“Our Bank of Elegance notes are not in high credit. But our Bank of Arts notes ought to be, when the bank is Henry Blackburn’s & Co., and the notes are his Grosvenor Gallery Notes, and his Academy Notes for 1878. Never were more unmistakable cases of “value received,” than theirs who purchase these two wonderful shillingsworths—the best aids to memory, for the collections they relate to, that have ever been produced. The Illustrations, excellent records of the pictures, in many cases from sketches by the painters, are full of spirit, and, for their scale, wonderfully effective; the remarks terse, and to the point. After Punch’s Own Guide to the Academy, and the Grosvenor, the best, he has no hesitation in saying, are Mr. Blackburn’s.”—Punch, June 7, 1878.
UNIFORM WITH “ACADEMY NOTES.”
The Royal Scottish Academy Notes, 1878.
Containing One Hundred and Seventeen Illustrations of the Chief Works, from Drawings by the Artists. Edited by George R. Halkett. 1s.
Notes to the Seventeenth Exhibition of the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1878.
Containing 95 Illustrations, chiefly from Drawings by the Artists. Edited by George R. Halkett. 1s.
Folio, half-bound boards, India proofs, 21s.
Blake (William).
Etchings from his Works. By William Bell Scott. With descriptive Text.