George Vertue was 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. Wikipedia
Born: 1684, London, United Kingdom
Died: July 24, 1756, London, United Kingdom
The antiquary and engraver George Vertue died #onthisday in 1756.
This drawing by Vertue, labelled ‘Something by memory and ye description of Shakespeares House’, was jotted down 35 years after the building had been remodelled, during his sightseeing tour in October 1737. There are no known earlier illustrations of the house.
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