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PETER TILLEMAN. 

 (Born 1684. Died 1734). 



pETER TILLEMAN was born at Antwerp in 

 ■'■ 1684, and came over to England with Peter or 

 Pieter Casteels in the year 1704. It would appear 

 that at first he failed to obtain recognition, for he 

 was employed by a picture dealer, named Turner, 

 to make copies of the works of Borgognone and 

 other great masters ; in this he achieved remarkable 

 success, more particularly in imitating the style and 

 execution of Teniers. At a later date he turned his 

 attention to landscape, painting scenes with small 

 figures, sea-ports, and other views. In course 

 of time his pictures began to attract notice ; and 

 in 1719 he was commissioned to illustrate Bridge's 

 History of Noi'thainptonshire, for which he executed 

 nearly 500 drawings. It was no doubt this work 

 which served to bring his talents for depicting 

 country scenes under the notice of the landed 

 gentry ; but whether he owed it to the publication 

 of this book or not, he now found patrons among 

 the nobility, who commissioned him to execute views 

 of their country seats, hunting and racing scenes, 

 and portraits of their horses and dogs. 



