Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists (1826)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Dallaway, James, 1763-1834, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877 · London : Bickers and Son · leaf 295
e. D. LE MARCHAND was a carver in ivory, born at Dieppe ; was many years in England, and cut a great number of heads in bas-relief, and some whole figures in ivory. Mr. West has his head carved by himself, oval. Lord Oxford had the bust of Lord Somers by him. He also did one of Sir Isaac Newton ;… … born at West Lavington in Wiltshire, where he had an estate, was comptroller of the works in the reign of King William, but of his life I find scarce any particulars, though he was an architect employed in considerable works. ^ In 1671 he built Thoresby-house in Nottinghamshire, burnt a few years…
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