William Dobson Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Portrait of Abraham Van der Doort
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
2 works online
The Royal Collection, London, UK
(Zoomable - look for the magnifying glass and the text "Magnify image")
Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford, UK
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
Two men, 1640-45
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK
Richard Lovelace
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK
2 paintings online
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Norwich Museums, England
Tate Gallery, London, UK
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums
D'Outre Manche Database of British Art in French Public Collections
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
William Dobson in the Art Renewal Center
William Dobson at CGFA 
Google Art Project NEW!
Endymion Porter (Tate Britain, London)
William Dobson in the Web Gallery of Art 
Wikimedia Commons Image Database 
Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish) 
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
State Hermitage Museum Unofficial Site
Additional Image Search Tools: NEW!
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Miscellaneous Sites:
UK Government Art Collection
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on William Dobson 
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
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