RA Collection: People and Organisations
Satirist, art historian, in Dublin and London. In 1725 married poetess Laetitia Pilkington (née Van Lewen) (ca. 1709-50).
Born: 1701
Died: 1774
Matthew Pilkington
A Dictionary Of Painters, From The Revival Of The Art To The Present Period; By The Rev. M. Pilkington, A.M. A New Edition, With Considerable Alterations, Additions, An Appendix, And An Index, By Henry Fuseli, R.A. [Epigraph] - London:: 1805.
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Matthew Pilkington
A General Dictionary Of Painters; Containing Memoirs Of The Lives And Works Of The Most Eminent Professors of the Art of Painting. From Its Revival By Cimabue, In The Year 1250, To The Present Time. By Matthew Pilkington, A.M. A New Edition, Corrected And Revised, With An Introduction, Historical And Critical, And Twenty-Six New Lives Of Artists Of The British School, By Allan Cunningham. - London:: 1840.
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Matthew Pilkington
A dictionary of painters from the revival of the art to the present period - London: 1805
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