Lely, Sir Peter, a painter, born in Westphalia; settled in London; took to portrait-painting, and was patronised by Charles I. and II., as well as by Cromwell; he painted the portraits of his patrons, and the beauties of Charles II.'s court; was Vandyck's successor (1618‒1680).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Leland, John * Leman Lake