Anecdotes of painting in England; with some account of the principal artists by Horace Walpole. With additions by James Dallaway, and Vertue's catalogue of engravers who have been born or have resided in England. (1888)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 · London, S. Sonnenschein and Lowrey · leaf 308
observing his inclination to limning and heraldry, permitted him to indulge his genius.’ As painter in that style for many years in England. Afterwards, one Rowell, a plumber at Reading, did some things, particularly for the late Henry, Earl of Pembroke ; but Rowell’s colours soon vanished. At last… … Lyttelton, in the church of Hagley, but soon broke. A little after him one Peckitt, at York, began the same business, and has made good proficience. A few lovers of the art collected some dispersed panes from ancient buildings, particularly the late Lord Cobham, who erected a Gothic temple at…
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