Birth date: 
1637
Death date: 
1688
Birth town: 
Country: 
England

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 Farewell and Lamentation of Mr. Stephen Colledg, the So Famous Protestant Joyner 5 September 2014
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The Sad Day 31 July 2013
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The Second Babel, A Pindarique Ode 5 September 2014
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The Whigs Save-All 5 September 2014
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To Mr. Creech on His Translation of Lucretius into English Verse, 1683 29 November 2013
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Verses 29 November 2013
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