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enamel, but his best works are in crayons. His likenesses are exact and literal, yet very stiff and graceless in manner; his minia- tures laboriously finished, the colour good. He met with great encouragement in Eng- land, and was for a time deemed no mean rival of Reynolds, a proof of the false taste of the day. He etched his own portrait and gome others. He taught drawing in many families of rank. He was the con- vivial associate of our artists, and his name repeatedly occurs in connection with the art of this country. His brother, John Michael Liotard, practised as an engraver in Paris and in Venice.

LISTER. Martin, M.D., amateur. Born at Radcliffe, Bucks, about 1638, he originally practised at York, but removed to London in 1683. He became physician to Queen Anne, and was a learned, natural- ist. He published, among other scientific works, a 'Historia Conchyliorum,' the drawings for whieh were made by himself, and, with the assistance of his daughters, engraved also. He died February 2, 1711.

LISTER, Anna, ) amateurs. Two

LISTER, Susanna, J sisters, daughters of the above, whose etchings are not with- out merit. Some of their etchings are pub- lished in his * Historia Conchyliorum.' 1688.

LITTLE, Thomas, architect. Born in February 1802. Was the pupil of Robert Abrahams. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1832, and again in 1840, after which he continued an occasional exhibitor, his designs being chiefly residential. In 1844 he was successful in a competition for the chapels at the Nunhead Cemetery, which he erected, and was then employed upon several churches. He built All Saints', St. John's Wood, 1845; St Mark's, Regent's Park, 1862; St. Saviour's. Pad- dington; Fairtight, near Hastings; also the parochial schools of St. Marylebone and Bishop Duppa's Almshouses, Richmond. He died December 20, 1859. -LIVERSEEGE, Henry, subject paint- er. Was born in 1803, at Manchester, where his father held some employment in a cotton mill. He was fond of drawing as a child, and early employed himself in painting portraits for a very small remu- neration. He then tried some compositions, which showed a feeling for romance and poetry, and exhibited at Manchester, in 1827, three small pictures of Banditti, whicn gained him notice. He came about the end of the same year to London, and in 1828 exhibited at the Academy 'Wild- rake presenting Col. Everard's Challenge to Charles II.' Making rapid progress, he exhibited, in 1830, his 'Black Dwarf,' from Sir Walter Scott's romance. His practice was to come to London occasionally for three or four months, when he studied at the British Museum and the British Institu-

tion. He exhibited the ' Grave Diggers/ from 'Hamlet; ' 'Catherine Seyton,' 'Ham- let and his Mother,' with other compositions. He also exhibited occasionally at Manches- ter, and painted several subject pictures in water-colours. He was of a weakly consti- tution from an organic defect in the chest, always ailing, despondent in temperament, and died suddenly at Manchester, January 13, 1832. His style was dramatic, his colour- ing brilliant and powerful, but his works wanted refinement and beauty. He had no conception of landscape. His works. ' Re- collections of Liverseege,' were published in mezzo-tint, in 12 parts, 1832-35.

LIVESAY, Richard, portrait painter aivl engraver. He practised in London towards the latter part of the 18th century, and about 1781 lodged some time with Hogarth's widow in Leicester Fields. He was a pupil of President West, who em- ployed nim in copying some pictures at Windsor Castle, and subsequently in assist- ing on his own works. This induced him to remove to Windsor, where he settled and was residing in 1790. He was appointed to teach George III. 'a family drawing, and many of the Eton boys sat to him for their portraits. There is by him a group of 'Eton Boys going to Montem,' containing many portraits, and also a group of George III. with his Queen and family, to whom the Duchess of Gloucester is being introduced; and his portrait of the Earl of Charlemont, not a good specimen of his art, is in the National Portrait Gallery. His portraits, some of them whole-lengths, are usually of small size, and he also painted some minia- tures in oil and some domestic scenes. He was appointed drawing-master to the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth, and removed to Portsea in 1796. He exhibited at the Academy in 1802, and about this time painted the six prize ships taken by Admiral Lord Howe from the French, with some other marine subjects. He died at Southsea about 1823. There are several portraits by him, engraved by himself, and 16 plates after Hogarth.

LIZARS, William Home, engraver and subject painter. He was born in 1788, in Edinburgh, where his father, Daniel Lizars, was well known as an engraver and copper- plate printer. Brought up under him he also studied from 1802 to 1805 in the Trus- tees' Academy, was industrious and soon showed marks of talent. He engraved, about 1807, 'The Escape of Queen Mary from Lochleven Castle,' and soon after painted some portraits and subject pic- tures, ' Reading the Will ' and ' A Scotch Wedding,' exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1812, where they gained favourable notice, and were engraved. The loss of his father at this time, left a widow and large family dependent upon the business, and he

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