">[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp06710/edward-bower Portraits by Edward Bower] (National Portrait Gallery)</ref> was an English portrait painter. During the Civil War he worked mostly for Parliamentarian patrons,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/bower-sir-john-drake-t00500|publisher=Tate Gallery|title=Bower Sir John Drake|accessdate=5 July 2012}}</ref> and painted Charles I at his trial. He portrayed other famous men of the time such as Lord Fairfax and John Pym. He worked primarily in London.<ref name="npg" />

Some of his works were engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar.

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'''Attribution:''' * {{Bryan (3rd edition)|title=Edward Bower|volume=1}}

==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.artnet.com/artist/705496/edward-bower.html Edward Bower on Artnet] *[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp06710/edward-bower Portraits by Edward Bower] (National Portrait Gallery) *[http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=45&page=1 Portrait of Sir John Drake] (c. 1646 – Tate Gallery, London) *[http://www.gunpowderplot.parliament.uk/worksofart/artwork/edward-bower/no-title--speaker-william-lenthall-1591-1662-and-his-family-/4187 Speaker William Lenthall 1591-1662 and his family]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ("Art in Parliament") *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081016154526/http://www.historicalportraits.com/InternalMain.asp Portrait of Sir William Fairfax] (c. 1640s – Philip Mould Ltd) *{{Art UK bio}}

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