Trull, William: Raphael vindicated: by a comparison between the original tapestries (now in London) of Leo X. and the cartoons at Hampton Court, as repaired by Cooke : with brief historical and artistical remarks upon the whole series (London: Thomas Hookham, 1840)

few equally high, connected with the Continent of
Europe.
Some historical facts must necessarily be brought
forward ; and it will be impossible in the most con-
densed form, to avoid drawing upon the higher merits of
others, or of adding to that vast mass of compilation,
late years have heaped around these works, the foun-
dation of which, in the greater part, is too loose to
remain.
These fine compositions of Raphael, have not only
occupied a larger space among writers, but have
received more general attention for a longer period ;
than any other works of art,—and the united circum-
stances which have occasioned this, may be traced to
the miraculous subjects themselves, no less than the
clear and perspicuous manner in which they are
treated ; calculated not only to excite astonishment, and
admiration, but adapted to develop sacred truths,
enlarge our mental enjoyments, and make broader the
paths to civilization, refinement, and the arts.
“ But all these works of Raphael would not have con-
tributed to the extension of art, at that period, beyond
the meridian of Rome; if he had not succeeded, in
extending the fruits of his genius, by means of prints.”
—Roscoe’s Translation of Lanzi, v. ii. 83.
Still greater public benefit has been derived in our
time, by the extraordinary progress in the art of
engraving ; causing the widest circulation among all
classes, of these most important lessons, in a manner