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 221
REIGN OF CHARLES II. 185 Henry Pollexfen,’ John a Lasco, Arthur, Earl of Torrington,’ Ch. Leigh, M.D., some coins in Evelyn’s Numismata, and two plates for Guidott’s Thurme Britannice. … was son of Mr. William Lodge of Leeds, merchant, by Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. John Sykes, eldest son of Richard Sykes, Hsq., one of the first aldermen of that town [then newly made a corporation by Charles I.],* where our artist was born, July 4, 1649, and inherited an estate of 300/. a year. From…
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