Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists (1876)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Dallaway, James, 1763-1834, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877, Bromley, William, 1769-1842, Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839, Cook, Henry R, Cook, John William, Engleheart, Francis, 1775-1849, Audinet, P, Freeman, Samuel, 1773-1857, Thomson, J., engraver, Raddon, W, Thomson, Paton, b. ca. 1750, Warren, A. W. (Alfred William), Gibbon, Benjamin Phelps, 1802-1851, Robinson, John Henry, 1796-1871, Finden, W. (William), 1787-1852, Skelton, William, 1763-1848, Watt, W. H, Edwards, William Camden, 1777-1855, Doo, George Thomas, 1800-1886, Cooper, Robert, fl. 1795-1836, Bond, William, fl. 1799-1833, Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841 · London : Chatto and Windus · leaf 191
ns, in Queen Caroline's closet,2 said to be painted by himself; but I find no account of his essays in that way. He did once attempt oil, as Murray the painter told Vertue, and added, that Hayls thereupon applied to miniature, which he threatened to continue, unless Cooper desisted from oil, which… … the dwarf, being page to a lady at Mortlake, was placed by her with Francesco Cleyne, to learn to draw, in which he succeeded, perfecting himself by copying the works of Sir Peter Lely,3 who drew Gibson's picture leaning on a 1 Cooper made a proficiency in crayons, and as it would appear, practised…
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