Anecdotes of painting in England
Subtitle: with some account of the principal artists and incidental notes on other arts
By: collected by the late Mr. George Vertue ; and now digested and published from his original mss. by Mr. Horace Walpole
Contributors: Vertue, George, 1684-1756
Edition: 2d ed.
Publisher: Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry-Hill
Published: 1765
Place of publication: [Strawberry-Hill]
Language: eng
Subjects: Painters; Early works to 1800; Artists; Portraits; Painting; History
Other titles: Catalogue of engravers, who have been born or resided in England
Notes: Illustrations: includes numerous portrait plates, engraved by various artists.

"This volume should not be lettered as the fourth, but as a detached piece; another volume of the painters being intended, which will compleat the work"--P. [4], v. [4].

exhibited at JPGM 11/14/95-01/28/96 ilp

Library's copy 1 has an engraved bookplate of Francis Hall pasted inside the front cover. Library's copy 2 has engraved bookplate of "The Rt. Hon.ble Lord Gray" and Ulrich Middeldorf bookplate pasted inside the front covers.

Binding: copy 1 is bound in old full calf with gilt morocco label on spine. Copy 2 is bound in red morocco, gilt spine and covers, a.e.g.