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of his apprenticeship he abandoned art and became a draper and silk-mercer.

TEMPLE, George, architect De- signed and erected Temple Bridge, Dublin, 1752, and was much reputed in his pro- fession. He published, late in life, a trea- tise, valuable at that time, on ' Building in Water.'

TEMPLETOWN, Viscountess, ama- teur. Born Lady Mary Montagu, she married Viscount Templetown in 1796. Fond of art, she destonea some groups, which were executed by Messrs. Wedg- wood. There is by her a clever drawing in Indian ink. a wood scene, in the South Kensington Museum. She died October 4, 1824.

TENNANT, John F., landscape paint- er. He was born at Camberwell. in Sep- tember 1796, and commenced life in a merchant's office, but he early turned to art, and in 1820 exhibited some landscapes at the Royal Academy, introducing figures and cattle. On the foundation of the Society of British Artists he was a large contributor to their first exhibitions, and in 1842 was admitted a member. He lived some time in North Wales, after- wards in Devonshire, and later at Hendon. His landscapes were picturesque in their character and treatment. He exhibited occasionally at the Academy up to 1847, and for many years later with his own Society. He died in 1872.

TERASSON, H., engraver. Practised in London in the early part of the 18th century. He engraved some plates of insects, and there is a view of the Ban- queting House, Whitehall, drawn and engraved by him in 1713.

TERNOUTH, J., sculptor. He was from 1819 to 1849 an exnibitor at the Royal Academy. His works were almost exclusively portrait busts, and he had some distinguished sitters. He exhibited one or two monumental works, and in 1847 a 'Musidora,' his only wort of a poetic character. He died in 1848 or early in 1849.

TERRY, G., mezzo-tint engraver. Was a member of the St. Martin's Lane Aca- demy, and was chiefly employed in engrav- ing portraits about the last quarter of the 18th century.

T HACKER, Robert, engraver. Practised in the- reign of Charles II., and styled himself engraver to the King. There is by him a large engraved plate of Salisbury Cathedral, in four sheets.

THACKERAY, William Makepeace, amateur. He was born at Calcutta in 1811. His father was of a good Yorkshire family, and was in the Civil Service of the East India Company. He was educated at the Charter House, and went to Cam- bridge, but did not take a degree. Un- 426

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decided for a while in his tastes between literature and art, he spent some time on the continent, chiefly with a view to the study of the latter ; but his early sketches gave little indication of ability, and his great literary genius soon showed the true bent of his talent. His * Vanity Fair/ 1846, followed by * The Newcomes,' ' Pen- dennis,' 1849, and * Esmond,' 1852, placed him in the first rank of the literary men of his day. For some of his early works, his papers in * Punch,' his * Irish Sketch- Books? and also his contributions to the in 1860, he designed many of the illustra- tions on the wood, but they were crude, poorly drawn, and nad little pretensions to art. He died, suddenly, at Kensington, December 24, 1863, and was buried at the Kensal Green Cemetery.
 * Cornnill Magazine,' which he established

THEAKSTONE, Joseph, sculptor. Was born of respectable parents at York, and was a pupil of the elder Bacon. He afterwards assisted him, was then employed for several years by Flaxman, and for a time by Bafly. He exhibited occasionally at the Royal Academy, from 1817 to 1837, his contributions not rising higher than a bust or a monumental design ; out for the last 24 years of his life he found constant employment in Chantrey's studio, chiefly upon the draperies, in which he had at- tained great skill and dexterity. He showed much judgment, and used his chisel with great cleverness. He died in Pimlico, April 14 t 1842, aged 69.

THEED, William, R.A., sculptor. Was born in 1764, and commenced art as a student in the Royal Academy Schools in 1786. He first practised as a painter of classic subjects and portraits, sending to the exhibition in 1793 a * Venus and Cupids.' He then went to pursue his studies in Rome, where he remained several years ; married at Naples a French lady, and returned to England some time in 1794. In 1798 he again exhibited some paintings, and in 1799, 'Nessus and De- janira,' a model, and soon after began to design and model for the Messrs. Wedgwood, the potters, in whose employ- ment he continued for several years, and was then employed in designs for gold- smiths' work by Messrs. Rundell & Bridges, with whom he remained, receiving a handsome fixed salary, about 14 years. During this time he continued to exhibit a work occasionally at the Academy- in 1800, 'Cephalus and Aurora,' a painting; in 1806, * Thetis with the Arms of Achilles,' a wax model ; in 1811, three classic models, and was in that year elected an associate of the Royal Academy, and in 1813 a member. He continued an exhibitor of models, comprising a large figure of Mer- cury, a life-size group, and a Thetis, in