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mezzotints will be interested by this book, which is principally

a catalogue of Green's works. As p:eces of texture and surface, mezzotints of the first rank are undoubtedly beautiful. But as a rule they are only reproductions of paintings, to which we can get closer with a photograph, and so are neither original works nor very accurate representations of pictures. The vice of these mezzotints is their tendency to add a sauce of prettiness. Sir Joshua's most splendid technique becomes effeminate and finick- ing. They, however, supply the dealers with convenient objects for rich people to buy at fabulous prices.