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LOW 



« Women bathing,'-' after Troofl; ; a burlefquc on the death 

 of Dido, in the Dutch llyle, after the fame painter ; a 

 landfcapc, with the effcdl of winter, after P. Breughel ; a 

 view of the port of Livourna, after Vernet ; and its com- 

 panion, a view in the neighbourhood of Narni in Lombardi, 

 from the fame painter, all in folio. 



Jiirian Cootwick, or Kootwyck, was originally a gold- 

 fmith, and born at Amfterdam in the year 1714. He ex- 

 celled in drawing with Indian ink and crayons, and en- 

 graved after many of the old mailers, with fonie ability. 

 A:i old woman feated, with a paper in her hand, m 

 imitation of a drawing in black and white chalks ; another 

 of the fame fubject, a man feated, with his hat on his 

 knees ; a (hepherd playing the flute, accompanied by a 

 fhepherdefs ; a landfcape ; the fame landfcape with al- 

 terations ; a pair of landfcapes ; a pair of rulHc fubjcfts, 

 with cows ; and a loaded afs, are all believed to be after his 

 own drawings. 



He alfo engraved a fea view, after Lud. Backhuyfen, 



which is very rare ; a vei-y highly finifhed engraving of the 



fame fubjecl: ; a paftoral fubjeft, with a flicpherd and his 



. flock, after Berghem ; and a fet of three of cows and an afs, 



after P. van Bloemen. 



Jacob vander Schley waTlikewife a native of Amfterdam, 

 and born in the year 17 15. He was one of the beft of the 

 pupils of Bernard Picart, under whom he lludied till the 

 death of that artift, and afterward finifhed mod of the plates 

 wWch were left imperfeft by hiin. 



The greateft part of the engravings of Schley are vig- 

 nettes, portraits, and other book ornaments, which he ex- 

 ecuted in the fl;yle of his mafter : the following are fome of 

 the bed of them. 



'• An Emblem of Divine Juftice;" John Baptifta Boyer, 

 marquis d'Argens, from Th. van Pee ; Antonio Bernard 

 Prevot, almoner to the prince of Conti, both in 4to. ; Ber- 

 nard Picart, furrounded with allegorical figures, defigned 

 by Schley himfelf in folio ; Henry de la Tour, vifcount 

 Turenne ; and " The Combat between Jarnac and Chataig- 

 neraye," both fmall plates, and from drawings by the en- 

 graver himfelf. 



Peter Spruyt was bopi at Antwerp in the year 1720. 

 He was a man of fome talent, and etched feveral plates, 

 amonglt which are the following, all after Rubens. 



*' Sufannah furprifed by the Elders ;" •' The Rape of 

 Orythia ;" " The Continence of Scipio ;" and a group of 

 children with wreaths of flowers, all of folio fize. 



C. Exfliau was a native of Holland, whom Brandes mif- 

 takenly fuppofesto have been an Englifliman. Hewa^ born 

 in the year 1730, and became one of the moll; fuccefsful of 

 the numerous imitators of Rembrandt, after whofe piAures 

 and prints he chiefly engraved. 



Among his beft works are, the head of an old man with 

 a beard and large round hat, executed by means of mezzo- 

 tinto combined with etching ; head of an old man with a 

 beard and fliort hair, both fmall ; " Jofeph accufed by the 

 Wife of Potiphar," a large folio print, with a ftriking 

 chiarofcuro; " The Storm and Ship," wherein are the apof- 

 tles, alfo dillinguiflied by its very grand efi'eft, all after Rem- 

 brandt 5 a girl with a bafl<et of dherries, accompanied by 

 two boys, IS after Rubens. 



Chriitina Chalon was born at Amfterdam in iTie year 

 1749. She was diilinguifhed, frorrt a very early period of life. 



two diftinguiftied painters of the fame name, wrfio are now 

 praftiilng their art with fo much credit to themfelves, and 

 benefit to the public, in this metropolis. There are prints 

 from her hand which were produced at the very early age of 

 ten years ; in particular one, containing three fifjures, a pro- 

 mif5ng and honeft earncft of her future attainments. She 

 engraved both in lines and in imitation of crayons,^ In the 

 latter mode of art, her print of a fcuUion in converfation 

 with two children, is ftippled with fufficient neatnefs. 

 Among her beft works in lines are two pair of heads in 

 fmall circles ; " The Entrance to School ;" " The Inferior 

 of a Village School," and fome other plates, of which the 

 fubjefts are various incidents of domeftic converfation, and 

 Dutch rufticity. 



We are now arrived at the time which gave birth to an 

 engraver of the Low Countries, who is ftill living, following 

 his profeffional purfuits in England, and known to theprefent 

 writer. Ever regardful of the public, he ftops fliort with a 

 diftruft of his own feelings, which may not be thought un- 

 becoming, at the name of Mr. Anthony Cardon. 

 Low Flanl and Hemifphere. See the fubflantive?. 

 Low IJland, in Geography, a fmall ifland in the Eaft Indian 

 fea, near the S. coaft of Cumbava. S. lat. 9 i'. E. long. 



Low Green Point, a cape on the E. coaft of the ifland of 

 Sumatra. S. lat. 7 ' 12'. E. long. 106 '. 



Low, in the Manege — To carry Low. See Carrying. 

 Low Mafs. See Mass. 

 Low Style. See Style. 

 Low Water. Sec Water. 

 Low Wines. Sec Lo-zu Wines. 



LOWCOOTY, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 Bahar ; eight miles W. of Mongir. 



LOWDEBA, a town of Hindooftan, in Allahabad ; 24 

 miles S S.W. of Allahabad. 



LOWE, Peter, in Biography, a furgeon of the fixteenth 

 century, was born in Scotland. In a work, entitled "A 

 Difcourfe on the whole Art of Chirurgery," publilhed at 

 Glafgow in 1612, he acquaints his readers, that he had 

 pra6tifed twenty -two years in France and Flanders ; that he 

 had been two years furgeon-major to the Spanifli regiment at 

 Paris ; and had then followed his malter, the king of France 

 (Henry IV.) fix years in his wars. In the title page of 

 his book, he calls himfelf doctor in the faculty of furgery 

 at Paris, and ordinary furgeon to the king of France and 

 Navarre. It does not appear how long he bad rcfided at 

 Glafgow ; but he mentions that, fourteen years before the 

 publication of his book, he had complained of the ignorant 

 perfons who intruded into the praftice of furgery, and 

 that in confequence the king (of Scotland) granted him a 

 privilege, under his privy feal, of examining all praiElitioncrs 

 in furgery in the weftern parts of Scotland. He refers to a 

 former work of his own, entitled " The Poor Man's Guide," 

 and fpeaks of an intended publication concerning the difeafes 

 of women. His epitaph in the cathedral church-yard of 

 Glafgow (fee Pennant's Tour to the Hebrides, p. 134.) 

 is, however, dated i6l2, in December of which year the 

 work juft mentioned was publiftied ; fo that he was probably 

 prevented by death from fulfilhng his intention. Thp " Dif- 

 courfe on Chirurgerv" appears to have been in efteem ; for 

 the fourth edition of it was printed in London in 1 654. It 

 is, indeed, copious, plain, and methodical ; full of references 



by her talents and love for the fine arts, and was inflruftert to ancient and modern authors ; and, in fait, like the ma 

 in that of engraving by Van Amltel, and Sarah Trooft. The jority of books of ihofe time-s is more founded on authority 

 final period of her life has not been recorded, and flie may than obfervation. Ames mentions another work of his with 

 perhaps be ftill living. the following title, " An eafy. certain, and perfeft Method to 



Chriftina is believed to be of the fame family with the cure and prevent the Spanifti ficknef* ; by Peter Lowe, 



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