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time, and was employed by the booksellers. He engraved Archbishop Bancroft, Bishop Pearson, Br. Mayerne, l)r. Morton, Ray, the naturalist, Ben Jonson, his own por- trait, and many others^ with several of the heads for Rycautfs * History of the Turks.' Faithorne drew his portrait.

ELDER, Charles, history painter. His exhibited works prove him to nave at- tempted the higher branches of art He first contributed to the Academy a ' Sap- pho' in 1845; 'Florimel Imprisoned,' in 1846; 'The Death of Mark Antony,' in 1847 ; ' Ruth Gleaning,' with other works, in 1848 ; and continued to exhibit till his death, December 11, 1851, aged 30.

ELFORD, Sir William, Bart., amateur. He was of a Devonshire family, and was created a baronet in 1800. For many years, commencing in 1784, he was an occasional honorary exhibitor at the Royal Academy, contributing landscape views and effects of sunset and shower up to his death at Totnes, in his 90th year, November 30, 1837. There is at Windsor Castle a land- scape by him, very good in effect ; which he presented to the Prince Regent m 1819.

ELIZABETH, The Princess, amateur. Daughter of George III. ; born May 27, 1770. She drew with much correctness and taste. Her ' Birth and Triumph of Cupid' was engraved by Tomkins, in 24 plates ; and a companion work, ' Cupid turned Volunteer,' was engraved by Gar- diner in 1804. She also designed 'The Progress of Genius,' published in 1816. She married the Prince of Hesse-Homburg in 1818, and died January 10, 1840.

ELLIOT, William, engraver. Born at Hampton Court in 1727. He engraved with the point some landscapes in a free and graceful manner. His best works are after Cuyp, Rosa da Tivoli, and Polemberg, but he engraved largely after the Smiths of Chichester. He also engraved a portrait of Helena Forman, after Rubens. He died in Church Street, Soho, in 1766, aged 39.

ELLIOT, William ; marine painter. He painted marine subjects and sea-fights, a little in the manner of Series. The Loss of the Andromeda,' 1770, and some other of his works, are engraved. There are some landscapes by his hand. Two tame-looking sea-pieces by him are at Hampton Court Palace. He died towards the end of the 18th century.

ELLIOT, Archibald, architect. Born in Roxburghshire, and brought up as a joiner. He made his way up to London, where he found employment as a designer of cabinet work. While employed at Douglas Castle, a difference arose between the owner and the architect, and he under- took to complete the work. He was next the contractor for building Mona Castle, Isle of Man, and his success was the be-

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ginning of his career. He designed Lon- aown Castle, erected in .Ayrshire, 1804 ; the Regent's Bridge, an imposing work, in Edinburgh, 1816-19 ; followed by the Citv Prison on the Calton Hill; St Paul's Chapel, and other edifices. He died at Edinburgh. June 16, 1823, aged 62.

ELLIOTT, Capt. Robert, R.N., amateur. He was, from 1784 to 1789, an honorary exhibitor of marine subjects of some pretension, painted in oil. fn 1784, 'A Frigate and a Cutter in Chase;' in 1785, ' The Fleet in Port Royal Harbour ; » in 1786, « View of the City of Quebec ; ' in 1787, 'Breaking the French Line ? Lord Rodney's Action ; ' in 1788, ' Fire at Kingston, Jamaica;' and in 1789, three naval actions. He sketched during his travels many landscape views, from which Prout, Stanfield, and others made drawings — chiefly views m the East, in India, Can- ton, and the Red Sea. These were en- graved and published in parts, 1830-33.

ELLIS,, Joseph F. t marine painter. He was born in Ireland, and came to London about 1818. He was only twice an ex- hibitor at the Royal Academy — in 1819, lowing year, 'Morning, the Departure.' One of his early works was exhibited at the British Institution, and was sold for 60l. ; but he never found such patronage again. He was duped out of several of his best pictures, and, following, this loss, a series of reverses left him in the hands of unscrupulous men. For them he laboured at endless views of Venice, which found their way to the auction room, under the name of Canaletti. During the last seven years of his life he resided with a house- agent, who dabbled in pictures ; and in an ill-ventilated bed-chamber, living on a weekly pittance, he worked incessantly in manufacturing copies of Canaletti and V er- net, from originals brought to London for the purpose; and these, when dried and doctored, were placed in the market. His best pictures, the fruits of his own study from nature, are original in manner, and are rarely met with. He was frugal m his habits ; unassuming, and notwithstanding his trials, full of good humour and good nature. He died at Richmond, Surrey, in his 65th year, May 28, 1848.
 * Entrance to a Harbour ; ' and in the fol-

ELLIS, John, scene painter. He was bom in Dublin, and was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker there. Towards the end of the 18th century he practised as a scene painter in Dublin, and for a time in London, and was noted for his valuable knowledge of perspective. He also produced some good landscapes in body colours.

ELLIS, William, engraver. Born in London 1747. Son of a writing engraver. Was a pupil of Woollett. Engraved many fine plates, chiefly landscapes, and worked

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