(b London, 1646; d London, 27 Mar. 1691). English portrait painter. His early career is obscure, but following the death of Lely in 1680 he was for a decade (until his own death) one of the leading portraitists in the country, rivalled only by Kneller. In 1681 Charles II appointed him ‘painter and picture drawer in ordinary’ and he is said to have produced a portrait of Charles (now lost) that prompted the response: ‘Is this like me? Then, odd's fish, I'm an ugly fellow.’ After the accession of William III and Mary II in 1689, he was appointed their principal painter jointly with Kneller. However, the finest works associated with him are not court portraits but depictions of sitters from humble callings: the two best known are The Scullion (Christ Church, Oxford) and Bridget Holmes (1686, Royal Coll.