An essay upon prints: containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty; the different kinds of prints, and the characters of the most noted masters / illustrated by criticisms upon particular pieces: to which are added, some cautions that may be useful in collecting prints. [Anon].

William Gilpin

Date:: 1768

Credit: An essay upon prints: containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty; the different kinds of prints, and the characters of the most noted masters / illustrated by criticisms upon particular pieces: to which are added, some cautions that may be useful in collecting prints. [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$admirably hit off the manner of thefe maf¬ ters \ of Callot efpecially, in his Beg¬ gars, which have all the fpirit of the ori¬ ginals in a reduced fize.—But, after all, it muff be owned, that a review of Hol¬ la r’j works fcarce repays the trouble. His Jhipping, his large views, his fables, his Ephesian matron, and many, very many of his other prints, are exceedingly bad his Virgil and Juvenal are fcarce fuperior to the tafte and workmanjhip of a Chinefe artiff. N. B When the figures on the right Jide are fpoken of, thofe are meant which are oppojite to the fpedtator’s right: and fo of the left. Explanation$

An essay upon prints: containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty; the different kinds of prints, and the characters of the most noted masters / illustrated by criticisms upon particular pieces: to which are added, some cautions that may be useful in collecting prints. [Anon].

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