. Anecdotes of painters who have resided or been born in England : with critical remarks on their productions. ank vvhofe youth and beauty graced the court of Georgethe Second. At Strawberry-hill are feveral fmall whole-lengths, by thehand of this artift, which are clean and carefully painted, buthave little of the mafter. The portrait of Gay, the poet, inLord Orfords works, is from the picture painted by retired from bufmefs, and refided fome years at Chelfea,where he died in 1779. Mr. Walpole, in his Anecdotes, favs,that he was a German, and the fcholar of J. B. Vanlo. JOHN HAMILT
. Anecdotes of painters who have resided or been born in England : with critical remarks on their productions. ank vvhofe youth and beauty graced the court of Georgethe Second. At Strawberry-hill are feveral fmall whole-lengths, by thehand of this artift, which are clean and carefully painted, buthave little of the mafter. The portrait of Gay, the poet, inLord Orfords works, is from the picture painted by retired from bufmefs, and refided fome years at Chelfea,where he died in 1779. Mr. Walpole, in his Anecdotes, favs,that he was a German, and the fcholar of J. B. Vanlo. JOHN HAMILTON MORTIMER, A. Was born at Eaftbourn, in Suffex. His father Mas the pro-prietor of a mill, and afterwards held a genteel poll in theCuftoms. Young Mortimer difcovered great natural talentsfor painting. He was therefore placed under the tuition of , whofe manners not being very conciliating, the pupilremained with him but a fhort time. Afterwards he went under * See Fugitive Pieces, page 28 Strawberry-hill, edit. 1758, where the nameis fpelt Eckardt. the -—- I ?;;: I! M i:: ? ? —fTMffla. Anecdotes of Painting. 61 the care of Mr. Pine, who was then confidered as one amongthe be ft colourifts of the age; but he foon quitted that mafter,finding he was not likely to acquire much improvement fromhis inftruclion. About this time, the Duke of Richmondopened his gallery in Privy Garden, and Mr. Mortimer wasamong the firft of thofe who availed themfelves of the ad-vantages of that fchool. Soon after he was admitted a mem-ber of the private academy in St Martins-lane. In thefefeminaries he acquired very confiderable knowledge of thehuman figure, which he drew in a ilyle fuperior to moil ofhis cotemporaries. When the Society for the Encouragementof Arts, &c. firft offered premiums to youths, who ihouldproduce the bell drawings after the antique figures in theDuke of Richmonds gallery, and alfo from the life, was among the earlieft candidates, and obtainedfeveral p
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