The John Bargrave Collection
William Lodge (1649 - 1689)
The son of a wealthy Leeds merchant family, he was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and the Lincoln's Inn (Unwin, 210). He joined "Lord Bellasis (Thomas Belasyse), Viscount Fauconberg (or Falkenberg) on an embassy to Venice (1669-70), where he visited the public and private cabinets of his hosts" (Unwin, 210). An amateur artist, Lodge contributed engravings for Lister's Historiae Conchyliorum. He also contributed specimens for his collection (Unwin, 219).Lodge and a Captain T. Fisher, "an ingenious and curious Gentleman," visited the collection of Captain Hicks on 5 February 1675: "Hicks agreed that Lodge might 'take a draught of anything in his closett,' and the artist took the opportunity to illustrate his description of the collection with marginal sketches of fossils, curious stone and even a hummingbird" (Unwin, 219). Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16924?docPos=9 Roles: Artist - engraver
Relevant locations: Birth place in Leeds
Educated at Jesus College (Cambridge)
People linked to person: William Lodge was a visitor to the collection of Hicks [Captain] (-fl. 1674)
William Lodge was a friend of Martin Lister (12 Apr 1639-2 Feb 1712)
William Lodge was a source of object(s) for Martin Lister (12 Apr 1639-2 Feb 1712)
William Lodge was a member of York Virtuosi (1670-1683)
T. [Captain] Fisher (fl. 1675-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of William Lodge