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etchings and two lithographs ; Alfred Stannard, eight etch- 

 ings ; Joseph Stannard, eleven etchings and one lithograph ; 

 Mary Ann Turner, six etchings ; Sir W. J. Hooker, fourteen 

 etchings ; Lady Palgrave, ten etchings ; Lady Hooker, nine 

 etchings ; Mrs. Dawson Turner, eleven etchings ; Elizabeth 

 M. Palgrave, two etchings ; E,. H. I. Palgrave, nine etchings ; 

 F. T. Palgrave, two etchings ; George Vincent, ten etchings 

 and one mezzotint. Besides these, there is a supplementary 

 series of seventy etchings by minor artists and amateurs 

 having a local reputation as members of the Norwich and 

 Yarmouth schools, and the collection is completed by a set of 

 twenty-one prints after J. S. and M. E. Cotman. 



The Cheylesmore 



The Cheylesmore Bequest consists of two separate collec- 

 tions ; a collection of seven thousand six hundred and seventy- 

 live Mezzotint Portraits, and a collection of two thousand 

 six hundred and seventy-four Portraits of Royal Personages, 

 principally of Queen Victoria and her family. 



The collection of mezzotint portraits was formed with the 

 primary purpose of illustrating English history as completely 

 as possible. To this desire was gradually added on the part 

 of the collector an interest in the art of mezzotint for its 

 own sake, leading him to enrich his cabinet with a good 

 proportion of the finest and rarest examples in early or proof 

 states and in the best preservation. Speaking generally, 

 the fine examples are in the proportion of about one to every 

 six or seven of those which are of interest simply as por- 

 traits. Taken together with the fine and extensive, though 

 imperfect, collection already in the department, these picked 

 specimens will form a series not to be rivalled elsewhere. 

 The residue, though including a large number of indifferent 

 impressions, is rich in rare portraits, and from that point 

 of view forms a most valuable addition to the departmental 

 collection. 



Two hundred and eighty-four English, and seventy 

 foreign engravers are represented in the collection, as 

 follows : — 



English. — E. W. A., one; E. Adams, three; J. Alais, one; 

 W. T. Annis, four ; T. L. Atkinson, one ; P. Audinet, two ; 

 F. Bacon, one ; W. Baillie, nine ; T. 0. Barlow, one ; W. 

 Barnard, twelve ; W. Barney, seven ; T. Beard, six ; I. 

 Beckett, one hundred and twenty-eight ; A, Bell, one ; E. 

 Bell, fifteen; S. Bellin, one; J. C. Bentley, four; H. Birche, 

 one ; F. Birnie, one ; T. Blackmore, four ; C. S. Blake, one ; 

 A. Blooteling, fifty-six ; G. Bock, one ; J. Bolton, four ; 

 E. Bowles, two ; G. Boy, one ; J. Boydell, five ; W. Brett, 

 one ; F. Bromley, one ; J. Brooks, twenty-nine ; E. Brook- 

 shaw, fifty-eight ; A. Browne, sixty-six ; H. Bryer, three ; 

 T. Burford, eighteen; T. Burke, six; J. Burnet, two; 

 E. Burton, three ; J. A. Cahusac, one ; Carwitham, four ; 



