1762.
Anecdotes of Painting in England; with some Account of the principal Artists; and incidental Notes on other Arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; and now digested and published from his original MSS. By Mr. Horace Walpole. Multa renascentur quæ jam cecidere. Vol. I. [Device with Walpole's crest.] Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII.
------ Le sachant Anglois, je crus qu'il m'alloit parler d'edifices et de peintures. Nouvelle Eloise, vol. i. p. 245. Vol. II. [Device with Walpole's crest.] Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII.
------ Vol. III. (Motto of six lines from Prior's Protogenes and Apelles.) Strawberry-Hill: Printed in the Year MDCCLXIII.
------ To which is added the History of the Modern Taste in Gardening. The Glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the Fir-tree, the Pine-tree, and the Box together, to beautify the Place of my Sanctuary, and I will make the Place of my Feet glorious. Isaiah, lx. 13. Volume the Fourth and last. Strawberry-Hill: Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXI.
Vol. i.,—Title, Dedication, Preface, pp. i-xiii; Contents; Text, pp. 1-168, with Appendix and Index unpaged. Vol. ii.,—Title; Text, pp. 1-158, with Appendix, Index, and 'Errata' unpaged; and 'Additional Lives to the First Edition of Anecdotes of Painting in England,' pp. 1-12. Vol. iii.,—Title; pp. 1-155, with Appendix and Index unpaged; and 'Additional Lives to the First Edition of Anecdotes of Painting in England,' pp. 1-4. Vol. iv.,—Title, Dedication, Advertisement (dated October 1, 1780), pp. i-x; Contents; Text, pp. 1-151 (dated August 12, 1770); 'Errata;' pp. x-52; Appendix of one leaf ('Prints by or after Hogarth, discovered since the Catalogue was finished'), and Index unpaged. The volumes are 4to., with many portraits and plates. 600 copies were printed. The fourth volume was in type in 1770, but not issued until Oct., 1780. It was dedicated to the Duke of Richmond,—Lady Hervey, to whom the three earlier volumes had been inscribed, having died in 1768. A second edition of the first three volumes was printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry Hill in 1765. 'Sept. 1st [1759]. I began to look over Mr. Vertue's MSS., which I bought last year for one hundred pounds, in order to compose the Lives of English Painters' (Short Notes). '1760, Jan. 1st. I began the Lives of English Artists, from Vertue's MSS. (that is, "Anecdotes of Painting," etc.)' (ibid.). 'Aug. 14th. Finished the first volume of my "Anecdotes of Painting in England." Sept. 5th, began the second volume. Oct. 23d, finished the second volume' (ibid.). '1761, Jan. 4th, began the third volume' (ibid.). 'June 29th, resumed the third volume of my "Anecdotes of Painting," which I had laid aside after the first day' (ibid.). 'Aug. 22nd, finished the third volume of my "Anecdotes of Painting"' (ibid.). 'The "Anecdotes of Painting" have succeeded to the press: I have finished two volumes; but as there will at least be a third, I am not determined whether I shall not wait to publish the whole together. You will be surprised, I think, to see what a quantity of materials the industry of one man [Vertue] could amass!' (Walpole to Zouch, 27 Nov., 1760.) 'You drive your expectations much too fast, in thinking my "Anecdotes of Painting" are ready to appear, in demanding three volumes. You will see but two, and it will be February first' (Walpole to Montagu, 30 Dec., 1761). 'I am now publishing the third volume, and another of Engravers' (Walpole to Dalrymple, 31 Jan., 1764). 'I have advertised my long-delayed last volume of "Painters" to come out, and must be in town to distribute it' (Walpole to Lady Ossory, 23 Sept., 1780). 'I have left with Lord Harcourt for you my new old last volume of "Painters"' (Walpole to Mason, 13 Oct., 1780).
1763.
A Catalogue of Engravers, who have been born, or resided in England; digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the MSS. of Mr. George Vertue; to which is added an Account of the Life and Works of the latter. And Art reflected Images to Art.... Pope. Strawberry-Hill: Printed in the Year MDCCLXIII.
Title; pp. 1-128, last page dated 'Oct. 10th, 1762;' 'Life of Mr. George Vertue' pp. 1-14; 'List of Vertue's Works,' pp. 1-20, last page dated 'Oct. 22d, 1762;' Index of Names of Engravers, unpaged. 4to. There are several portraits, including one of Vertue after Richardson. 'Aug. 2nd [1762], began the "Catalogue of Engravers." October 10th, finished it' (Short Notes). 'The volume of Engravers is printed off, and has been some time; I only wait for some of the plates' (Walpole to Cole, 8 Oct., 1763). 'I am now publishing the third volume [of the 'Anecdotes of Painting'], and another of "Engravers"' (Walpole to Dalrymple, 31 Jan., 1764).