f,
before the pillar, arch, verses, or any inscription: presque
unique_. 9 19 6

99 261. The Gold Weigher; _1st impression, with_ THE FACE
BLANK, _extremely rare_. 10 10 0

100 261. Ditto; _a most beautiful and brilliant impression;
and esteemed the_ finest _extant_. From the collection of
Capt. Baillie. 21 0 0

101 262. The Little Coppenol, with the picture; _the second
and rarest impression, generally esteemed the 1st_; from the
Earl of Bute's collection. 7 7 0

102 262. Ditto; without the picture, very fine. 1 13 0

103 263. The great Coppenol, remarkably fine. 4 14 6

104 265. The Advocate Tol; _a superb impression, extremely
rare with the copy_. 54 12 0

145 265. The Burgo-master Six; _a most extraordinary
impression, the name and age of the Burgo-master are
wanting, and the two middle figures in the date are
reversed: a very great rarity_. 36 15 0

Perhaps the finest collection of REMBRANDT'S PRINTS, in
great Britain, is that in the possession of Lord Viscount
Fitzwilliam, at Richmond; a nobleman of extremely retired
habits, and equally distinguished for his taste, candour,
and erudition. His Paintings and Books are of the very first
class.]

LYSAND. Do so; and attend the shops of Mr. Richardson, Mr. Woodburn,
and Mr. Grave, and you may soon have a chance of gratifying your
appetite in these strange particulars. But beware of a HOGARTH rage!

LIS. Is that so formidable?

LYSAND. The longest life were hardly able to make the collection of
Hogarth's prints complete! The late Mr. Ireland has been the Linnaeus
to whom we are indebted for the most minute and amusing classification
of the almost innumerable varieties of the impressions of Hogarth's
plates.[439]

[Footnote 439: The Marquis of Bute has, I believe, the most
extraordinary and complete collection of HOGARTH'S PRINTS
that is known. Of the _Election Dinner_ there are six or
seven varieties; gloves, and no gloves; hats, from one to
the usual number; lemon, and no lemon; punch bowl, and no
punch bowl. But of these _varying_ prints, the most curious
is the one known by the name of _Evening_: with a little boy
and girl, crying, in the back-ground. At first, Hogarth did
_not_ paint _the girl_, and struck off very few impressions
of the plate in this state of the picture. A friend