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.
Publisher: Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry Hill
Published: 1763
Place of publication: [Strawberry Hill]
Language: eng
Subjects: Painting -- England -- Anecdotes
Notes: The author's A catalogue of engravers, who have been born, or resided in England (printed 1763) is a companion volume.
Vols. 1-2 are reprints retaining printer statement and date 1762 from 1st ed.; actually printed by William Pratt, probably early in 1763. Vol. 3 has imprint: Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII. Vol 4, published in 1780, has imprint: Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXI.
Vol. 1: xiii, [1], 168, [20] p., [16] leaves of plates; v. 2: [2], 158, [58] p., [25] leaves of plates; v. 3: [2], 155, [11] p., [37] leaves of plates; v. 4: x, 151, [9] p., [22] leaves of plates.
References: Hazen, A.T. Strawberry Hill Press, p. 55-61.
Includes indexes.