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- Alice Barnham (née Bradbridge) (1523-1604) was an English silk merchant, and a leading figure in the London silk trade from the 1560s onward. She is chiefly remembered for commissioning a family portrait in 1557 which is one of the earliest family portraits of English origins.
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Alice Barnham, Viscountess St Albans [a] (14 May 1592 – 1650) was the wife of English scientific philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon.
Let us try and find out a few facts of the early years of Alice Barnham, and admire the handsome, haughty face which looks out from her portrait; a face with more determination in it than charm.
Oct 22, 2018 · Alice Barnham was the daughter of Benedict Barnham and Dorothy Smith. 1 She married, firstly, Francis Bacon, 1st and last Viscount Saint Alban, son of Sir Nicholas Bacon and Anne Cooke, on 10 May 1606 at Marylebone Chapel, Marylebone, London, England G. 1 She married, secondly, Sir John Underhill on 20 April 1626 at St. Martin-in-the-Fields ...
Alice Barnham (née Bradbridge) (1523-1604) was an English silk merchant, and a leading figure in the London silk trade from the 1560s onward. She is chiefly remembered for commissioning a family portrait in 1557 which is one of the earliest family portraits of English origins.
Sep 7, 2024 · Alice is known for being one of the subjects of one of the earliest English family group portraits: “Alice Barnham and her Sons Martin and Steven” (once entitled “Lady Ingram and her Two Boys Martin and Steven” in error) from 1557.
Jul 20, 2024 · Alice Barnham (née Bradbridge) (1523-1604) was an English silk merchant, and a leading figure in the London silk trade from the 1560s onward. She is chiefly remembered for commissioning a family portrait in 1557 which is one of the earliest family portraits of English origins.
Were this a conventional biography of Alice Barnham, a study of her material world would detail the landmarks of London as she surely knew them: Whitehall in the west and the Tower in the east, symbolic of court culture and royal power; St Paul ’s Cathedral, dominant on the central skyline even without the steeple lost in 1561; the Thames ...
