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Boydell portraits of all the artists employed on the Shakespeare Gallery, but the work did not possess much merit.

STEWART, Jambs, U.S.A., engraver. Was born in Edinburgh in 1791, and appren- ticed there in 1804 to a line-engraver. He was also a student in the Trustees 1 Aca- demy. His first engraved work of any importance was * Tartar Robbers dividing their Spoil/ after Allan, R.A. This was followed by ' The Circassian Captives,' afte» the same painter. In these works he proved himself, by his refined yet vigorous manner, an accomplished line-engraver ; and. con- tinuing to engrave after Allen, R.A., he produced 'The Murder of Archbishop Sharp,' and ' Mary signing her Abdication.' He was next employed upon some of the lesser works of Wukie, R. A., and then upon his ' Penny Wedding,' in which he success- fully imitated the painter's manner. About this time some disappointment in his art, added to the cares of a large family, led him to emigrate, and in 1833 he arrived with them at Algoa Bay, where he invested his savings in the purchase of a farm ; but the Caffre insurrection breaking out in the following year, his farm was destroyed, and, compelled to fly with his family, they with great difficulty reached the settlement at Somerset He then again fell back upon his art, and by painting portraits and teach- ing he saved sufficient to purchase another property, on which he resided for many years, and became a magistrate of the settlements and a member of the legislature. He died in the colony in May 1863.

STOKER, Bartholomew, portrait painter. Born in Ireland, the son of an upholsterer in Dublin, ana worked at that trade while studying in the Dublin art schools. He afterwards practised portrait- ure in crayons with great success in that city and the neighbourhood He died, of decline, in Dublin, 1788.

STONE, Edward, architect. He was appointed clerk of the works to the Cor- poration of London in 1477, and was the first who held that office, which he filled only for one year.

• STONE, Nicholas, sculptor and archi- tect. Born at Woodbury, near Exeter, in 1586. Worked some time in London, and on the termination of his apprenticeship went to Holland, and was employed at Amsterdam by Petervan Keyser, the archi- tect of the city, whose daughter he married. He returned to London, and found full employment, chiefly in monuments, which he erected to many persons of distinction. In 1616 he was sent to Edinburgh, to decorate the Royal Chapel with sculpture ; and in 1619 was employed on the orna- mental work at the Banqueting House, WhitehalL He built the chapel in the Charter House to the memory of Thomas

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Sutton, 1615 ; the front of St Mary's at Oxford ; and executed several works at Windsor Castle, to which edifice he was appointed by Charles L, in 1626, his master- mason and architect Herecorded as among his chief works — Lord Ormond's tomb, Kilkenny ; Lord Northampton's, at Dover Castle ; the Earl of Bedford's ; the poet Spenser's^in Westminster Abbey ; and Sir Edmund Bacon's, at Redgrave. His works of architectural monuments were so numer- ous, that he seems to have monopolised this class of the art of his day. He had three sons ? Henry, Nicholas, and John, who all attained excellence as artists. He died August 24, 1647, aged 61, and was buried in the old church of St Martin's-in-the- Fields.

• STONE, Henry (known as ' Old Stone'), painter and statuary. Was the elder son of the foregoing. Passed many years of his life in Holland, France, and Italy ; con- tinued in the latter country four years, and while at Rome received some instruction from Bernini, returning to England in May 1642. He at first practised as a sculp- tor, and on his father's death carried on his business in conjunction with his brother John ; but his time was chiefly given to painting. His portraits are careful and earnest in expression and finish. He copied Titian and other Italian masters, and his copies of Vandvck have fetched large prices as originals. He wrote a work on the art of painting. Died in London, August 24, 1653, the last survivor of his family, who were all buried in the same grave, with the inscription, ' Four rare stones are gone, the father and three sons.'

STONE, Nicholas, sculptor. Second son of the above Nicholas Stone. Studied his art in Italy. He reached Rome in October 1638, was admitted to the studio of Bernini, and made some good studies from the antique in terra cotta. He also copied several fine works, among them Bernini's ' Apollo and Daphne.' He was a good draftsman, and made drawings and sketches of the Italian buildings. Lady Berkeley's monument in alto-relievo at Cranford is by him. He returned to Eng- land in 1642, and died September 17, 1647 He was buried in the same grave with

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STONE, John, modeller. Third son of Nicholas Stone, senr., was educated at Oxford, and intended for the Church, but became the pupil of Thomas Cross, the engraver. He joined the Royal army dur- ing the civil war, and on the final defeat of the King, he fled, and after many adven- tures, reached France, where he is supposed to have subsisted as he best could for several years. On his return to England, he devoted himself to art, and, in conjunction with his brother Henry, carried on his late father's

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