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Title: Anecdotes of painters who have resided or been born in England : with critical remarks on their productions
Year: 1808 (1800s)
Authors: Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806 Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. Anecdotes of painting in England
Subjects: Painters Artists
Publisher: London : Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons, for Leigh and Sotheby, W.J. and J. Richardson, R. Faulder, T. Payne, and J. White
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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hant at Peterfburgh, and returned toEngland. FILETER STEPHANOFF, * Was by birth a Ruffian; it is not known when he came toEngland. He refided in London for fome years, and at differenttimes exhibited at the Royal Academy, particularly in theyears 177S and 1781. He painted in a variety of ways—fometimes portraits, butchiefly decorations for ceilings; and was employed in paintingfome of the fcenes for the Circus, in St. Georges-fields. It is a melancholy fa6l that this perfon terminated hisexifience with his own hand, though from what caufe iswholly unknown to the author, nor can he exactly recollectwhen the rafh a<5t was committed, but it was before the year1790. Gertrude Stephanoff, his wife, painted dead game, and flilllife. In the year 1783, me exhibited two pictures, a pheafantand a hare. SIMON TAYLOR, Was educated as an artift at Shipleys drawing-fchool, andobtained feveral premiums. About the year 1760, he was taken * This artift fometimes figned himfelf F. N. Stephanoff. by
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> Anecdotes of Painting. 177 by Lord Bute to paint botanical fubjects, in which line of arthe had given early proofs of abilities. He was employed in the fervice of his lordfhip for manyyears, in painting a vaft number of plants, which he executedin a very accurate and matterly manner. They were done inwater colours upon vellum. This noble and valuable collection, after his lordihips death,fell into the pofleffion of the honourable Colonel Stewart, whothought proper to difpofe of them, and they were fold by auc-tion at MeiTrs. Leigh and Sothebys, in the fpring of 1794. Mr. Taylor was alio employed by the late Dr. Fothergill,*for whom he painted a collection of plants, which were fold,after the doctors death, to the late Emprefs of Ruffia. Theywere valued at two thoufand pounds, though they coft thedoctor much more. Mr. Taylors price for the drawing of a plant was threeguineas. He died about ten years ago. PHILIP WICK5TEAD. A fcholar of Mr. Zoffani. He painted portraits chiefly in f

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