A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
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Surname
Verhuke
Alternative Surname
First Name
Anthony
Initial of Surname
V
Year of Birth/Baptism
Flourished
1670-1719
Year of Death
Biographical Details
He was one of the foreign crafstmen employed at Windsor Castle by King Charles II, who was given a permit from the Privy Council on 21 May 1679 to ‘remaine here wth out molestation together with John Oastes [John Nost I] and Arnold Luellan [Arnold Quellin]’ and ‘to go freely about the cities of London and Westminster, until further orders’ (TNA Domestic Entry Book, Car II, Vol LI, SP 44/51 fols 77-79). He, Laurens Vandermeulen and Arnold Quellin were described as ‘servants to Grinling Gibbons, the Carver’.
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