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 29
curiosities. Ifany person has any rarities of this kind, they may be disposedof for them, at this sale. This advertisement appears toprove the first sera of the diffusion of Virtu among the public,at large. In the succeeding reigns, particularly in that ofWilliam the Third, Dutch picture-dealers… … Born 1634, Died 1680, who was appointed serjeant painter at the resto-ration. He was the son of a painter, and bornin Covent-garden, 1624, and studied under DuMoulin. Streater* did not confine himself to anybranch of his art, but succeeded best in architec-ture, perspective, landscape, and still…
