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Suppressed plates, wood engravings, &c., together with other curiosities germane thereto; being an account of certain matters peculiarly alluring to the collector (1907)

Layard, George Somes, 1857-1925 · London : A. and C. Black · leaf 218

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Percy, who, I fancy, would have beenthe last to concur in what was an undoubtedattempt to mislead the public.^ Let it be clearly understood, then, that theplate which we here reproduce was the work ofHenry Aiken the younger. Though of littleartistic merit, it is yet not unworthy of thosewhich were… … THE SUPPRESSED PORTRAIT OF JOHN .lORROCKS, ESQ., -M.!. II., ET( .(By Heniy Aiken, the ymiiisei.) MISCELLANEOUS 161 suppression is difficult to fathom. The plateshould be undoubtedly annexed, on its very rareappearance, by him who values his Jorrocks.This would make his copy, in the words of…

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