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 154
. was son of Mr. William Lodge of Leeds, mer-chant, by Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. John Sykes, * In Thoresbys Museum, mentioned above, was a blood-coloured ribband with Deaths head, swords, &c. inscribed, In memory of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey, murthered the 12thof October 1678. A strong picture of… … 124 CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVERS. eldest son of Richard Sykes, Esq. one of the firstAldermen of that town [then newly made a cor-poration by Charles I.*] where our artist wasborn July 4,1649, and inherited an estate of 300/.a year. From school he was sent to Jesus Col-lege, Cambridge, and thence to…