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The works of Horatio Walpole, earl of Orford (1798)

Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, Edwards, James, 1757-1816, G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England) · London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson ... and J. Edwards ... · leaf 82

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s of the fon jbut I find it no where hinted that the father was ever in England, It is morelikely to have been the uncle, who we have feen was a painter, and do not findthat he was a very good one. He might have come over, and died here inobfcurity. Holbeins inclination to drawing appeared very… … PAINTERS in the REIGN of HENRY VIII. 59 ftrucled him ; and he learned befides, graving, cafting, modelling and archi-tecture : in the two latter branches he was excellent. Yet, with both talentsand tafte, he for fome time remained in indigence, diffipating with womenwhat he acquired by the former,…

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