NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 254. 



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ANCIENT AND MODERN : 



ENGRAVINGS 



THE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF PICTURES OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND 

 HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, AND THE ARl' HEIRLOOMS OF THE CROWN. AT 

 WINDSOR CASTLE, BUCKINGHAM PALACE, AND OSBORNE. 



EDITED BY S. C. HALiL, F .S.A., &c. 



This Work consists of a Series of Engravings from Pictures, either the private acquisitions of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and His 

 Soyal Highness the Prince Consort, or htir-looms of the Crown, obtained from time to time, by respective Britisli Sovereigns. 



From the very extensive Collections at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, and Osborne, Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prinee 

 Albert have graciously permitted a selection to be made— cumprising the cho'cest Works of Ancient and Modern Schools : such selected picturei 

 to be engraved and published in the form in wliich they are here presented to he Public. 



The Series is, therefore, issued under the direct sanction and immediate Patronage of Her Majesty, and His Royal Highness Prince Albert ; 

 and is to them Dedicated by special permi.-sion. 



Tliis grace has been accorded in order that acquaintance with the best productions of the best Masters mny influence and improve public taste : 

 and that the advantages which Art is designed and calculated to confer generally, may be largely spread— that, in short, all classes may, as far as 

 possible, participate in the enjoyment and instruction Her Mnjesty and Her R<iyal Consort derive from the Works they have collected, or that 

 were bequeathed to them, and which form the cherished treasures of their several Humes. 



The Collections at Buckingham Palace and at Windsor Castle are to some extent krown ; many of them being rare and vahif bleheir-looma of 

 the Crown. At Buckingham Palace are famous examples of the Dutch and Flemish tSchools, unsurpassed in Europe ; and at Windsor Castle are 

 the beautiful productions of the Italian Schools,— together with the renowned Vandykes, and the choicest of the Works of Rubeni, in the satons 

 nam^d after these great Masters. 



At Osborne are principally collected Works of modern Art, chiefly of the British School, with many examples of the Schools of Germany, 

 Belaium, »nd France, numbering upwards of one hundred and fifty pictures, the purchase s of Her Majesty and the Prince. It is this Collection 

 which so emphatically marks the liberal patronage that Modern Art has received at their hands. Tiie Palace, which is more peculiarly their 

 " Home," is literally filled with the productions of living Artists : not only of those who have achieved fame, and hold foremost professional rank, 

 but of those who— thus assisted, and under i^uch patronage— receive that encouragement wliich is the surest stimulus to honourable distinction. 



It is not too much to say, that no other collection in the Kinadom contains so many tine examples of M' dern Art— the pkoductions of i,ivino 

 Artists : a Collection entiiely formed since Her Majesty's happy Accession to the Throne, and hir anspici' us union with a Prince who so con- 

 tinually devotes his energies to promote all the valualne institutions of the country, and under whose judicious Patronage the progress of Art, 

 Fine and Indus rial, has been so encouragini.' and so prosperous. 



In order that the gracious and munificent design of Her Majesty and His Royal Hii-hness Prince Albert may be worthily and efFectualljr 

 carried out, the Editor has secured the co-operation of many of the leading Engravers of Europe— not alone of England, but of France, Germany, 

 and Belgium. 



And Subscribers to this Work may rest assured of its being conducted throughout with zeal and integrity— so as faithfully to discharge the 

 high trust conferred by Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness Prince Albert— to merit the confidence of the sereraX 

 Artists— and to obtain the support of all Patrons of Art, and of the Public. 

 OFFICE OF THE EDITOR, 

 4. LANCASTER PLACE. STRAND, LONDON. 



COIH-DITIOIO'S OF PTrBi:.XCATXOI9-. 



In Monthly Parti ; each Part to contain Three Proofs on India Paper. 

 The First Part will be published on the First of September, and the Work will be continued Monthly. 



Uwins, Esq., R.A., Surveyor of Pictures in ordinary to Her Majesty ; 

 it will also receive the approval of Hii Royal Highness Prince Albert ; 

 and without such approvals no plate shall be issued. 



5. The prices of the three classes of proofs to subscribers, shall be ai 

 follows : 



£ s. d. 

 Half Graxd Eagle ; Royal Artists' Proofs (India) of 



which 100 only will be printed (in Portfolios) - - 3 3 

 Half Columbikb ; Unlettered Proofs (India), of which 



lOOonly will be printed (in Portfolios) - - - - ! 11 6 

 Lbttebed Proofs (India) issued in bound parts - - 12 



1. The whole of the Plates will be engraved in the line manner, by 

 eminent British and Foreign engravers ; every impression will be a 

 Proof on Inoia Paper, printed by the best English Printers i each 

 proof will be accompanied by descriptive an 1 explanatory letter-press. 



2. The work will be issued onJj/ to subscribers, and when the stipu- 

 lated number of impressions have been taken from the plate, the steel 

 will be " cut down, and the writing altered, so os to secure a certainty 

 that every copy shall be " a subscriber's copy," which, from its inevita- 

 bly becoming scarce, must increase in value. 



3. Of the first class (Artists') only 100 impressions shall be printed ; 

 of the second class (unlettered! only lon ; and of the third class, only a 

 number sufficient to meet the demand of actual subscribers. 



4. Every engraving previously to printing shall be "approved," 

 either by the Painter, or (in cases of deceased masters,) by Thomas 



6. The first part will be published on the first of September, and the 

 work will be continued monthly. 



Publishers : — MESSRS. PAUL & DOMINIC COLNAGHI & CO., PALL M.ILL EAST, and THOMAS 



AGXEW & SONS, M.A.NCHESTER. 



**• The "Work may be ordered op any Print, ob Book, Seller ik Great Bbitaix. 



THE FOLLOWING PICTURES ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE ENGRAVERS: 



The Virgin Mother, by W. Dvce, R. A. 



The Royal V acht off Mount St. Michael, by 



C. Stanfield. K.A,. 

 Garrick and his Wife, by Hooabth. 

 The First- Born, by Van Lebios. 

 The Duchess of Devonsliire and Child, by 



Reynolds, P.R.A. 

 Tlndine. by D. Macltsk, R.A. 

 The Fountain — Madrid, by D. Roberts, 



R.A. 

 Anointing the Feet of Christ, by Rdbens. 

 The Viiit to the Nun, by Sir C. Eastlake, 



P.R.A. 

 The Battleof Meanee, by E. Aruitaoe. 

 The Madonna, by Carlo Dolce. 

 The Young Sea-Fishers, by W. Collins, R.A. 

 The VHe Chamn«trc, by Pater. 

 King George IV. at Holyrood, by Sib D. 



Silence, by Cobbeugio. 



The Princess Amelia, by Sir T. Lawrbnce, 



P.R.A. 

 Cup'd and Psyche, by T. TJwins, R.A. 

 The Windmill, by Ruysdael. 

 The Infart Christ, by C. Mabatti. 

 L'Allegro, by W E. Fbost, A. R.A. 

 Geni^viSve of Brabant, by The Baron Wap- 



PERS. 



The Rustic Fete, by Teniebs. 



St. Catherine, by Gcido. 



The Grand Canal, Vmlce, by Canalbtti. 



The Seraglio, Constantinople, by Danbt, 



A.R A. 

 T e Ansel at the Sepulchre, by Bembbandt. 

 King William IV. opening New London 



Bridge, by C. Stanfield, R.A. 

 Queen Henrietta Maria, by Vandyck. 

 Abundance, by Van Evcken. 

 Abb tsford : the Empty Chair, by Sir W. 



Allan, R.A. 



The Home- Expected, by VT. MoiaiADr, 



R.A. 

 The Golden Gate, Constantinople, by Jacoi 



iIacobs. 

 Miiia ", by Hebskl. 

 Scene in Norway, by T/B». 

 Preparing for the Chase, by Cittp. 

 The Homestead, by P. Potter. 

 The Wise Men Journeying, by Wabiibk. 

 I chia, by O. E. Hkrino. 

 Cows in a Meadow. T. S. Coopbb. A.R,A. 

 Tyrolese Woman at a Shrine, by Folti. 

 Hyde Park in 18SI, by J. D. Hardino. 

 Sca-Craft, by Vandeb Veldb. 

 The Trumpeter, by Wouvermans. 

 B y Blowing Bubbles, by Mikris. 

 Ariel, by H. J. Townsbnd. 

 The Declaration, by J. Jenkins. 

 The Promenade, by Jotshm. 



^oP*??. j'^ Thomas Clark Shaw , of No. 10. Stonefleld Street, m the Parish of St. Mary, Islington, at No. 5. New Street Square, in the Parish of 

 St. Bride, m the City of London ■. and published by Geobue Bell, of No. 186. Fleet Street, in the Pariah - - ..— ... 



Cityof London, Publisher, at No. 186. Fleet Street aforesaid Saturday, Septembers. 1851. 



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