George Vertue was an English engraver and antiquary, who, at the age of 13, was apprenticed to a prominent heraldic engraver of French origin and later worked seven years under Michael Vandergucht, before operating independently, and eventually to become the first members of Godfrey Kneller's London Academy of Painting.
George Vertue was an English engraver and antiquary, who, at the age of 13, was apprenticed to a prominent heraldic engraver of French origin and later worked seven years under Michael Vandergucht, before operating independently, and eventually to become the first members of Godfrey Kneller's London Academy of Painting.