Does anyone have a spare couple of million quid on them? If so, they couldn’t spend it more wisely than on this spectacular early self-portrait by William Dobson, which is up for sale at Bonhams on 6 July 2016. In this article for the Bonhams magazine, Waldemar Januszczak sings the praises of the “first truly characteristically English painter”.
The Full English
![Self-Portrait, c. 1634-40](https://williamdobson.tv/os/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Self-Portrait-c-1634-40.jpg)