. Anecdotes of painters who have resided or been born in England : with critical remarks on their productions. rooms which had belonged to Ford, inthe Haymarket, but afterward removed to Leicefter-fquare, wherehe built a commodious room adjoining to his dwelling-houfe,and communicating with Whitcombe-ftreet, in which fituationhis fon for fome years continued the fame bufinefs, but has finceremoved to Bond-ftreet. The following circumftance did credit to Mr. Greenwoodsjudgment and integrity. In the latter part of the year 1780,he fold by auction a very large collection of fketches and draw-ings
. Anecdotes of painters who have resided or been born in England : with critical remarks on their productions. rooms which had belonged to Ford, inthe Haymarket, but afterward removed to Leicefter-fquare, wherehe built a commodious room adjoining to his dwelling-houfe,and communicating with Whitcombe-ftreet, in which fituationhis fon for fome years continued the fame bufinefs, but has finceremoved to Bond-ftreet. The following circumftance did credit to Mr. Greenwoodsjudgment and integrity. In the latter part of the year 1780,he fold by auction a very large collection of fketches and draw-ings, which were the works of William Vandervelde, jun. Theyhad been long fhut up in the poffeffion of a perfon of the name ofBrown, who lived many years in Spring-gardens, and kept an ob-fcure cofTee-houfe oppofite the paflage into the Park. Upon thedeath of Brown, they became the property of his widow, who * This gentleman traded to Spain, from whence he brought fome very finepictures of the Spanish matters, particularly of Murillo. t His firft exhibition picture was a view of Bofton, in New England. after. It y>iTmf>asi f?i, William Ta^de Telbe,jihl Anecdotes of Painting. 171 after keeping them a few years, offered the collection to for no great fum ; when he honeftly advifed her to(land the fale; which advice fhe followed, and received a hand-fome fum as their produce. This collection contained fomevery beautiful fpecimens of the works of Vandervelde, which, bybeing thus difperfed, enriched the cabinets of many of the firftcollectors in England. Mr. Greenwood died at Margate, Sept. 16, 1792, aged 63. ROBERT EDGE PIXE, Born in London, was the fon of Mr. John Pine, the engraver,who executed and publifhed the elegant edition of Horace, thewhole of which is engraved. He chiefly praftifed as a portrait painter, and was confideredas among the beft colouriils of his time. He refided fe\£ralyears in St. Martins-lane, in the large manfion oppofite toNew-ftreet, Coven
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