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London, England, 1812-03-28 00:00:00

ENGRAVING BY SHARI', AFTER CARACCE,
Twenty-lour Inches by Twenty,
FOR WORK OF ENGRAVINGS.

THE very celebrated nacre of the •DEAD
CHRIST and MARIES, by AN. CAR ACCE, for-
merly in the Orleans ColleCtion, now at Castle HoWard,
having, by the permission of the Eatl of Carlisle, been co-
pied by Wilkie, jun. for the purpose of forming pile
of a scries-ofTWELVE LARGE ENGRAVINGS, to-be
executed by the principal Artists of the present period,
with a vievi of exemplifying the Works of the leading Mas-
ters of the Roman, Florentine,. Bolognese, Venetian, LOin-
bard, Spanish, and Flemish Schools, the Amateurs of
nt and of fine Engraving site respealtally informed,
that the Drawing of this Piauree together with other fine
ure now on View, at the Gallery, 39, Sack..
Drawings aftee these Masters, from which this Work will
Piccadilly, which will enable them to form a
vb
ne executed,st
reet,
correcc.l idea not only of the nature of the Work itself, but of
the _selection of which it will be composed. • • .
In illustrating, by individual examples, the Compositions
of three of the achools above mentioned, it is intended to
adopt the very general subject of tine HISTORY of OUR
SAVIOU It, taken at some of its most, interesting periods.
This is most happily afforded by the.following capital Pie:.
tures : by the Virgin, Young Christ, and St. John of Rai-
in the Stafford Gallery ; by Christ among the
tiNpieture of Leonardo da Vinci, in the posses-
sion jim.kignt Hon. Lord Northwick.; and by the picture
@ Annibal Carracci. above mentioned. These three Pic-
tures, while they offer choice examples &the Roman,
Fin-
rentine, and Bolognese Schools, will also form.a Set equally
valuable for the Portfolio, or the Apartment of the Amateur.
The Venetian and Flemish Schools being thbse in which
Colouring has taken a lead, will be exemplified by the gay
and lightsome subjeds of Titian, and Paul Veronese, and
the Allegorical and Historical Works of :Rubens and Van-
dyke, while the schools of Lombardy and Spain will be
strewn in the Works of Correggio and of Moriilio.
The Work itself will thus give, not only a concentrated
vjew of the Compositions of these great Masters, but also
afford an opportunity of judging of the relative abilities of
the !nest eminent Engravers of Modern Europe. •,
Independent of the Work of large E ngravings, it is intend.
ed also to publish a smaller Work, upon the scale of Van.
dyke's Book of Heads, illustrative of the Fine Portraits, and
ideal I-leads of RalEielle, Titian, Giorgione, Velasquet, km-
bens, Vandyke, Rembrandt, Guido, and, Donienichino.
The principal Artists to be employed in these Works of
Engravings are, Morghen, of Florence • Sharp, and Heath,
of London ; Bansse, of Germany ; Muller, of Stutgard ; and
others, who may be considered as the principal Engravers of
the present period, as well in this-country as abroad.
Both Works will be under the diredion of William Bu-
clrnan, Esq.
The Terms of Subscription to the large Work are, Three
Guineas for each Engraving ; to be paid on delivery:. The
Terms of -Subscription to the- Work of Portraits,,will be
Two Guineas for each Number, containing Three Engrav-
ings. The Impressions of the Plates shall be delivered to
Subscribers according to the priority of their subscriptions,
and Gentlemen, not resident in London, wishing tg become
Subscribers to this Work, will be so good as to send their
particular address, and also mention, if they wish their Co-
pies delivered to any person in London, or forwarded to them
elsewhere.

Ya;es,•at the Gallery, 39, Sackville-street, who has
charge of the Exhibition of the Drawings, will receive sub.
scribers names to both, or either of these Works, and as a
Book for entering these has been recently opened, Gentle—
men intending to subscribe,
,will be aware of the importance
of having their names high upon the list, as the Impressions
of the Platas will be delivered in strict conformity to the