Vallet (or Valet), Guillaume a French engraver, was born in Paris in 1636. After some study of his art he went to Rome, where he resided many years. His plates were executed with the graver, and his prints possess considerable merit. — He died in 1704. Among his prints the following deserve mention: The Nativity; The Holy Family; Melchizedek bring in Presents to Abraham; The Last Supper all after Raphael: — The Holy Family, after Guido, also after Albano: — and several others. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More