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 186
eing then about the age of thirty-three. He hadbeen to visit the Holy Land; and at Aleppo having drawn the pictures of some Englishmerchants, they gave him recommendations to tlieir countiymen. For some time hehad much business, and painted both portraits and history, but outlived his incomeand… … PAlNTERSj Sec. IK THE REIG-N OF GEORGE It. 99 STEPHEN SLAUGHTER Succeeded Mr. Walton as supervisor of the kings pictures, and had been for sometime in Ireland, where he painted several portraits. He had a sister that excelled inimitating bronzes and bas-reliefs to the highest degree of deception.…
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