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 328
better known by Priors beautiful verses to him/f- * [His portrait is engraved in the Mus. Florent. t. iv. p. 206.He was remarkable for his personal beauty and the eleganceof his manners, was much patronised by the nobility and diedrich. He studied successfully under Riley, and acquired hismanner… … IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE. 285 than by his own works, was son of Ralph HowardDoctor of Physic, and was born in Dublin Feb. 7,1675. His father being driven from Ireland bythe troubles that followed the Revolution, broughtthe lad to England, who discovering a dispositionto the arts and Belles…
