Personal art in 17th-century America was not especially common, and surviving works are rarer still. However, the people of Massachusetts Bay and the other New England colonies took care to preserve the memories of many of its more prominent leaders, many of whose portraits still survive to this day.

THE CROWN-CHURCH

• King James I of England and VI of Scots
• Anne of Denmark, Queen of England
• King Charles I of England
• Henriette-Marie, Queen of England
• William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury

THE PATRONS and ADVENTURERS

• Capt. John Smith, Admiral of New England
• Lord Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick
• Sir John Popham, Lord Chief-Justice of England
• Sir Richard Saltonstall
• Mr. William Pyncheon
• Sir William Brereton

THE CHOSEN LEADERS

• John Winthrop, gent., Governor of Massachusetts Bay
• Capt. John Endecott, Governor of Massachusetts Bay
• Thomas Dudley, Esq., Governor of Massachusetts Bay
• Sir Henry Vane, Jr., Governor of Massachusetts Bay
• John Winthrop, Jr., Governor of Connecticut
• Edward Winslow, Governor of New Plymouth
• John Haynes, gent., Governor of Massachusetts Bay
• Simon Bradstreet, gent., Governor of Massachusetts Bay
• Richard Bellingham, gent., Governor of Massachusetts Bay
• Hon. Samuel Sewall, Chief Justice of Massachusetts
• Hon. John Leverett, Governor of Massachusetts Bay

THE CLERGY

• Rev. Mr. Hugh Peter, Pastor of Salem
• Rev. Mr. John Woodbridge
• Rev. Mr. John Eliot
• Rev. Mr. John Wilson
• Rev. Mr. Richard Mather
• Rev. Mr. Cotton Mather
  

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