Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . a well-known dictionary of painters and engravers, was born inNewcastle on the 9th April, 1757, and received his education at theRoyal Free Grammar School, under its great head-master, the Moises. Arrived at mans estate, he went to London, anddevoted himself to the study of the fine arts. In pursuit of thisobject he accompanied one of his brothers to Flanders, wherehe resided till 1790, spending most of his time in visiting andstudying the masterpieces of art which were somewhat profuselyscattered among the chief towns of that province. While thereh
Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . a well-known dictionary of painters and engravers, was born inNewcastle on the 9th April, 1757, and received his education at theRoyal Free Grammar School, under its great head-master, the Moises. Arrived at mans estate, he went to London, anddevoted himself to the study of the fine arts. In pursuit of thisobject he accompanied one of his brothers to Flanders, wherehe resided till 1790, spending most of his time in visiting andstudying the masterpieces of art which were somewhat profuselyscattered among the chief towns of that province. While therehe met the Hon. Juliana Talbot, one of the numerous sisters of MICHAEL BRYAN. 423 Charles, sixteenth Earl of Shrewsbury, to whom, on the 7th June,1784, he was united in marriage. ^ Returning to England, he settled in London, paying occasionalvisits to his native town it would appear, for Thomas Bewick, in hisAutobiography, mentions that, when he was preparing his Historyof British Birds, Mr. Bryan lent him a book of Buffons to But his fervid admiration of art soon sent him back to the in Holland when an order came from the French Government 1 The marriage agreement between Mr. Bryan and Miss Talbots familyprovided that all children of the union should be brought up in the Catholicfaith, but the early death of Mrs. Bryan removed some of them to the careof relatives who were not of that faith, and among them the mother of thelady who is now the wife of Mr. James Laing, the eminent shipbuilder ofSunderland. Miss Talbots sister Theresa married, 5th February, 1793, Robert,youngest son of Thomas Selby, of Biddlcstonc, Northumberland. 424 MICHAEL BRYAN. to stop all the English residents, he was detained at there he made the acquaintance of AI. LAbord, who, a littlelater, negotiated through his influence a sale of the Italian portionof what was known as the Orleans collection of pictures to theDuke of Bridgewater, Lord Gower, and the Earl of Carlis
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