The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 245
general effect. The labours of Pontius were multifarious. Theyreckon at least fifty portraits engraved by him afterRubens, Vaudyck, and Holbein, and the like number P. PONTIUS. [HOLLAND. on different subjects, chiefly from the pictures ofRubens. His most approved pieces are the Pentecostand the… … i RICHARDSON. Samuel Richardson, a printer and an ingeniouswriter, was born in Derbyshire, in 1689. His educa-tion was confined ; and in 1706 he was bound appren-tice to Mr. Wilde of Stationers Hall ; and after theexpiration of his time, he worked as compositor andcorrector of the press for some…
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