HUBERT LE SŒUR'S SIX BRASS STATUES

In a curious MS. Diary of the early part of the seventeenth century, lately come into my possession, I find the following entry concerning the sculptor, Hubert le Sœur:— "March 7. 1628. Had an interview with ye famous and justly renowned artiste H. le Sueur, who, being late come to this countrie, I had never seene before. He showed me several famous statues in brasse." This is probably the earliest notice of the celebrated pupil of John of Bologna after his settlement in England. Dallaway, in his *Anecdotes of the Arts in England* (p. 395.), after stating that Hubert le Sœur arrived here about…