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 wood engraving extended life and a wide area of publication.

Stéphane Pannemaker (Pannemaker fils) has had this distinction in two continents, and Jonnard, the Belgian engraver, has been produced in this country as well as in France and in his own. A splendid example of his work is a portrait of Lady Hamilton, which appeared in the Magazine of Art October, 1889. And in the pages of the Graphic appeared the remarkable series of pictures after the pictures of Rembrandt by H. Baude, which are at once masterly specimens of modern wood engraving, and wonderfully brilliant in their interpretation of the feeling of the originals.

In size some of these measure 13-1/2 inches by 17-1/2 inches, and the translator has superbly rendered the qualities of the master he copied. One especially fine piece of work by Baude appeared as a full-page illustration in the Graphic on August 14, 1886, and is from a portrait by Rembrandt in the Gallery of the Hermitage at St. Petersburg.

Of Jonnard there have been many examples illustrated in this country, and we are enabled to reproduce a fine specimen of his work which appeared in Messrs. Cassell's Magazine of Art in 1889, La Tricoteuse, after Millet. The original size of this engraving is 6-1/2 inches by 8-3/4 inches, and it naturally suffers somewhat by reduction. The original wood engraving is rich in quality, and suggests the colour of the foliage in a peculiarly delightful manner. The figure of the peasant girl knitting is masterly in its rendering of the work of Millet, which arrests one by its pathos and realism.