Plate 1. The coronet impressed on the dog in the print is not in the picture. I have this series of prints in the state they were left by the original engravers, and all of them, though delicately engraved, are in some degree spotty. In the _second state_ of Plate 1, there are evident marks of the burin of Hogarth in the faces of the Citizen and Peer; and each of the characters, especially the latter, is improved. The French portrait he has designedly thrown more out of harmony than it was at first; the fringe to the canopy over the nobleman is much darker; a shadow thrown on the building seen out of the window, and on the light parts of the two dogs. _Third state_--All the shadows blacker. Engraved by G. Scotin. Guido's Judith, which forms the subject of one of the pictures, Hogarth copied from a print engraved by Dupuis. Plate 2. _First state_--A lock of hair on the forehead of the lady, generally inserted with Indian ink, but sometimes left without. _Second state_--Lock of hair engraved, and shadows on the carpet, etc. stronger. Engraved by B. Baron. Plate 3. In the original picture, an alembic under the table is seen through the cloth. In the _second state_ of the print, the character of the nobleman's face is altered; the bow under his chin is broader, and the shadows on the sole of his right shoe considerably strengthened. Girl's cloak and woman's apron darker than at first. _Third state_--I discover no alterations, except the shadows being darkened. Engraved by B. Baron. Plate 4. One of the newspapers of March 1798, in a critique upon the opera, remarked, that "in playing upon the pianoforte, the celebrated Dusek displayed _a brilliancy of finger_ which no eulogium could do justice to!" This is lofty language, and might be very properly applied to the figure of Carestini in this print, for that mountain of mummy displays a glittering ring upon every finger of his left hand. His face, as well as that of the Countess, is in the third impression essentially altered; the curtains, frames, etc. are also of a much darker hue. Engraved by S. Ravenet. Plate 5. _Second state_--All the lights, figures on the tapestry, etc., are kept down, and the whole print brought to a more still and sombre hue. Woman's eye, eyebrow, and neck strengthened: nostril made wider. Counsellor's leg and thigh intersected with black lines, instead of the delicate marks and dots first inserted. _Third state_--Bears evident marks of a coarser burin than that of Ravenet. Engraved by R. F. Ravenet.[124]