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was a pupil of Rubens. He came to this country early, but the date is not known. He, however, lived in St. Martin's Lane from 1622 to 1634. On the accession of Charles I., he was in 1625 appointed one of his Majesty's painters. On the arrival of Vandyck, and his appointment to be the principal painter, he wished to retire, but the lung kindly solicited him to remain, and he stayed some time longer. None of his known works in this country are dated

later than 1630. He returned to Holland. The time of his death is uncertain, and mistakes have arisen from a confusion of facts between him and his son, who was a

Sainter, and bore the same Christian name, lany of Mytens's portraits exist in the Royal, Knowle, Bodleian, and other col- lections in this country. They are noble works, fine in tone and colour, bearing the impress of truth; with good backgrounds, usually landscape.

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NAISH, William, miniature painter. He was born at Axbridge, Somersetshire, and practised his art in London, where he had many sitters; including some of distinction. He was a constant exhibitor of his minia- tures at the Royal Academy from 1783 to 1800, in which latter year he died. His brother, John Naish, was also an artist. Born 1778. He was, from 1811 to 1820, an occasional exhibitor at the Royal Academy. He afterwards went to India, where he made some money by the practice of his
 * NASH, Edward, miniature painter.

Profession, and returning to England, died ere in 1821.

NASH, Frederick, water-colour paint- er. He was born in 1782, in Lambeth, where his father was a builder, and aspiring to be an artist, was placed under Malton, and was occasionally employed as a drafts- man by Sir R. Smirke, R.A. He first ex- hibited in 1800, at the Academy, 'The North Entrance to Westminster Abbey/ and continued an occasional contributor up to 1847. In 1808 he was elected a member of the Water-Colour Society, and was soon after appointed draftsman to the Society of Antiquaries. On the change in the consti- tution of the Water-Colour Society in 1813 he was one of the seceders; but he contri- buted to their Exhibition in 1817 and 1820, and in 1824 was re-elected a member. His art consisted in the pictorial treatment of architecture, with the introduction of groups of figures. His chief exhibited works were views of Paris and Versailles, and in 1824- 25 he was engaged in the drawings for a work on the French palaces. Continuing to exhibit till his death, his best works were French, their inspiration being in the archi- tecture of the French cities. Later he made drawings in Switzerland. Normandy, and on the Moselle and the Rhine. Some of his works produced prices unusually high at the time. He retired to Brighton in 1834, and the pictures he afterwards exhi- bited were found in the scenery and inci-

dents of that neighbourhood. He died at Brighton. December 5, 1856. Among his published works are 12 views for * The Illus- trations of London' 1810; the illustrations for Ackerman's 'History of Westminster Abbey and its Monuments; ' and for the 'History of the University of Oxford' 1814; the series of drawings for a wort: known as 'Nash's Paris,' commenced in 1819, followed, in 1824, by his ' Environs of Paris/

NASH, John, architect. Was of Welsh extraction, and born in London in 1752. He was a pupil of Sir Charles Taylor. Commencing about 1795, he designed and erected some important cottage and villa residences, and several large mansions. He made alterations at Corsham House, Wilts, and at Bulstrode. He was an exhibitor at the Royal Academy from 1797 to 1814, after which year his contributions ceased. He was one of the architects attached to the Board of Works, and was employed on the important improvement in the metro- polis, which carried Regent Street through a mass of poor buildings to the Regent's Park, which was formed at the same time; and he designed the dwellings and shops in this important thoroughfare, with the church of All Souls; also York Terrace, and Sussex Terrace; but with a great opportunity, which rarely happens, he pro- duced nothing great. He was the private architect of George IV., and high in the royal favour; and for the king he designed Buckingham Palace, though it was not completed by him or after his designs, with the Marble Arch, since removed to Cumber- land Gate; and he was engaged in the de- coration of the Palace at Brighton. He also built the church of St. Mary, Hagger- stone, and a new church at Shorecutch. His architecture is mean and wanting in cha- racter; marked only by its absence of in-

vention. He made a large fortune, chiefly by his undertakings as a speculative build- er. He was the butt of the critics and x 305