Francis Delaram

[3] Delaram left a substantial collection of engraved portraits, landscapes and book illustrations (specifically, William Camden's Historie), but his life is practically unknown.

[4] The "frolicsome revels of the musical cherubs" that adorn Delaram's prints indicate strong influence of the Flemish school.

[4] Delaram could have been trained by Cornelis Boel, who illustrated the first edition of the King James Bible (1611).

[7] Salaman wrote that the "vitality of [his] admirable prints" is a strong indication that his portraits of Matthias de Lobel, George Wither and Horace Vere were drawn from life.

[8] His portraits of Elizabeth I of England, however, were made after original paintings by Nicholas Hilliard, who expressly authorized one of the prints.