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 231
vil war, were inmany instances desirous of restoring them by new edifices;and followed the French designs in saloons, spacious stair-cases and rooms en suite. The external architecture, not-withstanding the almost infinite perforation by long and 196 STATUARIES^ CARVERS, ARCHITECTS, &C, narrow… … [197] CHAPTER III. Artists in the Reign of James II. The short and tempestuous reign of James,though he himself seems to have had much incli-nation to them, afforded small encouragement tothe arts. His religion was not of a complexion toexclude decoration ; but four years, crowded…
