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 258
upon the pediment of Northumberland House, is a creditablespecimen of his skill in an art, which his fellow sculptor did notpossess. He copied, likewise, the antique, in bronze—A sleep-ing Venus at Holkam, and a Hercules (formerly) at Wanstead. In Westminster Abbey, a joint work is the monument… … 198 STATUARIES IN THE REIGN OF GEORGE II. a good groupe by him at Stowe. For the lateEarl of Tilney he made a statue of Hercules ; andthe figure of Time for the Duke of Buckinghamsmonument in Westminster-abbey. The Duchesssfigure was executed by Scheemaker. A retainer of the art on a smaller scale…
