XXVI THE ILLUSTRATIONS. 



abroad, and time pressed. Mr. James D. Cooper 

 is the engraver, and his work, we think, has done 

 full justice to the skill of the fair delineator. 



The full-page illustrations, consisting chiefly of 

 landscapes, interspersed throughout the volume, 

 have all been redrawn from the subjects furnished 

 by Gilpin himself. To the superintendence of 

 this work — most essential to a worthy repro- 

 duction of the 'Forest Scenery' — we have de- 

 voted the utmost care and attention. We have 

 already stated that Gilpin illustrated his own 

 books, and that the illustrations were executed in 

 aquatinta. An excellent description of the cha- 

 racter of the drawings is given by Gilpin's 

 biographer, who says (page 219 of the Memoir) — 

 ' His productions as an artist are of no ordinary 

 merit, and are principally distinguished for their 

 peculiar style of composition, in which he conveys 

 the general idea of an object, without giving its 

 specific delineations. The ahsence oi portraiture 

 is supplied by the picturesque. Hence, none of 

 his drawings are minutely finished, but are mere 

 spirited sketches.' 



Looked at, at a distance, and without minute 



