No collector of engravings should fail to possess himself of
British Mezttotinto Portraits, by John Chaloner Smith, BA. (Henry Sotheran), a work of which we have now the second volume before us. The author's plan is to give an alphabetical list of engravers (the present volume contains names from William Faithorne to Andrew Miller), and to enumerate their works in alphabetical order also. Each work is described. The names of the subject and of the painter are given, as are also the accessories of the picture, with any letter- ing, &e., that may be found on the engraving. To these are added, when occasion serves, biographical notes and anecdotes, often so curious and entertaining as to make the volume worth looking through by those who do not happen to be collectors. The work is to be completed in four volumes.
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