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first wife. He afterwards came to Eng- land and painted the Princess Mary, Philip's second wife. He stayed in this country till her death, and painted the portraits of many distinguished persons here, as he held the office of painter to their Majesties. He returned to Spain with Philip after the Queen's death, but having offended this monarch by an ill- timed familiarity, retired to the Nether- lands, where he practised both at Antwerp and Brussels. He was a very handsome man, and was accustomed to five in great state. His works are marked by their correct drawing and rich tone of colour, and by their breadth of treatment in light and shade. The exhibitions of the old masters at the Royal Academy and Lord Derby's portrait exhibitions, brought many fine pictures by this painter before the public which have hitherto been hidden in private collections. He died at Antwerp in 1581, aged 56.

MOORE, Jacob, landscape painter. Born 1740. in Edinburgh, where he was apprenticed, and studied art under Alex- ander Runciman. He went to Rome about 1773, and acquired his reputation in landscape there. He laid out for Prince Borghese the grounds adjoining his villa on the Pincian Hill, giving the Romans the first specimen of an English garden ; and decorated a room in the prince's villa. He painted, in the manner of Claude, sub- jects from the Gampagna and in the sub- urbs of Rome ; and though of much repute in his day, was weak and poor in manner and colour. But the ambitious character of his art is evidenced by the works which, between 1784 and 1789, ne sent from Rome to the Royal Academy for exhibition. For instance, in the former year. * The Erup- tion of Mount Vesuvius, in wnich the elder Pliny lost his life;' in 1788, 'The De- luge/ and other works of this class. He resided chiefly in Rome, where he died of bilious fever in 1 793. Miss Berry mentions in her journal having visited his studio there in 1783 ; and Goethe, in 1787, speaks with high praise of the works then in his studio. He left some property ; and some plates of his works, with other effects, were sold in London after his death. John Landseer engraved after him. in 1795, 20 views of the South of Scotland.

MOORE, George Belton, architectural draftsman and teacher. Was a frequent exhibitor of pictures at the Royal Academy, and a teacher of drawing at the Military Academy, Woolwich, ana University Col- lege, London. He wrote * Perspective, its principles and practice/ and 'The Prin- ciples of Colour applied to decorative Art,' both published in 1851. He is said to have drawn out the perspective in the Rail- way Station by W. Frith, R. A. He died 296

early in November 1875, in his 70th year.

MOORE, Alexander Poole, architect- ural draftsman. He was an accurate and faithful draftsman, and from 1793 till his death a constant exhibitor at the Royal Academy. His first contributions were drawings of the City churches. About 1797 he was employed in the office of the Surveyor of Chrises Hospital. In 1801 he exhibited the elevations of St. Paul's, and of St. Peter's, at Rome. He died young, July 11, 1806.

MOORE, Mary, amateur. Mentioned by Walpole as having painted some por- traits about the middle of the 17th century. There is a portrait by her, in the Bodleian Library, of Cromwell, Earl of Essex, but believed to be a copy only.

MOORE, Francis John, sculptor. Born in Hanover ; settled in London. In 1766 he was awarded a premium by the Society of Arts for an allegorical bas-relief. He was a successful competitor for the Beckford monument, erected in the Guild- hall. There is also a monument by him to Dr. Thomas Wilson, in St. Stephen's, Walbrook. But neither of these works say much for his ability. He died in York Place, New Road, January 21, 1809.

MOORE, James, engraver. Practised about the middle of the 18th century, and was in 1763 a member of the Free Society of Artists. There are by him a portrait of Whitfield, after Jenkins, 'The Four Quarters of the World,' * Joseph and Potiphar's Wife/ etc.

MOORE. Samuel, amateur. Was em- ployed in the Custom House in the reign of Queen Anne, and as an amateur drew and etched several laborious works, among them ' The Coronation Procession of William and Mary ; ' and some medleys, imitating paintings, drawings, prints, and other objects grouped together. He engraved some of the plates for a series of 4 Costumes a la Mode/ His work was coarse and heavy in manner. He practised about 1715.

MORIER, David, portrait and animal painter. Born at Berne about 1705; he came to England in 1743, and was intro- duced to the Duke of Cumberland, who settled upon him a pension of 200/. a year. He painted portraits, horses, dogs, and battle-pieces, and met with great encour- agement, both George I. and George II. sitting to him. He was in the Fleet Prison in 1769, without hope of release. He died in January 1770, and was buried in St James's, Clerkenwell, at the expense of the Incorporated Society of Artists, of which he was a member.

MORI SON, Douglas, water-colour painter. Was pupil of Mr. Frederick Tayler, and was admitted an associate exhibitor of the Water- Colour Society in