English poet and miniature painter. There were several editions of his Poems and Songs (1674). One of his self-portraits is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. A portrait of Charles II is in the Wallace Collection, London. His miniatures are noted for their vitality
English miniature painter and poet. He was the son of a clerk in Chancery and entered the Inner Temple in 1658; he was called to the Bar in 1662. Among his earliest verses are lines prefixed to Sir William Sanderson’s Graphice (1658), a work containing a description of the art of miniature painting, based on Edward Norgate’s writings.
Flatman divided his career between writing poetry (in which his earnest religious temperament is revealed) and painting portraits in miniature. A versatile man, he was made a Fellow of the newly founded Royal Society in 1668. A number of his friends were leading clergymen, and many of his sitters were drawn from the Church and other intellectual circles.
Poems by this Poet
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| The Acknowledgement, A Pindarique Ode | 5 September 2014 |
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| The Second Babel, A Pindarique Ode | 5 September 2014 |
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| Job. Chap. 27. Paraphrast. 8 | 19 May 2014 |
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| My Lord / When I your unsought Glories view'd | 19 May 2014 |
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| Jest Singing | 19 May 2014 |
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| Retrospect, The. A Pindaric Ode | 19 May 2014 |
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| Epitaph upon Arbitrary Government | 19 May 2014 |
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| Epitaph upon Harry | 19 May 2014 |
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| I'll Give You a Sing-Song, to the Tune of Chevy Chase: The Title of It Is, A Needle and Thred, or the Pope's Downfal | 19 May 2014 |
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| Being Half Foxt He Praiseth Bacchus | 19 May 2014 |
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