Excerpt from Catalogue of an Exhibition of Engraved Portraits: Being the Effigies of the Most Famous English Writers From Chaucer to Johnson<br><br>T be art of engravingon metal, Mouglzj'louris/z ing for so many years on Me continent of E urope, was not cultivated in England till comparatively late in Me sixteenm century. Wood-engraving [tad been practised by Caxton almost simultane ously wim Me introduction of printing, but it was not until Me reign of Queen elizabem Mat foreign engravers came to England and began Me exercise of Meir art. One of Me earliest of Mese Hogenberg is said to nave been patron ized by A rc/zbis/zop Parker, and Iris portrait of Mat distinguis/zed prelate, Moug/zt by Vertue to nave been Me first portrait engraved in England, is contained in Me firesent ex}: ibition Hogen berg was followed by Rogers, wlzo seems to nave been Me first E n glis/z engraver, Me Pass family.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.