Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists (1826)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Dallaway, James, 1763-1834, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877 · London : Bickers and Son · leaf 279
PAINTERS IN THE EEIGN OF KING WILLIAM. 227 and came into England in 1686, where lie drew portraits for several years. The Earl of Leven encouraged him to go to Scotland, and procured him a subscription of 5001 worth of business. He went, carrying a large number of bodies and posture, to which he… … Scotland, and was buried in the churchyard of the Grey- friars, at Edinburgh, in 1711, aged fifty-two. He painted most of the Scotch nobility, but was not rich, having twenty children.^ The portraits of the professors in the Surgeons'- hall at Edinburgh were painted by him and are commended. At…
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