Project Gutenberg's The Best Portraits in Engraving, by Charles SumnerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: The Best Portraits in EngravingAuthor: Charles SumnerRelease Date: September 11, 2007 [EBook #22574]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BEST PORTRAITS IN ENGRAVING ***Produced by Irma pehar and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file wasproduced from images generously made available by TheInternet Archive/American Libraries.)THEBEST PORTRAITSINENGRAVING.BYCHARLES SUMNER.Fifth Edition.FREDERICK KEPPEL & CO.NEW YORK,20 EAST 16th STREET.LONDON, PARIS,3 DUKE STREET, ADELPHI. 27 QUAI DE L'HORLOGE.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, byFREDERICK KEPPEL,In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.THE BEST PORTRAITS IN ENGRAVING.NGRAVING is one of the fine arts, and in this beautiful family has been the especial handmaiden of painting. AnotherEsister is now coming forward to join this service, lending to it the charm of color. If, in our day, the "chromo" can domore than engraving, it cannot impair the value of the early masters. With them there is no rivalry or competition.Historically, as well as æsthetically, they will be masters always ...
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