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LILLY, E., portrait painter. There is by him at Blenheim a large full-length portrait of Queen Anne. It is an indiffer- ent work, weak in drawing and expres- sion, cold and grey in colour. It is dated 1703.

LINCOLN, Anna Maria, Countess of, amateur. Daughter of the Earl of Har- rington, married the Earl of Lincoln, after- wards Duke of Newcastle. She painted about 1780, and C. White engraved after her, in the dot manner, a plate representing two females placing a wreath on the bust of Diana. She died in 1807.

LINDSAY, Thomas, water-colour painter. He was from 1837 till his death a member of the new Water-Colour Society. His pictures were chiefly of Welsh scenery, feeble in colour, and, though pleasing, not of a high character. He resided from about 1848 at Hay, near Brecon, and died there January 23. 1861.

LINES, Samuel, landscape painter and designer. Was born near Coventry, Feb- ruary 28, 1778, and was brought up on his uncle's farm. When 14 years of age he showed a taste for art, which led to his being placed, in 1794, with a clock dial enameller at Birmingham, and on the com- pletion of his apprenticeship he found employment there as a designer for the manufacturers; and in 1809 established a life Academy, in which several young men. afterwards known in art, were students, ana during forty years he was always active in promoting the interests and advancement of art in Birmingham, where he died November 22. 1863.

LINES, Samuel Restell, landscape painter. Third son of the above, was bora at Birmingham, January 15, 1804, and studied under his father. He attained great skill in sketching, particularly trees, and in 1828 he was engaged to assist in a series of lithographic drawing-books. In 1831 he undertook to bring out a work exclusively on trees. He drew well in water-colours, and some of the old wood-timbered houses at Coventry and in the Midland counties are memorials of his ability. He died prematurely at Birmingham, November 9, 1833. He was one of the founders of the Birmingham School of Art.

LINNEL,, wood carver. Was a

member of the St Martin's Lane Academy. He practised about the middle of the 18th century, and excelled in his art.

LINTON, J., portrait painter. Prac- tised in the reign of William III. Several of his portraits are engraved; among them one of Sir William Ashurst, lord mayor in 1694.

• LINTON, William, landscape painter. Was born in Liverpool in 1788, and was articled to a merchant in that city, but feeling little inclination for mercantile pur- y 272

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suits, he turned to the study of art, and after a tour in Wales, repaired to London in pursuit of it. In 1821 he exhibited at the British Institution ' The Morning after a Storm,' which obtained him several com- missions. In visiting the Continent he returned with a store of sketches suited to the style of classic landscape, which he adopted. At that period, the realistic school, painting directly from nature, had not arisen, and the painters of the day produced as a rule, compositions founded upon sketches made on the spot. He took part with the Society of British Artists, and for years exhibited there, and only occasionally at the Royal Academy. He was a competitor in the Westminster Hall competition. In 1842 he made an exhibition of his sketches in Sicily, Colchis, and Greece, at the gallery of the Society of Painters in Water-Colours. In 1858 he published a pamphlet on paint- ers' pigments, and an illustrated work, entitled ' The Scenery of Greece and the Islands.' He died September 18, 1876, in his 88th year.

LINWOOD, Miss Mart, ornament is t in needlework. She was born at Bir- mingham in 1755, and early in life removed to Leicester. She opened an exhibition of her work in worsted at the Hanover Square Rooms in 1798, which she removed to Leicester Square, and afterwards to Edin- burgh, Dublin, and the chief provincial towns. Her collection comprised above 100 works from originals by the great masters. She enjoyed a great reputation and popu- larity m her lifetime, and died in ner 90th year, March 2. 1845. Her collection, sold by auction, fetched only a trifling sum.

painter. Born at Geneva in 1702. Was intended for a merchant, but had a desire for art, and when in Paris in 1725 he found the means of study, and drew portraits in chalk and in miniature. In 1738 he accom- panied the Neapolitan ambassador to Rome, and while there was induced by two Eng- lish noblemen to visit Constantinople with them. He adopted the Eastern dress, grew a long beard, and was called * the Turk.' After a stay of four years, he travelled by Jassv to Vienna, where Maria Theresa and the imperial family sat to him. He then went to Paris, and from that city came to London with powerful introductions, and painted the Princess of Wales and her sons. About 1756 he went to Holland, where he married; and in 1772 he came again to London, bringing with him a collection of pictures, which ne sold by auction. He exhibited at the Royal Academy crayon portraits in 1773 and m the following year. He returned to Switzerland in 1776, and is said to have died about 1790. He painted miniatures well, both in water-colour and
 * LIOTARD, John Stephen, miniature