Hilliard

Nicholas Hilliard, a 16th Century son of Devon, England, made it big in art with his tiny miniature limner portraits of Elizabethan London.     Hilliard painted many of Queen Elizabeth I. The pair above were painted in 1575. The PelicanĀ (left) and the Phoenix (right), 787 x 610mm. Both well-known symbols with deep roots into … More Hilliard