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 162
Master Sekeford, were published by Saxton in 1579 ; the dates on different plates’? showing that the labour of six years—that is, from 1574 to 1579, both included—had been bestowed on them. Saxton is commended by Camden and Thoresby, the latter of whom’ calls his map of Yorkshire the best that ever… … of Antwerp, was probably in England, mention being made® of a map of Bristol by him; and he certainly engraved a 1 Ames, p. 541, note. 2 See the particulars in Ames, pp. 541, 542. He has also given at length the patent obtained by Mr. Sekeford. 3 Ducat, Leod. p. 165, 195. 4 [Joris Hoefnagel was…
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