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          ​ZINCKE, FOSTER BARHAM (–), antiquary, born on 5 Jan. at Eardley, a sugar estate in Jamaica, was the third son of Frederick..

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          ​ZINCKE, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH (1684?–1767), enamel-painter, was born in Dresden about 1684, and was the son of a goldsmith there.

          He came to England in 1706, when he became a pupil of Charles Boit [q. v.] the enameller.

          Christian Friedrich Zincke (German, circa ).

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        2. ​ZINCKE, FOSTER BARHAM (–), antiquary, born on 5 Jan. at Eardley, a sugar estate in Jamaica, was the third son of Frederick.
        3. Zincke was born on 5 January at Eardley, a sugar estate in Jamaica.
        4. In he married the Countess of Warwick.

          5. His small portraits in enamel became very popular, and he was extensively patronised by royalty and fashionable people. Frederick, prince of Wales, appointed him his cabinet-painter, and he was also employed by George II and Queen Caroline.

          He painted several enamels for Sir Robert Walpole, chiefly members of the family; a good enamel of Sir Robert Walpole from Strawberry Hill is at Knowsley, and one of Horace Walpole was purchased by the Earl of Waldegrave.

          So great was the vogue of Zincke that he was able to raise his price for a small enamel to thirty guineas.

          The enamel portraits by Zincke are very carefully and minutely finished, but lack both in colouring and arrangement the gra