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 287
at Chatsworth, where hepainted the sides of the gallery, a very poor per-formance. He had before fallen into disesteem,when he painted in Montagu-house, where he wasmuch surpassed by Baptist, Rousseau and LaFosse. On this ill success he turned to paintingsmall histories; but his best employment… … PAINTERS IN THE REIGN OF KING WILLIAM. 247 son, Kirkall, &c. all made use of him. His draw-ings are said to be preferable to his paintings.He etched several of his own designs, as the la-bours of Hercules, which were afterwards re-touched with the burin by his disciple, GerardVandergutch; and…
