[Illustration: BRITISH SCHOOL, XVIII CENTURY ARIADNE. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING IN THE DRESDEN GALLERY, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY V. A. BRUCKMANN, MUNICH Maria Angelica Kauffman. R.A., Painter 1741-1807] [Illustration: BRITISH SCHOOL, XVIII CENTURY PORTRAIT OF MISS HARRIOT POWELL. FROM A MEZZOTINT BY RICHARD HOUSTON. THE PROOF LENT BY MR. ALFRED DAVIS Miss Catharine Read, Painter Died about 1786] [Illustration: PORTRAIT OF MISS JONES. FROM AN ENGRAVING BY J. WATSON, DATED 1767. THE PRINT LENT BY MR. ALFRED DAVIS Miss Catharine Read, Painter Died about 1786] [Illustration: BRITISH SCHOOL, CONTEMPORARY "THE FISHER WIFE." AFTER THE DRAWING IN WATER-COLOUR AND CRAYON, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY W. E. GRAY, LONDON Mrs. Stanhope Forbes, A.R.W.S., Painter] [Illustration: BRITISH SCHOOL, XVIII CENTURY PORTRAIT (PAINTED BY HERSELF) OF ANGELICA KAUFFMAN, R.A., AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE IN THE UFFIZI GALLERY. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY ALINARI] [Illustration: THE VESTAL VIRGIN. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE IN THE ROYAL GALLERY, DRESDEN, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY HANFSTAENGL Maria Angelica Kauffman, R.A., Painter 1741-1807] [Illustration: SCHOOL OF BRITISH WATER-COLOUR, 1793 RIVERSIDE LANDSCAPE WITH A CASTLE IN THE DISTANCE. PAINTED IN 1793, WHEN TURNER AND GIRTIN WERE ONLY EIGHTEEN. THE BREADTH AND MANNER OF THIS DRAWING ARE THEREFORE REMARKABLE, ESPECIALLY AS COMING FROM A LADY OF THAT TIME. THE SCENIC POMP OF THE DESIGN POINTS TO THE INFLUENCE OF FRANCIS NICHOLSON. AFTER THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR (19-5/8 INCHES BY 26-3/4 INCHES) IN THE PRINT ROOM OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY W. E. GRAY Amelia Hotham, Painter End of 18th Century] [Illustration: BRITISH SCHOOL, END OF XVIII CENTURY AND BEGINNING OF XIX CENTURY A COUNTRY BOY. REPRODUCED FROM AN ORIGINAL SOFT-GROUND ETCHING THAT SHOWS THE MINGLED INFLUENCES OF GAINSBOROUGH AND MORLAND Catherine Maria Fanshawe, Painter-Etcher 1765-1834] [Illustration: PORTRAIT OF SARAH, COUNTESS OF KINNOULL, FROM A STIPPLE ENGRAVING AFTER A MINIATURE BY SAMUEL SHELLEY Caroline Watson, Engraver to Queen Caroline 1760(?)-1814] [Illustration: BRITISH SCHOOL, EARLY XIX CENTURY A PINCH OF SNUFF. AFTER AN ENGRAVING BY MADAME BOVI, A PUPIL OF F. BARTOLOZZI, R.A. THE PRINT LENT BY MR. ALFRED DAVIS Lavinia Countess Spencer, Amateur Died 1831] [Illustration: PORTRAIT OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792-1822). AFTER THE ORIGINAL DRAWING IN THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY J. CASWALL SMITH Miss A. Curran, Amateur Died 1847] [Illustration: BRITISH SCHOOL, CONTEMPORARY "FLORA." REPRODUCED FROM A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTING Miss Evelyn Pickering (Mrs. William De Morgan), Painter]