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 192
rage, but of pru-dence. In 1652, when established at Paris, he conformed tohis hard fate, and found ample consolation in the pursuit ofscience, and the Fine Arts. He was the author of several inventions of decided utility ;in his own profession, of a method to bore cannons, and of amixed metal, of… … L O TSTD OH,PiibTisTied by .ToIitl Major 6O Fleet, Street.F«fbTl5?l826. REIGN OF CHARLES II. 159 Princes way, and the world have been still happyor unhappy enough not to possess those arts.Born with the taste of an uncle, whom his swordwas not fortunate in defending, Prince Rupert wasfond of those…
