hile the lights are still light, and the shadows, though rich.
More transparent than ebony shutters,
Never minding what Black-Arted critics may say,
Stop the biting, and pour the green blind away,
As you please, into bottles or gutters.

Then removing the ground and the wax _at a heat_,
Cleanse the surface with oil, spermaceti or sweet--
For your hand a performance scarce proper--
So some careful professional person secure,
For the laundress will not be a safe amateur,
To assist you in _cleaning the copper_.

* * * * *

Thus your etching complete, it remains but to hint
That with certain assistance from paper and print,
Which the proper mechanic will settle,
You may charm all your friends--without any sad tale
Of such perils and ills as beset Lady Sale--
With a fine _India Proof of your metal_."[8]

[Illustration:
WOODWARD, _engr. by_ ROWLANDSON. _"Desire," Jan. 20th, 1800._

DESIRE.]

[Illustration:
W. H. BUNBURY. _"Strephon and Chloe," July 1st, 1804._

SENTIMENTAL COURTSHIP.]

[Illustration:
W. H. BUNBURY. _"The Salutation Tavern," July 21st, 1801._

A FASHIONABLE SALUTATION.]

[Illustration:
G. M. WOODWARD. _"General Complaint," May 5th, 1796._

"Don't tell me of generals raised from mere boys,
Though, believe me, I mean not their laurel to taint;
But the general, I'm sure, that will make the most noise,
If the war still goes on, will be General Complaint."

_Face p. 11._]

FOOTNOTES:

[1] "Nor London singly can his porter boast,
Alike 'tis famed on every foreign coast;
For this the Frenchman leaves his Bordeaux wine,
And pours libations at our Thames's shrine;
Afric retails it 'mongst her swarthy sons,
And haughty Spain procures it for her Dons.
Wherever Britain's powerful flag has flown,
there London's celebrated porter's known."

--_The Art of Living in London_ (6th edition 1805).

[2] One quotation shall suffice. Mr. William Bates tells us in his
admirable "Maclise Portrait Gallery":--"He _never_ transgressed the
narrow line that separates wit from buffoonery, pandered to
sensuality, glorified vice or raised a laugh at the expense of
decency. Satire _never_ in his hands degenerated into savagery or
scurrility. A moral purpose _ever_ underlaid his humour; he sought
to instruct or