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Bar/o/o^i and /ns Works.
Lowndes says that an intended edition of this fine work, so extended and continued as
to include portraits of the court of Francis II. of France, was begun, " but proceeded only
to the extent of eight portraits, which remained unpublished until acquired by Mr. Bohn."
They have since been added to some copies of the original book, with memoirs by Mrs.
Jameson.* Another edition, reduced to large quarto, was published by Nichols, in 1812,t
* All the copperplates, including the eight referred to, were, after lying by many years, disposed of by Mr. Henry
Bohn, a portion of whose stock they formed, to Mr. Bernard Quaritch, of Piccadilly, who has republished the work
from the original plates.
f Two copies of this edition, with the plates printed in colours on satin, are in the Royal Library at Windsor.
at fifteen pounds, the whole of the plates—with the exception of the two small miniatures
at the end (in this edition printed in colours), for which the original coppers by Bartolozzi
were again brought into requisition—being magnificently re-engraved in reduced facsimile
by R. Cooper, Facius, J. Minasi, Cheesman, Cardon, and others.*
* Cooper was paid thirty guineas for his portrait of Holbein, and ten guineas each for the others bearing his name.
Facius was paid sixteen guineas for “ Holbein's Wife." The remainder of the plates were engraved at prices varying from
six guineas upwards, according to the amount of work in them.
The Arundel Society published in 1877, with the sanction of the Science and Art
Department, South Kensington, photographs of the Holbein Heads, with which were re-
printed the historic memoirs by Edmund Lodge, F.S.A. The whole series was reproduced
in a dreadful-looking red pigment, though for what reason, except to pander to the supposed
popular taste, it is difficult to conceive. It is equally difficult to understand why the words,
" With the sanction of the Science and Art Department, South Kensington Museum,"
should appear on the cover of each part, the drawings themselves being in Her Majesty's
private library at Windsor Castle, which is not generally understood to be amongst the
numerous institutions, " travelling collections," or what not, affiliated to the great art-parent
at South Kensington.
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Lowndes says that an intended edition of this fine work, so extended and continued as
to include portraits of the court of Francis II. of France, was begun, " but proceeded only
to the extent of eight portraits, which remained unpublished until acquired by Mr. Bohn."
They have since been added to some copies of the original book, with memoirs by Mrs.
Jameson.* Another edition, reduced to large quarto, was published by Nichols, in 1812,t
* All the copperplates, including the eight referred to, were, after lying by many years, disposed of by Mr. Henry
Bohn, a portion of whose stock they formed, to Mr. Bernard Quaritch, of Piccadilly, who has republished the work
from the original plates.
f Two copies of this edition, with the plates printed in colours on satin, are in the Royal Library at Windsor.
at fifteen pounds, the whole of the plates—with the exception of the two small miniatures
at the end (in this edition printed in colours), for which the original coppers by Bartolozzi
were again brought into requisition—being magnificently re-engraved in reduced facsimile
by R. Cooper, Facius, J. Minasi, Cheesman, Cardon, and others.*
* Cooper was paid thirty guineas for his portrait of Holbein, and ten guineas each for the others bearing his name.
Facius was paid sixteen guineas for “ Holbein's Wife." The remainder of the plates were engraved at prices varying from
six guineas upwards, according to the amount of work in them.
The Arundel Society published in 1877, with the sanction of the Science and Art
Department, South Kensington, photographs of the Holbein Heads, with which were re-
printed the historic memoirs by Edmund Lodge, F.S.A. The whole series was reproduced
in a dreadful-looking red pigment, though for what reason, except to pander to the supposed
popular taste, it is difficult to conceive. It is equally difficult to understand why the words,
" With the sanction of the Science and Art Department, South Kensington Museum,"
should appear on the cover of each part, the drawings themselves being in Her Majesty's
private library at Windsor Castle, which is not generally understood to be amongst the
numerous institutions, " travelling collections," or what not, affiliated to the great art-parent
at South Kensington.
CHAPTER
36