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Plants,' which was not published till 1715. An excellent portrait by him of Bishop Mew belongs to the see of Worcester — well painted, the finish and expression in the best manner. He married an English lady of good family, and left a son, who was fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He lived the latter part of his life in Leicester Fields, where he was settled in 1675, and let his lodgings to persons of quality. He died there in 1693. There is a half-length

Portrait in oil by him of Sheldon, arch- ishop of Canterbury, in the Earl of Home's collection.

LOMBART, Peter, engraver. Born in Paris 1612. A Huguenot refugee, he came to England some time before the Revolu- tion, and found employment chiefly in book frontispieces. His 12 half-lengths after Vandyck, known as * The Countesses/ are considered his best works. He engraved ' Charles I. on Horseback/ after Vandyck ; afterwards he erased the face and substi- tuted Cromwell's, and, as times changed, again inserted the King's. The latest known work by him is dated 1672. He returned to Paris, where he died.

LONG, J. St. John, engraver. He was born in Ireland and claimed a high descent, but was believed to have been the son of a poor basket-maker, named O'Driscoll. On the introduction of an Irish nobleman, he received some kind assistance from John Martin, who formed a poor opinion of his art abilities. He for a while assisted in the studio of W. Young Ottley, and though brought up as an engraver, he did not follow that profession. A mere sketcher. he tried painting, and in 1825 exhibited at Suffolk Street, * Elijah comforted by an Angel/ * The Temptation in the Wil- derness/ and 'Abraham entertaining an Angel ; ' and in the following year, at the British Gallery, *His Majestrs Entrance into Cowes Castle ; ' essays perhaps of some merit, which attracted notice. He soon after took up the profession of a chiropo- dist, and then professed to cure consump- tion, but a patient dying under his care, he was triea for manslaughter at the Ola Bailey in February 1831, but was acquitted. Not depressed by this adventure, ne con- tinued to reside at his house in Harley Street and to keep his carriage. He diea of the complaint he had professed to cure, July 2, 1834, aged 37. He had managed to save a property, surely not by his art, and he directed by his will that 1000/. should be expended upon his tomb. He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, where & handsome temple of Greek design, decor- ated with Esculapian emblems, covers his remains, and sets forth that it is intended to record the benefits derived from his 4 remedial discovery.'

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in Westminster. He engraved some topo- graphical drawings, but he was particularly distinguished as a heraldic engraver. He edited an edition, in eight volumes 8vo., of 'Collins's Peerage' in 1779, and the sup- plemental volume in 1784. Died July 23, 1793, in his 56th year. His son Barak Longmate succeeded him in his profession, and died in 1836, aged 68.

LONSDALE, James, portrait painter. Was born in Lancashire, May 16, 1777. Tried art there and then came early in life to London. He was received into Rom- ney*s house as his pupil, and entered the schools of the Academy. On the death of Opie, R.A., he purchased his house in Berners Street, and resided there the rest of his life. He was largely employed in portraiture ? and had many distinguished sitters, chiefly gentlemen. He was ap- pointed portrait painter in ordinary to the Duke of Sussex. He exhibited a fine picture of * Talma as Hamlet/ at the Royal Academy in 1818, and painted for the Duke of Norfolk a large historical subject — l King John signing the Magna Charta.' He was one of the founders of the Society of British Artists, where he exhibited from 1824, with some intervals, to 1837. He died in Berners Street, January 17, 1839, aged 62. His art was bold and natural, his portraits made little attempt at flattery.

LOTEN, John, landscape painter. Born in Switzerland (some writers say Holland), he came early m life to England in the reign of Charles II. Settled here, he studied landscape from nature with great success. He painted, frequently of a large size, cloudy effects, storms, and rocky subjects. His colounng was cold, and had a tendency to blackness; his light and shadow well mastered ; his execution spirited, yet well finished. He died in London 1681.

LOUGH, John Graham, sculptor. Was born at Greenhead, near Hexham, in North- umberland, in 1806, and is said to have followed the plough in his youth. He was apprenticed to a stone-mason named Marshall, and subsequently worked at Newcastle. The captain of a collier be- friended him and gave him a free passage up to London, where he at once devoted himself to the study of the Elgin Marbles, at the British Museum. Here amongst his fellow students it was understood that he had been a blacksmith. He first exhi- bited at the Royal Academy in 1826, when he sent a bas-relief of the 'Death of Turnus.' In the following year he contri- buted an ideal statue, * Miio/ which pro- cured him the notice of B. R. Haydon, and which, together with a companion statue, ' Samson/ was bought by the Duke of Wel- lington. In 1832 ne exhibited ' Duncan's Horses/ and two years afterwards he went to Italy to study, and spent the time 2 275