George Vertue, an English engraver and antiquary whose notebooks on British art of the first half of the 18th century are a valuable source for the period, was amongst the first members of Godfrey Kneller's London Academy of Painting.
George Vertue FSA (1684  24 July 1756) was an English engraver and antiquary, whose notebooks on British art of the first half of the 18th century are a valuable source for the period. He was amongst the first members of Godfrey Kneller's London Academy of Painting, who had employed him to engrave portraits. 
