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 92
in 1723. HENRY TRENCH was a cotemporary of Kent, and gained a prizein the academy of St. Luke at Rome, at the sametime. Trench was born in Ireland, but studiedmany years in Italy, and for some time underGioseppe Chiari. Returning to England, he pro-fessed painting history, but not finding… … not only distinguished himself above most of hiscompetitors, but, which is far more to his honour,has left works that sustain themselves even in*capital collections. He was born at Antwerp,-}*and made himself a painter, though he studiedunder very indifferent masters. In 1708 he wasbrought to…
