Vertue, George, (1684-1756), Engraver and Antiquary

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Surname:	Vertue
Forenames:	George
Gender:	Male
Date:	1684-1756
Biography:	ODNB link for Vertue, George (1684-1756) Engraver and Antiquary
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P157666 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P29301 )
Online related resources	Artists' Paper Register link for George Vertue	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for George Vertue

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1727-40: papers rel to his tours with Lord Oxford	British Library, Manuscript Collections	loan 29	NRA 20953
2	1724-40: accounts of tours with 2nd Lord Oxford (4 vols)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 70434, 70437-9
3	papers incl drawings	Lewis Walpole Library		NRA 22338 Walpole Library
4	notebooks, memoranda, travel journals etc	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 21111, 23068-98
5	1720-30: topographical and antiquarian drawings	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Gough Drawings a 1
6	c1750: drawings of seals	Society of Antiquaries of London	MS 421	See PJ Willetts, Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London (2000)
7	1721-28: letters to John Murray	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Rawl letters 112
8	1724-40: letters to 2nd Lord Oxford	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 70399
9	c1745-1818: corresp, notes and inventories rel to his commission to catalogue the royal collection, especially pictures belonging to Frederick, Prince of Wales; portrait engravings and etchings by and of Vertue; various notes, incl a pen and ink sketch of Rubens 'Peace and Plenty'; and biographical extracts from Walpole's 'Catalogue of Engravers Born and Resident in England'	National Gallery Research Centre	NGA52	See Annual Return 2023