H2 The Dance of Death.

this portrait has occurred in wood, and, if this be only 3conjecture on the part of the engraver, the distance of timebetween the respective artists is an objection to its validity,though it is possible that Holbein might have engraved onwood, because there are prints which have all the appearanceof belonging to him, that have his usual mark, accompaniedby an engraving tool. There is no text to these etchings,except the Latin scriptural passages under each, that occurin the original editions in that language. As a sort of fron-tispiece to the work, Hollar has transferred the last cutof the allegorical shield of arms, supported by a lady andgentleman, to the beginning, with the appropriate title ofmortalivm nobilitas. The other subjects are, i. Adamand Eve in Paradise. 2. Their expulsion from Paradise.3. Adam digging, Eve spinning. 4. The Pope. 5. TheEmperor. 6. The Empress. 7. The Queen. 8. The9. The Duke. 10. The Bishop. 11. The12. The Abbot. 13. The Abbess. 14. TheThe Nun. 16. The Preacher. 17. The Phy-. The Soldier, or Warrior. 19. The Advocate.20. The married couple. 21. The Duchess. 22. TheMerchant. 23. The Pedlar. 24. The Miser. 25. TheWaggoner with wine casks. 26. The Gamesters. 27. TheOld Man. 28. The old Woman. 29. The Infant. Ofthese, Nos. 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 23, 27, and 28, correspondwith the Lyons wood-cuts, except that in No. 1 a stag isomitted, and there are some variations; in No. 6, thewindows of the palace are altered; in No. 13, a windowis added to the house next to the nunnery ; and in No. 9,a figure is introduced, and the ducal palace much altered;in No. 23, a sword is omitted. They are all reverses, exceptNo. 5. The rest of the subjects are reversed, with one

exception, from the copies by ^yj in the spurious edition

first printed at Cologne in 1555, with occasional very slightvariations. Hollar's copies from the original cuts are in asmall degree less both in width and depth. In the subjectof Death and the Soldier he has not shown his judgmentin making use of the spurious edition rather than the farmore elegant and interesting original; 10 and it is remarkable10 See p. 39.

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