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Prefa ce,
cyclopaedical, and artistic, in this and other languages, the searcher finds the same state-
ments, whether false or true, reiterated with painfully wearisome monotony.
A complete collection of Bartolozzi's prints—which are probably more numerous
and better known than those of any other engraver, English or foreign —is perhaps
not in existence, and can hardly be hoped for. Le Blanc, in his Manuel de l'Amateur
d'Estampes, has compiled by far the largest list hitherto published ; it comprises in all seven
hundred examples, and the present writer has revised and extended it, adding an enumera-
tion of examples from his own and other collections, including that of the British Museum
(hitherto uncatalogued), until a total, exclusive of " states," of upwards of two thousand has
been reached.
To supply a tolerably complete list of his works, and place on record what little is
known of the great engraver, have been the principal aims of the author, in doing which
he has introduced much matter of an excursive character, but still it is hoped of some
little interest to those of kindred tastes. He earnestly requests that any particulars of
engravings by Bartolozzi not herein mentioned, any corrections where prints have been
inaccurately described, and any information bearing on the subject matter which his
readers may possess, may be sent to him under care of the publishers.
It is a pleasure to the author here to express his appreciation of the courtesy univer-
sally extended to him by all with whom the prosecution of his researches in connection
with this work has brought him in contact. Their names are too numerous to record ; but
he would particularly acknowledge in grateful terms the kindly help of Mr. George W.
Reid and Mr. Louis Fagan, the chiefs of the Print Department, British Museum; of Her
Britannic Majesty's Consul at Lisbon (Mr. George Brackenbury); of the Director of the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Lisbon ; of Mr. John Saddler, the talented engraver, whose
recent translation in pure line of Macwhirter's " Lady of the Woods " is a masterpiece of
art; of Mr. Algernon Graves (Messrs. Henry Graves & Co., the eminent print publishers
of Pall Mall); of Mr. Francis Harvey, of St. James's Street, the well-known print dealer ;
of Mr. F. J. Minasi, who supplies an interesting sketch of the life of his father, James
Minasi, one of Bartolozzi's pupils ; and of numerous friends.
A word may be said as to the arrangement of the paragraphs in small type, usually,
from their position, termed footnotes. Readers who study their ease and comfort, mental
and physical, may not be averse from finding offshoots bearing on the text wedded closely
to it, instead of being relegated to the bottom of the page.
A. W. T.
December, 1881.
Illustrations.
cyclopaedical, and artistic, in this and other languages, the searcher finds the same state-
ments, whether false or true, reiterated with painfully wearisome monotony.
A complete collection of Bartolozzi's prints—which are probably more numerous
and better known than those of any other engraver, English or foreign —is perhaps
not in existence, and can hardly be hoped for. Le Blanc, in his Manuel de l'Amateur
d'Estampes, has compiled by far the largest list hitherto published ; it comprises in all seven
hundred examples, and the present writer has revised and extended it, adding an enumera-
tion of examples from his own and other collections, including that of the British Museum
(hitherto uncatalogued), until a total, exclusive of " states," of upwards of two thousand has
been reached.
To supply a tolerably complete list of his works, and place on record what little is
known of the great engraver, have been the principal aims of the author, in doing which
he has introduced much matter of an excursive character, but still it is hoped of some
little interest to those of kindred tastes. He earnestly requests that any particulars of
engravings by Bartolozzi not herein mentioned, any corrections where prints have been
inaccurately described, and any information bearing on the subject matter which his
readers may possess, may be sent to him under care of the publishers.
It is a pleasure to the author here to express his appreciation of the courtesy univer-
sally extended to him by all with whom the prosecution of his researches in connection
with this work has brought him in contact. Their names are too numerous to record ; but
he would particularly acknowledge in grateful terms the kindly help of Mr. George W.
Reid and Mr. Louis Fagan, the chiefs of the Print Department, British Museum; of Her
Britannic Majesty's Consul at Lisbon (Mr. George Brackenbury); of the Director of the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Lisbon ; of Mr. John Saddler, the talented engraver, whose
recent translation in pure line of Macwhirter's " Lady of the Woods " is a masterpiece of
art; of Mr. Algernon Graves (Messrs. Henry Graves & Co., the eminent print publishers
of Pall Mall); of Mr. Francis Harvey, of St. James's Street, the well-known print dealer ;
of Mr. F. J. Minasi, who supplies an interesting sketch of the life of his father, James
Minasi, one of Bartolozzi's pupils ; and of numerous friends.
A word may be said as to the arrangement of the paragraphs in small type, usually,
from their position, termed footnotes. Readers who study their ease and comfort, mental
and physical, may not be averse from finding offshoots bearing on the text wedded closely
to it, instead of being relegated to the bottom of the page.
A. W. T.
December, 1881.
Illustrations.