Identifier: anecdotesofpaint00edwa (find matches)
Title: Anecdotes of painters who have resided or been born in England : with critical remarks on their productions
Year: 1808 (1800s)
Authors: Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806 Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. Anecdotes of painting in England
Subjects: Painters Artists
Publisher: London : Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons, for Leigh and Sotheby, W.J. and J. Richardson, R. Faulder, T. Payne, and J. White
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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molt of the honourable authors works were printed, as all as trorn the pens of his friends, all of which obtained wherry Hill editions, by which they are well known to the curious collectors of literature. a his youth he w afflicled with the gout, yet he farmed to great ase. He was born in 1716, and died March -2d. 1707. As he outlived both his elder brothers, and alio his nephew, all of whom diedwitl -■ the title of Earl of Orford defcended to him as the but male heir of his father, v. ho was created Earl of Orford, by George the Sec rid. Feb. p. 17and which he inherited by is nephew G died in 1701. But Mr. Wlpole was too ced in life, and too infirm in his health, to allow him to engage in thofe concerns which were consequent torank: th never tooak his feat in the Houfe of Peers; and as he died unmar- ried, the title became tx;::.c:: though it has lately been revived in his firft coufin,Lord V ■ in V . in the early part of the year 1S06 took .. fe of Peers as Earl of Orford. Trom
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•R.GE VERTUE, Engraver, Mint .L..Aim. MT>C CXXXVIH. PREFACE. iii From this degraded ftate they began to revive about themiddle of the iucceeding reign; and before ti. acquired a desree of vigour and . . _:h which has been greatly cultivatedand nearly matured under the auipicious encouragement of hisprefent Majeity. One of the fir ft perfons who contributed to elevate the art*from their deprelied Situation was Mr. George Vertue, wholeaffection for engraving was accompanied by an almoft equalattachment to the ltudy of antiquities: in confequence of which,he collected all the anecdotes he could obtain relative tothe arts, and their profeiibrs who were or had been anv wavsconnected with this country, from the earlieft period to his owntime. But while he was collecting, he had no opportunity of arrang-ing the anecdotes of which he was poueiied. and they were left ina very imperfect and indigefted ftate at his death, which happenedin 17-56. Thefe papers were purchafed of Mr. Vertues wi

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