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 164 what I myself had before concluded upon. Judging as he did that if the Fuseli Shakespeare is worth twenty-five guineas, these will be at least worth thirty, and that the inferior ones cannot be done at any rate under fifteen. Mr. Flaxman advises that the best engravers should be engaged in the work, as its magnitude demands all the talents that can be procured. Mr. Flaxman named the following eight as proper subjects for prints:

i. "The Vision of Atossa from Æschylus."

ii. "Apparition of Darius."

iii. "Black-eyed Susan." a figure on the seashore embracing a corse.

iv. "The Shipwreck," with the man on horse-back, and which I have.

v. "Hecate": a very fine thing indeed, which I have.

vi. "Pliny": very fine, but very unfinished, which I have.

vii. "Lear and Cordelia," belonging to Mr. Walker.