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SIR JAMES, an Eng- shipbuilding at Govan on the Clyde, and finally settled in Chiswick, England, as lish painter; born in Melcombe, Regis, Melcombe, Regis, finally settled in Chiswick, England, as England, in 1676. He was much engaged in the decoration of palaces and public buildings. Among his best efforts may be mentioned the dome of St. Paul's, the saloon and refectory at Greenwich Hospital, and some rooms at Hampton Court .
His forte was in the treatment of allegorical subjects. He was court painter to George I., by whom he was knighted in 1715. He was the teacher of Hogarth, who became his son-in-law. He died near Weymouth, England, May 13, 1734.