Excerpt from Biographical Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, and Architects, From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time, Vol. 2 of 2: Interspersed With Original Anecdotes He studied those animals after na ture; and with exceeding care ob served all their motions, actions, and different attitudes, till he designed them with great readiness, and with such a character of truth, that he gained the reputation of being a good painter in that particular style. - Houb. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.