John Cassell's Art treasures exhibition: containing engravings of the principal masterpieces of the English, Dutch, Flemish, French, and German schools (1858)
Cassell, John, 1817-1865 · London, W. Kent and co. · leaf 254
e servantto the village, but Kembrandt, who was himself of animpatient disposition, being aware of the snail-like pro-l)ensities of this messenger, made a wager with hisfriend, that he would engrave a ])]ate before the arrivalof the mustard. Six accepted the wager; and as theartist never travelled… … 212 JOHN CASSELLS ART TREASURES EXHIBITION. Tlic productions of Kembrandt have been counterfeited in every possible way. Of his most triflingsketches there have been copies and fac similes innumerable, of more or less merit. Artists of everysubsequent age and of every country have vied with each…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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