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 323
, and re-built the steeple of War-wick-church, after it had been burned.-f- * [Of Leicester, knighted March S, 16S1.] t [In 1664, Wren corrected the design for this tower, whichis erected upon groined arches, supported by four piers, be-tween which there is a passage for carriages. Noble, in… … [ 279 ] CHAPTER V. Painters and other Artists in the Reign ofQueen Anne. 1 h e reign of Anne, so illustrated by heroes, poetsand authors, was not equally fortunate in artists.Except Kneller, scarce a painter of note. West-minster-abbey testifies there were no eminent sta-tuaries. One man there was,…
