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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 279
n the footingit had acquired under the last king. Somerset-house is a compound of Grecian and Gothic. Itwas built on the scite of Chester inn, where theancient poet Occleve formerly lived. As the pen-sion to John of Padua was renewed in the third ofthis king, one may suppose that he owed it to… … sculp* ..^htfqne© M®: EDWARD VI. AND MARY. 235 same power as Somerset-house, is Longleat, thoughnot begun till 1567. It was built by Sir JohnThynne, a principal officer to the Protector. 1553. The reign of Mary, though shorter even thanthat of her brother, makes a much more conside-rable figure in… Painting · Painters · Artists · Engravers · Gardening
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