Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts (1826)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Dallaway, James, 1763-1834 · London : Printed at the Shakspeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major · leaf 78
n Eng-lish sculptor, and if Penkethmans praise be not immoderate,of considerable talent. The practice of placing the name ofthe artist upon the plinth of any sepulchral monument is of adate much subsequent to Eveshams time. Numerous monu-ments of acknowledged merit, therefore, remain… … was the statuary most in vogue. He was born atWoodbury near Exeter, in 1586, and coming toLondon, lived for some time with one Isaac James.He then went to Holland, where he worked forPeter de Keyser, whose daughter he married; andreturning to England was employed in makingmonuments for persons of…
