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 355
into how far Vanbrugh deserved all thecredit of the present combination of the house and its environs ?When he left it, it was encompassed with formal gardens andavenues ; and the correspondent advantages now seen, hecould not have contemplated. Even the term picturesque,was scarcely known, in his… … L 309 ] APPENDIX. The following slight notices relating to Artistswho have worked for the English but came notto England, or who are cursorily mentioned tohave been here, are extracted from Descamps. Hubert Jacobs, of Delft, painted portraits ofseveral English ; and it is pretended that to…
