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in London, September 12, 1814. His ' Arabian Antiquities of Spain ' were pub- lished 1813, history of the Mahometan Empire in Spain/ 1816. He also pub- lished 'Travels in Portugal/ 1795; and a ' General View of the State of Portugal/ 1798.

'the 'Gentleman's Magazine' there is an obituary record of an artist of this name, as ' of Southampton Row, a famous face painter, worth 40,000/.; died June 1, 1735. '
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MURRAY, R., portrait and subject painter. Practised in London about the middle of the 18th century. He painted portraits, genre, and history. There is a mezzo-tint by J. Watson of 'The En- chantress ' after him.

MURRAY, James, architect. Was born at Armagh, December 9, 1831. He was articled to an architect at Liverpool in 1845, and on the completion of his articles he practised in that town. Later, he came to London, and was associated in some works with Welby Pugin. Afterwards he settled at Coventry, where he died in 1862. He built churches at Warwick, Bolton, Sunderland, Newcastle, Birmingham; some provincial justice-rooms, and other works of this character.

1 MURRAY, Thomas, portrait painter. Was born in Scotland in 1666, and came to London at an early age. Studied under Riley. He was remarkable for his good looks and elegance of manner, and following his master, ne had great success in portraiture. There are portraits of King William and Queen Mary by him at the Fishmongers' Hall ; of Sir Hans Sloane, at the College of Physicians ; of Halley, the astronomer, at the Royal Societv ; and many of his works at Oxford ; also nis portrait, by himself, in the Florence Gallery. Many of his portraits were engraved by the best contemporary artists. He had accumulated property, and died in 1724, aged 58. His portraits are poor and timid in drawing, in a low but not agreeable tone of colour, and were re- puted good likenesses ; but they do not rank high in art merit.

MUSS, Charles, enamel and glass painter. Born 1779. Was the son of Boni- face Musso ; an Italian artist, who followed his profession at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and was an exhibitor at the Spring Gardens' Rooms. He was employed in Mr. Collins's well-known glass works, near Temple Bar, and struggled through many difficulties to eminence m his art. He painted several large enamels for George 111., and was appointed enamel painter to George IV. 'His Holy Family/ after Parmegiano, is an enamel of unusual size, and one of his best works. He was in 1802 an exhibitor at the Academy of two miniature portraits, 304

and the following year of a ' Psyche/ and then did not exhibit again till 1817, from which year he was chiefly a contributor of miniature enamels after the old masters, but a few from the life. His last contribution was 'Duncan Gray/ after Wilkie, R.A., in 1823. The stained-glass window at St. Bride's, Fleet Street — a copy of Rubens's 'Descent from the Cross — is by him. Thirty-three original designs from Gay's ' Fables/ drawn and etched by him, were published in 1825. He died in 1824. His early works are dirty in the shadows and defective in drawing; but he overcame these defects, and his later works are well coloured.

MYLNE, John, architect. Was the King's principal master mason in Scotland, 1648. The steeple of St. George's Church, Edinburgh, is by him.

MYLNE, Robert, architect. Was the King's master mason in Scotland, 1671. He made some additions to Holyrood Palace, and built several other edifices.

MYLNE, Robert, architect and en- gineer. Was born January 4, 1733-4, at Edinburgh, where his father, a descend- ant of the above, practised as an archi- tect, and was one of the city magistrates. With a desire to improve in nis profession he visited Paris, and from thence went to Rome, where he studied five years ; and in 1758 gained the first prize for archi- tecture in the academy of St. Luke. He afterwards went to Naples and Sicily, and on his road homeward saw Florence, Bologna, Venice, and the Lombard cities. On his arrival in London he was a com- petitor for the erection of Blackfriar's Bridge, and his designs, which were distin- guished by the first employment of the elliptical arch, were, after much contention, accepted. This work, the first stone of which was laid in 1761, was completed in 1765, for the estimated sum of 153,000/. He was appointed the surveyor of St. Paul's Cathedral and of the extensive works of the New River Company ; and was for 15 years clerk of the works to Greenwich Hospital. He built the assembly rooms at St. James's, known as Almack's, and many private residences; but notwith- standing his numerous employments, did not amass property. He died May 5, 181 1, and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. He married in 1770 the daughter of Mr. Home, the surgeon, and left four daugh- ters, and one son who succeeded him as surveyor to the New River Company.

MYNDE, J., landscape painter. He practised about the middle of the 18th cen- tury, chiefly in London, and was employed by the booksellers. He lived to a good age, and was but an inferior artist. • MYTENS, Daniel, portrait painter. Was born at the Hague about 1590, and