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 234
his life of 200/. a year. He received it buttwo yearsyf - dying in Soho-Square at the age of 68about 1694. Some of his pictures, both in land-scape and architecture, are over doors at Hamp-ton-Court ; and he etched after some of his owndesigns. He left a widow, but bequeathed mostof what he had to… … Born 1640. Died 1716. A name little known in England, but of greatcelebrity in France. The author of the Abregecalls him, TJn des plus grans coloristes de VdcoleFrancoise* He might be so, and not very excel-lent : colouring is the point in which their bestmasters have failed. La Fosse was invited…
