THOMAS STEELE, one of the later and more celebrated painters of flowers and fruit, in the latter of which he excelled. He died in 1850, in his 79th year. Three of his sons, Edwin, Horatio, and Thomas, were apprenticed at the works. MARTIN STEPHENS, then of Duke Street, St. James’s, London, signed articles of agreement in 1794. FRANCIS STONE, a skilled workman, was employed at all events from 1770 to 1772, and probably much longer. JOSEPH and THOMAS TATLOW were late apprentices and became clever painters. TAYLOR, at first a blue painter, afterwards became a clever arabesque and Indian pattern painter. He painted the centres of a service of plates for Mr. Digby in 1784. JAMES TURNER, a late flower-painter. S. or J. VIDAL, a painter, who, in August, 1793 till May, 1795, was living at “No. 1, Grosvenor Row, near the Bun-house, Chelsea,” arranged, in the latter year, to leave London for Derby “for six months every year, from June to January.” In 1793, he had sent specimens of his flower-painting to Mr. Duesbury, and in doing so said, “As I have not painted anything on china in this country, I am for that reason induced to show what I am capable of doing in that line, being perfectly master of the employment and direction of employing the colors, having painted for about eleven years in the Porcelaine line,” &c. JOHN WARDLE, “china painter” in 1800 (so described in an affiliation order). WATHEWS, a thrower and presser, was employed in 1787–90. WILLIAM WATSON, a general painter. H. WEBBER, a noted modeller, was employed in London by Mr. Duesbury, and afterwards, in 1795, removed to Derby; the terms of his engagement being shown in a letter from which the following is an extract:--“London, Wed_{y}, July 15, 95. { N^o 4, Lisson Grove, { near Lisson Green.