William Larkin (early 1580s – 1619)

• Was an English painter active from 1609 until his death in 1619.
• Larkin was born in London in the early 1580s.
• He became a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers on 7 July 1606 under the patronage of Lady Arbella Stuart and Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford.
• Married before 1612.
• About 40 portraits by Larkin have been identified, of courtiers and gentry.
• A series of nine full-length portraits by Larkin formerly owned by the Earls of Suffolk and now known as the Suffolk Collection is housed in Kenwood House, London. 

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