George Vertue (1684 - 1756)

Born 1684 in St Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, England

Died 24 Jul 1756 at about age 72 in London, England

Biography

George Vertue is Notable.

George Vertue is best known as 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. His father, perhaps a tailor, and mother are noted as 'Roman Catholic'. Vertue's brother James (d. 1765) was an artist in Bath who produced the interior view of the abbey that was engraved by him. The second of his three brothers, Peter, was a dancing master of Chelmsford.

Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vertue