An illustrative supplement to Pilkington's Dictionary of painters : consisting of biographical sketches, and one hundred and thirty-nine portraits (1805)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Pilkington, Matthew, 1701-1784. Dictionary of painters · London : Printed for John Stockdale · leaf 105
had learned at Rome,with an air of Roman disinterestedness he gave up the profits of his office, which hefound extremely in debt, and prevailed on the comptroller and paymaster to imitatehis example till the whole arrears were cleared. Grief, misfortunes, and age, terminated his life. He died at… … fT/Cr l/i V///7 7/ r^, /////v/ >^ 57 ARTISTS DURING THE INTERREGNUM. GENERAL LAMBERT, We are told by the author of the English School, was a great encourager of paintingand a good performer in flowers: some of his works were at the duke of Leedss at^^imbledon; and it was supposed that he…
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