20 DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. [GROUND 
the visitors will notice William Roger's fine contemporary 
print of Queen Elizabeth, representing her in magnificent 
state robes ; this was executed by a man who understood the 
highest qualities of his art, and was able to engrave with the 
utmost clearness of line and brilliancy of effect; his prints hold 
their place with any work that was produced abroad at the 
same time. It is noteworthy that this is an unique impres- 
sion from the plate, taken before it was reduced in size, and 
that it was discovered on the continent as recently as 1870 r 
until which date the name of the engraver had remained 
unknown, because in the later states of the print that notice 
lias been cut away along with part of the composition. 
The names of other able English engravers, such as Payne, 
Glover, Marshall, and Cecill, will be found in this collection, 
and their works will prove that during the sixteenth and 
seventeenth centuries, the history of English art was not so 
blank as some authorities would have us believe it to have 
been. 
A portrait of the greatest rarity, to which attention should 
be drawn, is that of Queen Elizabeth, which was engraved by 
Johann Rutlinger, probably a German, whose name does not 
occur in any biographical dictionary of engravers or essay on 
art. 
The prints representing historical events are few, but among 
them are The Gunpowder Conspiracy ; James the First and 
Prince Henry sitting in Parliament ; with the alteration 
substituting Prince Charles for Henry after the death of 
the latter ; and the visit of Queen Henrietta Maria to 
Prince William of Nassau. 
GEORGE WILLIAM REID. 
