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George Vertue

(1683-1756), Engraver and antiquary

Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 7 portraits
Artist associated with 865 portraits
Antiquary and engraver, who for many years 'wrote down everything he saw, heard or read' in some forty notebooks now in the British Library. Used by Horace Walpole in 1762 as the basis for his Anecdotes of Painting, they remain one of the prime sources for the history of art in England.

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George Vertue, by George Vertue, after  Thomas Gibson - NPG D18895

George Vertue

by George Vertue, after Thomas Gibson
engraving, 1750 (1715)
NPG D18895

George Vertue, by Maxim Gauci, printed by  Charles Joseph Hullmandel, published by  Anthony Molteno, after  George Vertue - NPG D21325

George Vertue

by Maxim Gauci, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, published by Anthony Molteno, after George Vertue
lithograph, published December 1821 (1741)
NPG D21325

George Vertue, by Maxim Gauci, printed by  Charles Joseph Hullmandel, published by  Anthony Molteno, after  George Vertue - NPG D39237

George Vertue

by Maxim Gauci, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, published by Anthony Molteno, after George Vertue
lithograph, published December 1821 (1741)
NPG D39237

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