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style, and his works are in the tinted man- ner, weak and poor.

NEAGLE, John, engraver. Was born in London about 1760. Some accounts call him an Irish artist. He produced a con- siderable number of works ; among them ' The Royal Procession to St. Paul's,' 1789. For the Shakespeare Gallery scenes from ' The Comedy of Errors ' and * Love's Labour Lost,' after Wheatley, R.A., and two sub- jects from the first part of ' Henry IV.,' after Smirke, R.A. ; also the illustrations for Murphy's ' Arabic Antiquities of Spain/ 1816. He practised in the line manner. His works were greatly esteemed, and he took high rank among the engravers of his day.

NEALE, John Preston, water-colov/r draftsman. Was born in 1771, and began life as a clerk in the Post-office. He early attached himself to topographic art, and appears to have been the son of a painter of insects, who exhibited at the Academy at the end of the 18th century. He painted a few works in oil, but his chief works are in water-colours, drawn in with a pen and tinted. To give greater truth to his build- ings he studied architecture. He was, com- mencing in 1801, a contributor from time to time to the Academy exhibitions, and in 1817-18 to the Water-Colour Society. He made the elaborate and artistic drawings for ' The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church at Westminster,' published 1818-23. He travelled through Great Bri- tain, and made the drawings for the * Views of the most interesting Collegiate and Paro- chial Churches,' published 1824-25; and also made the drawings for two series of ' Views of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry of the United Kingdom ' — the first series published 1822-24, the second 1829 ; and drew and designed for many other pub- lications. He died near Ipswich, November 14, 1847.

NEALE, Thomas, engraver. Practised in London towards the middle of the 17th century. He is said to have been a pupil of Hollar, and worked in his manner. He engraved the 24 plates of Holbein's * Dance of Death,' published in 1657; some of Barlow's ' Birds,' 1659 ; and is assumed to have been employedmpon the plates for the eighth edition of Ogilvy's edition of ' JEsop.'

NEELE, Samuel John, engraver. Was employed on antiquarian illustrations and engineers' plans, but chiefly as a map and writing engraver. He amassed a fortune by his profession. Died in 1824, aged 66.

NELSON, John, sculptor. Was known in Shropshire and the neighbouring counties for his skill as a statuary. Sir Rowland Hill's statue, on the column to his memory in Hawkstone Park, and the statue of Sir R. Montgomery, in Shrewsbury Castle, are by him. He died at Shrewsbury, April 17, 1812, aged 86. ,

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NELSON, John Henry, sculptor. He is believed to have been born in Ireland. Resided some time in Dublin. Executed a fine statue of ' Venus Attiring,' which he exhibited at Manchester in 1847. He died there December 26, 1847, aged 47, leaving a widow and four children without provision.

NESBITT, Charlton, wood-engraver. Born in 1775 at Swalwell, Durham. He was, at the age of 14, apprenticed to Beilby and Bewick, and was one of their first pupils. He gained the Society of Arts' premium for his view of the church of St. Nicholas,' Newcastle, which was executed on no less than 12 distinct blocks. He engraved a few of the tail-pieces for the ' British Birds ' during his apprenticeship ; and, except two, all the tail-pieces to the poems by Goldsmith and Parnell, published 1795. On the completion of his appren- ticeship he engraved a large cut (15 in. by 12 in.), from a drawing by his fellow-pupil Johnson, and was agam rewarded by the Society of Arts' premium. About 1799 he came to London, where he settled, and found full employment. He engraved many of Thurston's designs ; also, for a history of England, published by Scholey ; and for the ' Religious Emblems,' published by Acker- man, 1808. In 1815 he retired to his native village, where he continued till 1830, and though he did not abandon his art, his works were comparatively few. In that year he returned for a time to London. He died at Brompton, while on a visit to the Metropolis, November 11, 1838, aged 64. Among his best works are the ' Illus- trations of Hudibras,' 'Sir Egerton Brydges Works,' an edition of Shakespeare, and Northcote's ' Fables. ' He attained a broad, clever style, his textures were variously and truly rendered, and great brilliancy of effect preserved. His figures well drawn and simply treated.

NEVE, Cornelius, portrait painter. Practised in the time of Charles I. Several of his works, though not of much excellence, have survived. There was a group of himself, his wife and children at Petworth.

NEWCOURT, Richard, topographical draftsman. He practised in the middle of the 17th century. Several views of old Religious Houses by him are engraved for Dugdale's 'Monasticon Anglicanum,' by Hollar.

NEWENHAM, Frederick, portrait painter. He was an occasional exhibitor of portraits at the Royal Academy, with some- times a domestic subject, from 1844 to 1855. He painted a portrait of the Queen for the Junior United Service Club, and exhibited, in 1845, ' The Mother's Letter ; ' in 1849, a Spanish subject ; in 1855, * The Toilette.' He died March 21, 1859, aged 52.

NEWMAN, John, architect. The Roman Catholic Chapel in Moorfields, 2 307