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The fee paid to the engraver was not all profit. The engraver had to pay for expendable supplies such as acid (for etching), varnish, charcoal (for polishing the plate), and paper and ink (for pulling proofs). 9 The three quarto-size copper plates for Flaxman’s Naval Pillar (1799) cost 12s. 12 The printing of a large line-engraving was a time-consuming and elaborate process. After the finished plate was highly polished, it was inked; then the ink was repeatedly wiped off, save for that in the engraved recesses, with cloths of different coarseness and then with the palm of the hand, and then prints were pulled on carefully dampened paper.

7]) that Romneys head would require much Labor & he must have 40 for it — startled as I was I replied I will not stint you in behalf of Romney — you shall have 40 — but soon after while we were looking at the smaller & slighter drawing of the Medallion He astonished me by saying I must have 30G for this – I then replied — of this point I must consider because you will observe Romneys Life can hardly circulate like Cowpers & I shall perhaps print it entirely at my own risk – So the matter rests between us at present — yet I certainly wish to have both the portraits engraved.

Joseph Ritson] (1783) 1783 Stothard, “The Fall of Rosamond” (1783) 1784 Emlyn, New Order in Architecture (1784) 1784 Fenning & Collyer, New System of Geography (1784) 1784 Wit’s Magazine, Vol. 1 (1784) 1785 [Elizabeth Blower], Maria (1785) 1785 Fenning & Collyer, New System of Geography, Vol. Emlyn 36 x 53 1 £53 G. Wilkie 18 x 25 1 £26 Harrison & Co 23 x 17 23 x 18 23 x 19 24 x 19 Thomas Cadell 8 x 13 1 1 1 2 1 £22 £22 £22 £42 £16 Joseph Johnson 17 x 20 1 £25 J. Fentum 20 x 28 1* £26 1 £33 1 £53 George 26 x 22 Hadfield J.