button to main menu  Eleventh Exhibition, p.17
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by the country, such as scenes of Lakes, Mountains, and Rivers; Churches, Farm houses, Cottages, Bridges, and Trees: they have been etched by myself, in the soft ground outline, with every possible attention to the original drawings, and the original drawings have spoken the truth as far as the powers of my mind and my pencil would allow them, and I hope nothing but the truth for I have studiously avoided, as far as the nature of lines would allow, all impertinent matter in their relief.
That the prints possess the truth and characteristic accuracy of the original outlines, is owing to their being produced by the same person, but this is scarcely possible where the draughtsman and engraved are two persons.
If the etcher of his own works, or the copier on paper of his own studies reversed in a glass, performs the task with ease, it is a good sign, but if with difficulty those sketches were made under an improper influence, this is a trial worthy the attention of all who wish to discover in what degree they may be considered as mannerist - nature is here un-
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