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 as a portrait painter; but her art is weak, heavy in expression and colour. There is a portrait of Whiston by her, and another of ner husband. She quitted her profession on her marriage with Dr. Hoadly, who became Bishop of Winchester. She died in 1743. Her portrait of Bishop Burnet is engraved by Faithorne.

CURTIS, M., draftsman. Practised in London, and was chiefly engaged on subjects of natural history, which he rendered with much accuracy. He died October 16, 1839, aged 44. He was brother to the author of 'British Entomology.'

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D'AGAR,, portrait painter. Born at Paris in 1640, ne came early to England. He followed Kneller, was contemporary with Dahl, and was largely employed as a portrait painter in the reign of George I. He was afflicted with gout, and died at Copenhagen in 1716. His portrait is placed in the gallery at Florence. He left a son, whom be had brought up to his profession, and who visited England and painted many distinguished persons in the reign of Queen Anne, but did not settle here.

DAGLEY,, subject painter. Was an orphan, and was educated at Christ's Hospital. He began life as an apprentice to a jeweller, whose daughter he married, and was employed in enamelling the miniatures and allegorical subjects witn which jewellery was then ornamented. In this he showed much taste; and also became a good painter in water-colours and a tolerable medallist. He first exhibited at the Academy in 1784, and continued a contributor of domestic subjects up to 1806.

In 1804 he published a work on Gems, and subsequently made the designs for Flimflams, a production of the elder D'lsraeli. But all these pursuits did not yield him a living, and he was induced to go to Doncaster, where he hoped to find employment as a teacher of drawing; and for nearly 10 years his name disappears from the Exhibition catalogues. He had, however, no better pecuniary success, and after a long struggle ne returned to London in 1815, and resided at Brompton. He then resumed his contributions to the Academy, and up to 1833 was a constant exhibitor of domestic subjects and portraits, some of them in character. He also designed for several publications, wrote reviews on art, and in 1822 published a second volume of his 'Select Gems from the Antique,' followed, in 1826, by a set of designs styled 'Death's Doings;' and so he managed to live, struggling on for 25 years. He died 1841.

DAHL,, portrait painter. He was born at Stockholm in 1656, and educated there in art. He came to England at the age of 22, remained here about twelve months, and tnen travelled, staying a year in France, and about three years visiting the chief cities in Italy. In 1688 he returned to London, where he settled, and acquired considerable reputation as a portrait painter. He became a competitor of Kneller, and gained the favour of Queen Anne, whose whole-length portrait and the Eortrait of Prince George were painted by im. He left many good portraits in the royal collections and the mansions of the nobility. At Petworth there are eight whole-length portraits of ladies by him. He died October 20, 1743, aged 87. and was buried in St James's Church, Piccadilly. He had acquired property by his art? which was exclusively limited to portraiture. If he excelled, it was only in the mediocrity by which he was surrounded. His likeness was good, and so was his colouring; but his draperies were tasteless and his art without refinement or grace. He left two daughters. His son, who was brought up to art, but was a very inferior painter, died about three years before him.

DALL,, A.R.A., landscape painter. He was by birth a Dane, and came to London, where he settled about 1760, and the following year exhibited 'A Piece of Ruins' at the Society of Artists, of which body he was a member. He probably had some instruction from Vivares. In 1768 he obtained the first premium of the Society of Arts for landscape painting. In 1771 he was elected an associate of the Royal Academy, and from that year till his death was an exhibitor. He was chiefly employed as the scene painter to Covent Garden Theatre, but after his election he exhibited some landscape views in Yorkshire, where he was employed by the Duke of Bolton. Lord Harewood, and some others. He died in Great Newport Street, in the spring of 1777, leaving a widow and a young family,