LOW COUNTRIES, ENGRAVERS OF THE. 



been- able to make between various iniprefTions, and his 

 knowledge of the manner in which engraved plates wear 

 under the hand of the printer, is inclined to believe, that 

 ti>e darkeft parts of Waterloo's plates, which are generally 

 the over(hadowed boles and branches of his trees, would of 

 courfe begin to wear lirll:, (from the ridges of copper in 

 fuch parts being either exceedingly minute, or entirely cor- 

 roded awav) and would confequently vi'ant retouching be- 

 fore any other parts began perceptibly to we-r, which re- 

 touching was at that time always performed with the graver, 

 the art of rdnting being unknown. 



Hence, in coUeetiiig the works of this mailer, it is of the 

 utaioft importance to attend to the goodnefs of the im- 

 prcffions ; for the demand for them has been fo great, and 

 the plates have in confequence been fo frequently retouched, 

 that the latter prints are altogether unworthy of the name 

 of Waterloo. You fee in them, indeed, the general forms 

 of the objefts, but every trace of the elegant freedom and 

 fpontaneous grace of the mailer, is irrecoverably gone : 

 back-grounds and fore-grounds are jumbled together, and 

 in fome inftance* nothing is left but a few llrong, HifF, un- 

 meaning lines on a faint and unintelligible ground. 



The "high eftimation in which the works of this jnflly cele- 

 brated landfcape engraver has ever been held, have occa- 

 fioned frequent republications of his plates, and Huber, 

 Roil, and Adam Bartfch, of the imperial library at Vienna, 

 have written defcriptive catalogues of them, of which the 

 following lift is an abridgment. The cypher which Water- 

 loo fumetimes affixed to his etchings, m.ay be feen in Plate I. 

 of the monograms, &;c. of the engravers of the Netherlands. 



Vicivs and Compofit'ions. — A pair, of a ruined building, 

 and a woodv recefs with two peafants. A fet of four, ■viz. 

 the hermitage ; the padage of the rclcka ; the httlc water- 

 fall ; and the mountain bridge, all in oftavo. A fet of 

 twelve, in quarto ; viz. the iilhennan's return ; the ar- 

 rival of travellers, at a country inn ; the ruftic well ; the 

 village mill ; the village church ; tlie cailie on the bank of 

 a river ; the little bridge, with three anglers ; the four pea- 

 fcnts ; view on the road to Schevelingen ; the fifher.rian, (a 

 river fcene ;) the two towers, (another river fcene) ; and a 

 palloral landfcape, on the fore-groimd of which are a goat, 

 ram, and ewe, which Bartfch has attributed to Marc de Bye. 

 The mill dam, and the entrance to a foreft, a pair in quaito, 

 are two of Waterloo's early performances, coarfely exe- 

 cuted, and evidently done before his powers had attained 

 to maturity. Another fet of twelve, of which t'ne fubjefts 

 are, i. The fruit trees. 2. T!ie church-yard. 3. The 

 cottage. 4. A view on the fea-(hore, on the middle ground 

 of which is a village fpire. 5 Another view, with two 

 fi'lk.-rmeM, 6. Anotlier view, with cattle and figures in a 

 boat.. ■]. Tile traveller and two trees. 8. A paftoral fcene, 

 with fheep and a fhepherd crolfmg a brid^^'e. 9, The de- 

 fcrted village. 10. The inhabited village ; three peafants 

 are here rcpofing on a fore-ground hillock. 1 1. The fentry 

 box. And 11 The ftone bridge. Another fet of fix, in 

 quarto; TOa i. A foreft fcene, with travellers. 2. A river 

 fcene, called " tiie llttlj bridge." 3., Sheep fording a ftrcam. 

 4. The boys and a dog, drinking at a brook. 5 and 6, Paf- 

 toral landfcapes, with (hepherds repofing under trees, &c. 

 A pair of cottage fcenery, in quarto, with the effefts of 

 moonhght and twilight, of the upright form. A fet of 

 fix, in quarto; t'/z. i. The rock biidge, over a mountain 

 torrent. 2. The travellers converfmg. j. .V cottage fur- 

 rounded with trees. 4. The oak, (imder which a male 

 and female pealant are converfmg.) J and 6. Views from 

 nature, vith travellers and their dogs. Another fet of fix, 

 ef the fame dimenfions ; v'rz. i ..The hermit's chapel. 2. The 



loaded afs. 3. The deeping peafant. 4. The ftreamlet. 

 J. The mountains. And 0. iThe wooden bridge. Anotjier 

 fet of fix, denoted as follows: i. Tlie foreft traveller. 

 2. The cottage, overdiadowed with trees. 3. The entrance ' 

 of a wood. 4. The gate. 5. The knotty tree. And 

 6. The foreft river. Two other fets, in quarto, of fix fub- 

 jefts, each coni'ifting chiefly of rural and foreft fcenery. 

 (^It is to be remarked of tliefe, and of Waterloo's works, 

 in general, that while their real merits and beauties rcfide 

 in the landfcape, colleftors have, with little fenfibility or 

 refledlion, denominated them from the figures which they 

 contain, (which are •the worft parts of Waterloo ;) fo that a 

 grand mountain fcene with rocks and cataraiSs, is fome- 

 times knov/n by the filly title of the boy and dog, or the 

 milk-maid.] A fet of fix grand landfcapes of larger di- 

 menfions, entitled, I. The double cafcadc. 2. The caftle 

 and cataraft, or triple cafeade. 3. Rocks and mountains, 

 with three figures on tlie fore-ground. 4. A wild mountain 

 fcene. 5. The grand waterfall. And 6 C<-ttagers at the 

 foot of a mountain. Another fet of fix, viz. the temple, 

 with a cupola and waterfall in the middle ground. 2. The 

 rock bridge. 3. The large tree, with four figures. 4. Huntf- 

 men in a foreft. 5. A paftoral fcene, with a ftiepherd and 

 his flock. 6. A watermill, with a cowherd and cattle. 

 Another fet of fix, in large quarto ; wz. I. A plain, with 

 clumps of trees. 2. The wildfowl hunter. 3. The return 

 from the chace. 4. The travellef- by twilight, a foreft fcene. 

 y. A river fcene, with boys bathing. 6. A foreft glade, 

 with figures repofing. Another fet of fix, in large quarto, 

 all of which are views from nature, chiefly of villager.*:^ 

 but the names of the places have not yet been mentioned. 

 A fet of twelve beautiful landfcapes in fmall folio; vix.- 

 I. A garden fcene. 2. Ruir.s of a city, with figures and 

 cattle- on the fore-ground. 3. The two bridges, (one of 

 which is of ftone, and the other of wood.) 4. The caftle 

 and rock. j. The two travellers. 6. The city gate. 7. A 

 river fcene. with two ftone bridges. 8. A (liepherd con- 

 dufting his j%ck acrofs a ftone bridge. 9. A water-m.ill in- 

 a wood. ic. The dcirts of a foreft, with a falconer and 

 greyhounds. 11. The pointed tower, a foreft fcene, with 

 fportfmcn repofinc;. 12. Another foreft fcene, with three- 

 large trees on the fore-ground. Another fet of fix, in large 

 folio, of foreft fcenery, with rivulets and ruftic bridges, all 

 of which are believed to be views from nature, of places 

 not named. Another fet of fix, in 'large folio, and of great 

 beauty, which are numbered and named as follows ; I. A; 

 country-inn, with pedlars refting.- 2. A champaign country, 

 with figures in converfation. 3. A woodland fcene, with 

 two very fmall figures. 4. Two trees on the bank of a- 

 ftream, with an open gate. 5. Another woodland fcene, 

 viewed from a corn-field. 6. A plantatioij of young trees,;^ 

 vrith a fleeping (hepherd an the fore-ground. A fet of fix ■. 

 large upright landfcapes ; viz. I. The large windmill, fo 

 called, but the mill itfeif is at a diftance, and tlie near ob- 

 jcfts are an old houfe furrounded with trees, and on the 

 left a wooden chapel. 2. A woodland fcene, with two 

 peafants and a dog. 5. A mountain fcene, with a road 

 winding- over a wooden bridge, towards a foreft. 4. A 

 village fcene, with a woman and" children repofing on the 

 fore -ground. '5; The entrance of a wood, with two travel- 

 lers repofing, and a horfcman advancing from among the 

 trees. 6. A: other woody Icene, with a cliurch fpire in the 

 diftance: A fet of fix compofi:ions in large folio, and of the 

 upright form,- with poetical fubjtcls introduced from thc- 

 hea then mythology; i-;s. i. Alpljoiis and Arethula. a.Apoilo 

 piirfuinL. Daphne. 3. Mercury enchanting .Argus. 4. Pan 

 purfuing Syrinx. 5. Venus and Adonis. And 6. The death. 



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