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On his return to England he engraved por- traits, landscapes, and subject pictures. He united a free style of etching to a more finished manner than had been practised in landscaDe engraving. His foliage is grace- ful, lie held for 40 years the office of seal engraver to the King, and in 1770 was elected associate engraver of the Royal Academy, and was the first engraver who received that distinction. He published, in 1768, a set of 24 plates of the ' Ruins of Paestum.' He Uvea many years in St. Martin's Lane, and afterwards in Tavistock Row, Covent Garden^ where he died De- cember 30, 1799, in his 80th year, and was buried in Camberwell Churchyard.

MALCOLM, James Peller. draftsman and engraver. Was born in Philadelphia, August 1767. He came to England, to improve himself in art, some time in 1788 or 1789, and entered the schools of the Academy, where he' studied three years. He was assisted by Benjamin West, P. it. A., and by Wright, of Derby, but did not suc- ceed as a painter, and then tried engraving, in which ne was self-taught. He is sup- posed at this time to have gone back to America, but to have returned shortly to England. He found employment in con- nection with the ' Gentleman's Magazine,' in which work a well-etched design appeared in 1792, and was engaged in works chiefly of a topographical character. Some of his best and most finished productions will be found in his ' Excursions through Kent,' and in Nichols's * History of Leicestershire,' to which he devoted himself both as drafts- man and engraver for nearly 20 years. He engraved also for Granger's ' Biographical History of England' and a * History of Caricaturing,' which he published in 1808 ; ' Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London during the 18th Century,' with 60 views, chiefly of buildings, drawn and etched by himself. He died in London, April 5, 1815, after a long illness, leaving a destitute wife and family, for whom a subscription was raised.

M ALTON, Jakes, architect and drafts- man. Practised towards the end of the 18th century, his topographical drawings showing great accuracy and merit. He published * Picturesque Views of the City of Dublin,' from drawings taken 1791—95 ; in 1798, an 'Essay on British Cottage Architecture;' in 1800, 'The Young Painter's Maulstick,' being a practical trea- tise on perspective. He died of brain fever, in Norton Street, Marylebone, July 28, 1803.

M ALTON, Thomas, architectural drafts- man. Born in 1726. Originally kept an upholsterer's shop in the Strand. In 1769 he was in Dublin, and is said to have left London under some pecuniary embarrass- ments. Here he continued several years, .284

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teaching perspective for a living, in great poverty. He was one of the early exhi- bitors at the Royal Academy, contributing, in 1772, a drawing in water-colour of ' The , Queen's Palace from St. James's Park ; ' and in 1774, ' The Interior of Walbrook Church.' In the same year he published 'The Royal Road to Geometry ;' and in 1775, * A Treatise on Perspective on the Principles of Dr. Taylor.' His drawings were finished in Indian ink, slightly tinted. He lived for some time in Porter Street. Newport Market, and afterwards in Poland Street, where he advertised, in 1775, a course of lectures on Perspective. He died in Dublin, February 18, 1801, in his 75th year.

1 MALTON,Thomas, architecturaldrafts- man. He was born in 1748, the son of the above. He received a premium at the Society of Arts in 1774, and a student in the schools of the Royal Academy, he gained the gold medal in 1782 for his ' Design for a Theatre.' He was for a time in Dublin with his father, and for three years was employed in the office of Gandon, the archi- tect, who was satisfied with his ability, but was compelled to dismiss him for his irre- gularities. He exhibited at the Academy, m 1774, some stained drawings, views on the Thames from the Adelphi ; m 1780, views of Bath, where he was then living ; in 1790 and 1798, views of St. Paul's ; and in 1803. three views of Oxford. He painted several successful scenes for Covent Garden Theatre. In 1792 he published ' A Picturesque Tour through the Cities of London and West- minster,' with 100 illustrations drawn and aqua-tinted by himself ; and in 1802, * Pic- turesque Views of the City of Oxford.' There are also many aqua-tint engravings by him of some of the chief buildings of the city of London. He died in Long Acre, March 7, 1804. His brother, William M alton, was also a draftsman.

MANBY, Thomas, landscape painter. He painted in the reign of Charles II. He paid several visits to Italy, and his best works are in the Italian manner. Several notices of him appear ; he is mentioned by Beale as putting in the background to a portrait, and that a good collection of pic- tures which he brought from Italy were sold about 1672. He died in London about 1691.

M A N N I N, James (frequently spelt Manning), flower painter. He was bora and educated in France, and came over to Dublin, where he settled, and was appointed in 1746 to fill the office of master in the class of ornament and flower painting in the Dublin Society's Schools then established. Several artists, who afterwards distinguished themselves, were trained under him. He died 1779.

MANNIN, Mrs., miniature painter*