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THE MONTHLY REVIEW and REGISTER of the FINE ARTS. 
(( The value and rank of every art is in proper lion to the mental labour employed in it, 
or the mental pleasure produced by it.” Reynolds. 
Assassination of L. S. Dentatus, 
painted by B. R. Hay don. Drawn on 
the wood and engraved by his pupil , 
William Harvey. 
P'|HH1S is «ot ouly one of the largest 
JL (14f ins. by 11|) but altogether 
the finest wood engraving that has ever 
appeared. The indefatigable and able 
engraver of this splendid work of art 
was one of the most promising pupils 
of the ingenious Bewick, of Newcastle- 
upon Tyne, who has now been in London 
some years practising his art, and 
studying in the best schools in the me¬ 
tropolis. The art of wood engraving is 
of ancient date, but the Germans were 
the first who brought it to perfection. 
Albert Durer, Schaufeiien, Burgmair, 
and other able masters of the German 
school, drew the designs upon the blocks 
and left the cutting to the ordinary en¬ 
gravers. So do most of the present day, 
except that the engravers seldom draw, 
but procure the designs to be drawn upon 
the wood for them. In this instance 
Mr. Harvey made the drawing himself, 
which was so fine that our only lec¬ 
turer on this art, and one of the best line 
engravers of the day. said it was so good 
it was almost a pity to cut it up by en¬ 
graving. For wood engravings in gene¬ 
ral we have to say 44 it is on wood,” or 
44 it is w T ell for wood,” 44 it is spirited,” 
and so on—but really this engraving is 
so fine, so exquisitely drawn, both in 
expression and anatomy, the textures 
of fur, metal, leather, flesh, hair, ike. 
are so wonderfully marked, that it is 
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fine art, and not engraving per se of 
any kind that we admire. The collec¬ 
tor, the genuine lover of art, the veri¬ 
table amateur, will, we are sure, hasten 
to procure fine impressions from this 
unique work of art which sets the 
British school of wood engraving above 
any in the world. 
The Rabbit on the Wall , painted by 
David Wilkie, Esq. R.A. and en¬ 
graved by J. Burnett. 
A beautiful and effective print in the 
line manner of engraving, in Mr. Bur¬ 
nett’s best manner, of his friend and 
countryman’s well known picture of a 
young man amusing some children with 
forming a shadow from his bands on 
the wail of the shape of a rabbit. The 
admirers of Wilkie must be pleased in 
having this print to add to their port¬ 
folios. 
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