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him to the Xow Countries. Afterwards he visited Italy. He was distinguished for his attainments in music, painting, and engraving, and was deemed both a scholar and an artist. He took likenesses, and engraved a portrait after Holbein. He published 'The Complete Gentleman/ 1634, which, among other matters, gives instruc- tion for drawing and painting, and was much studied by the younger gentry of that age, though it does not seem probable that they would gain much art knowledge from it. He also published ' The Gentleman's Exercise, or An Exquisite Practice as well for Drawing all manner of Beasts in their true Portraiture; as also the making of Colours for Limning, Painting, Tricking and Blazoning of Coats of Arms, 1630/ He is supposed to have died about 1650.

PEACJlE, Edward, \ engravers. Prac-

PEACKE, Robert, j tised about the middle of the 17th century, working to- gether. There are by them several plates of friezes and architectural ornaments.

PEACKE, William, engraver and painter. There are some portraits by an artist of this name, who practised in the reign of James I.

PEAK, James, engraver and drafts- man. Was born about 1730, and brought up in London. He was employed by Alderman Boydell, and engraved land- scapes after Claude, R. Wilson, the Smiths of Chichester, Pillement, and others. There are also several spirited painter-like etch- ings by him. His numerous works are much esteemed. He died about 1782. • PEAKE, Sir Robert, Knt., painter and engraver. He was brought up as an engraver, and, as was common at that day, was also a printseller. He was a good draftsman, and painted portraits in minia- ture. He painted for King James, in 1612, three portraits, for which he was paid 201. ; and he engraved the portrait- supposed from his own drawing — of Charles I., with his family. In the revolutionary war he took the royal side, and held a com- mission as lieutenant-colonel under the brave Marquess of Winchester. He was present at the siege of Basing House, and was made a prisoner. He was knighted by Charles at Oxford, in March 1645. He died in 1667, aged about 75, and was buried in St. Sepulchre's, London. Faithorne and Dobson were his pupils. :

PEARCE, William, portrait painter. Born in London, about the middle of the 18th century, and at its close exhibited one or two portraits at the Academy. He also painted some rustic subjects, and C. Turner engraved 'The Milkmaid' after him.

PEARCE, Sir Edward Lovett, archi- tect. He held the office of ' engineer and surveyor-general ' in Dublin, and, in 1729,

designed and commenced the Parliament House, a noble piece of architecture, though the design has been attributed to Castells. He also designed the theatre in Aungier Street, a fine work. He died in 1733, and was buried in the old churchyard of Donny- brook, near Dublin.

PEARSON, James, glass painter. Was born in Dublin. Learnt his art in Bristol. In 1776 he completed the window at Braze- nose College, Oxford, of ' Christ and the Four Evangelists/ after the designs by Mortimer; and also executed after that artist, * The Raising of the Brazen Serpent in the Wilderness/ for the great window at Salisbury Cathedral. He also painted some designs after Barry, R. A. The altar- window in Aldersgate Church, London, is by him. He married a daughter of Paterson, the well- known book auctioneer. He died in 1805.

PEARSON, Eqlinoton Margaret, glass painter. Daughter of Samuel Pater- son, trie bibliopolist auctioneer, and origi- nator of the noted Darien Scheme. She married the foregoing James Pearson, and assisted him in his paintings. She was much reputed for her work, especially her copies after the cartoons of Raphael. Of these she made two sets, and commenced a third in 1821, but her close application brought on a complaint which ended in her death on February 14, 1823.

PEARSON, Mrs. Charles, portrait painter. Her maiden name was Dutton. She married early in life Mr. Pearson, the city solicitor, and later, member of Parliament. She exhibited portraits at the Royal Academy from 1821 to 1837, sending in the years 1836-37 a portrait of the Lord Mayor, and exhibited once more in 1842, again a portrait of the Lord Mayor. She died April 15, 1871, aged 72.

PEART (or Paert), Henry, copyist and portrait painter. Pupil of Barlow, and afterwards of Henry Stone. He was an indifferent artist, chiefly employed as a copyist, and copied most of the historical pictures in the royal collections. He died in 1697 or 1698. A portrait by him of a Morocco ambassador, 1682, was engraved.

PEART, Charles, sculptor. His origi- nal practice was as a modeller in wax. He obtained the Royal Academy gold medal in 1782, for his group of * Hercules and Om- phale/ and from that time was an occasional exhibitor at the Academy of a classic work in plaster. In 1784, * Prometheus ; ' 1787, practice appears to have been small por- traits in wax. He was an exhibitor from 1778 to 1797.
 * Neptune and Amphitrite ; ' but his chief

PEAT. T., portrait painter. He prac- tised in trie latter half of the 18th century, and was an imitator of Reynolds, but his practice was chiefly as a painter in minia- ture, sometimes in enamel. He exhibited

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