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 82
d then at Paris under Le Sueur and LeBrun, the latter of whom advised him to adhereto portraits, for which he had a particular talent.The French author,* from whom I transcribe,says that in that style he equalled the bestmasters of that country, and that passing intoEngland he was reckoned a second… … 62 PAINTERS IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES It. If he was thought so then, it is entirely forgotten.Both Graham and Vertue knew so little of him,that the first mentions him not, and the latterconfounded him with Valentine Le Fevre ofBrussels, who never was here; yet mentions amezzotint of Alexandre Boudan…
