Tuer, Andrew White; Bartolozzi, Francesco [Ill.]: Bartolozzi and his works: a biographical and descriptive account of the life and career of Francesco Bartolozzi, R.A. (illustrated); with some observations on the present demand for and value of his prints ...; together with a list of upwards of 2,000 ... of the great engraver's works (Band 1) (London: Field & Tuer, 1882)

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hundred and fifty impressions were taken from each prior to their being used for the
purposes of this work; to prevent further wear, these and the other copperplates were
steel-faced * before being printed from.
* Vide page 97, Vol. I.
(8) Plate illustrating The Art of Stipple Engraving, chapter on which see (p. 82).
(9) Modern Impression from a worn-out Stippled Plate (untouched),
showing the extent to which plates of the Bartolozzi school continue to be worked long
after the finer parts have entirely disappeared. Fide p. 16, Vol. II.
(10) An impression from a worn plate, which, in order to do further duty, has been
strengthened or deepened in the hair, feathers in the hats, etc., with the graver. This
and the preceding plate (No. 9) are in precisely the same condition as when recently
purchased, up to which time they were being printed from, and impressions vended as
genuine old stippled engravings. Fide p. 18, Vol. II.
(11) An impression from a much worn plate recently doing duty. The right-hand
portion only has been re-bitten or deepened.
(12)* A St. James's Beauty (printed in red), p. 76, Vol. II.
(13)* A St. Giles's Beauty (printed in red), p. 84, Vol. II.
* The pair of plates 3 and 4, and 12 and 13 (duplicates) illustrate the principal Bartolozzi colours. Vide page 120,
Vol. I.

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