An inquiry into the origin and early history of engraving : upon copper and in wood, with an account of engravers and their works, from the invention of chalcography by Maso Finiguerra, to the time of Marc' Antonio Raimondi (1816)
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836, Beckford, William, 1760-1844, former owner. CMalG, Bromley, William, 1769-1842, Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528, Edwards, George, 1694-1773. CMalG, Swaine, John, 1775-1860 · London : Printed for John and Arthur Arch by J. M'Creery · leaf 26
nder his superintendence, for the purpose ofpublication, at a time when his weightier avocations as a painter,added, perhaps, to the infirmities of age, prevented his doing themhimself The reader will perceive that I consider Mantegna notonly as an engraver, but also as a publisher of prints for… … Fcu-similt of an. ancitnl Jrint supposad to be Unique,,* in. the, CuLUcb.on of Jfic {hiMor. CHAP. VII.] ANDREA MANTEGNA. 495 Sacred Subjects. The Holy Family, with Angels. In the middle of the print, the Virgin appears seated in a cavern,or grotto, and surrounded by a glory of angels. She supports,…
