The works of Horatio Walpole, earl of Orford (1798)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, Edwards, James, 1757-1816, G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England) · London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson ... and J. Edwards ... · leaf 65
Smith carried the new difcovered art of mezzotinto to thegreateft perfection we have feen it attain. The laft John Faber in fomethings was, though far inferior, a good workman. Kirkall, commonly awretched labourer, had fmgular merit in one branch that will be mentioned.Mr. Strange, amamed of the… … CATALOGUE of ENGRAVERS. 49 the timid perfection of French matters, had fhown that foftnefs and force,freedom and finiihing, were compatible, and that the efFecl: of chiaro fcurodid not depend upon unblended mafles of white and black : this was WILLIAM FAITHORNE. He * was born in London, in what…
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