Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-20
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGRAVING
Specimens of the Four Vnrienes-
Art of Illumination Excmpiificd.

The Department of Engraving Is enter
ed from the library, as all the rooms on
this floor are en- suite, or from the halL
The collection includes specimens of the
several different varieties OF engraving,
of line engraving, etching, meZzotlnt' ana
woodcut. It also includes admirable speci-
mems Of medieval decorated manuscripts
which throw a vast amount Of light upon
the arts OF the past. autographs Of we'll
known people, and studies made by Ia
nous artists.
In this room, also, there is a light per-
sonal touch. which serves to remind the
visitor Of the generous founder OF the
Museum. 1t is contained In case 10 the
left, as you enter the room from the IL
brary. and includes twenty-seven orlgi-
nal drawings by Hubbard, made for the
late Mann s. Valentine, and intended by
him 10 be used to illustrate his BOOK
Amadeus"
TWO admirable specimens Of the art OF
Illumination are TO be found In case NO.
10, side by side with some old German
wood engravings, which latter represent
the passion of our Lord.
RARE COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPHS
Another case exhibits Latin legal docu-
ments of the sixteenth century, on
parchment relating to the sale or land
and matters of like nature i'm Northern
Italy. Among the autograph manuscripts
are official documents Of Frederick the
Great and his ministers, and patent OF
nobility granted by Emperor Joseph ii.
To Johann Carl Wilhelm Regis, Holrath
Of the Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Tor NM
self and his descendants, dated Vienna,
February TO- 1863 Autographs Of the fol-
and other Documents: Goethe. Voltaire,
Alexande- Won Humboldt, Maria Edge
worth. Bayard Taylor, Henry w. Long
fellow. j. Il. Lowell, William Cullen
Bryant, =. r. Barnum, Jacob Grimm
Christian Ranch Meyerbeer Daniel Web
ster. Henry Clay, Chateaubriand, Gene
raj Blucher, Frederick William Ill, King
Of Prussia, and Frederick the Great.
There are also a number Of documents
relating to affairs in Colonial Virginia,
which bear the signatures of the then
Governors.
A case Of sketches in charcoal pencil
and water-cOlor by w. j. Hubbard and
Edward f. Peticolas. contains likenesses
Of ole Bull, from life, said by himself to
be the best ever made, and of Lafayette,
made when he was In Richmond
ENGRAVINGS OF THREE CENTU-
RIES
The collection of engravings Is quite
large and exceptionally fine, containing
specimens of work done in the fifteenth,
sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries, by
such artists as
Albert Durer. Lucius Van Leyden, Je-
rome Cock, Gregory Pentz Henry Goltz
Tor Gotzius), Philip Thomassin, and
Agostino Caraccl. End of fifteenth to
late sixteenth century.
Annibale Caracci, Sheltius Bolseert.
Essais Van de Valde, Johann dan Herr,
Frederick Bloemaert, James Cabot Nico-
las John Visscher. Pietro del Pc, Johann
de Visscher, and Salvador Rosa. Late
sixteenth to latter half Of seventeenth
century.
Salvador Rosa, Benedetto Castiglone,
Anthony Waterloo. Theodore Won Kessel,
George Battista Galestruzzi, Melchoir
Russell, Carlo Maratti, Paul Potter and
Pietro Santo Bartoli. Seventeenth GEN.
turv.
Gerard Walk, Giovanni Jecomo Rossi.
Glrolamo de Rossi (de Rubeis), and Pie
tro Aquila. Middle of seventeenth to
early eighteenth century.
Mezzotints and engravings by George
Philip Rugendas, Francis Harrewyn,
Pietro Aquila, and Girolamo de Rossi (de
Rubels). Late seventeenth to early eigh-
teenth century.
Engravings by Francesca Bartolozzi,
William Hogarth, John George Bergmul-