Claim: George Vertue, an English engraver and antiquary whose notebooks on British art of the first half of the 18th century are a valuable source for the period, was amongst the first members of Godfrey Kneller's London Academy of Painting.
Evidence: George Vertue FSA (1684 – 24 July 1756) was an English engraver and antiquary, whose notebooks on British art of the first half of the 18th century are a valuable source for the period. He was amongst the first members of Godfrey Kneller's London Academy of Painting, who had employed him to engrave portraits.