Algernon Graves, The Royal Academy of Arts. A complete dictionary of contributors and their
work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904, VIII, Lo. 1906
“He was a delightful man, good, simple like a child, indefatigable, eager, patient, easy to deal with to the greatest degree, ready to adopt a wish if practicable, firm to resist a faulty project.” (Handbook of Chatsworth and Hardwick by William S. Cavendish, sixth Duke of Devonshire, 1845, London, privately printed).
