# Edward Bower

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{{Short description|English painter}}
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[[File:Edward Bower (1597-1667) - Charles I (1600–1649), at His Trial - 353001 - National Trust.jpg|thumb|[Charles I](/source/Charles_I_of_England) at his trial (c. 1650)]]
'''Edward Bower''' ([fl.](/source/floruit) 1635 – 1667)<ref name="npg">[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp06710/edward-bower Portraits by Edward Bower] ([National Portrait Gallery](/source/National_Portrait_Gallery_(London)))</ref> was an English portrait painter. During the [Civil War](/source/English_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](/source/Charles_I_of_England) at his [trial](/source/High_Court_of_Justice_for_the_trial_of_Charles_I). He portrayed other famous men of the time such as [Lord Fairfax](/source/Thomas_Fairfax%2C_3rd_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron) and [John Pym](/source/John_Pym). He worked primarily in London.<ref name="npg" />

Some of his works were engraved by [Wenceslaus Hollar](/source/Wenceslaus_Hollar).

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

==External links==
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*[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](/source/National_Portrait_Gallery_(London)))
*[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)
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Category:17th-century English painters
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Category:English portrait painters
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Category:Year of birth uncertain

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