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While courteous breezes vainly seek
QUESTION FOR CLASSICAL SCHOLARS. - "Does the fact that Vespasian had a levee in his room while he dressed in the morning, prove conclusively that the old-clothes trade existed in Rome under the Emperors?"
To try to give even the most meagre description of the collection would be a fruitless task; every one who is interested in art ought to examine it for himself and pass judgment upon it; still, we may mention here two gems of the collection. One is an engraving by...
But these are only two of the very earliest, while every school and age has some representatives in the collection. As Mr. Gray was particularly interested in those painters who engraved their own works, the collection is particularly rich in the works of Albrecht Durer, Rembrandt, and other peintres-graveurs...
While the engravings are being heliotyped, we understand the collection will not be open to visitors.