George Charles Williamson,
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 13…
(1911)
“ HILLIARD, NICHOLAS (c. 1537–1619) , the first true English miniature painter, is said to have been the son of Richard Hilliard of Exeter, high sheriff of the city and county in 1560, by Lawrence, daughter of John Wall, goldsmith, of London, and was born probably about 1537. He was appointed goldsmith, carver and portrait painter to Queen Elizabeth, and engraved the Great Seal of England in 1586. ”
