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1 print : stipple engraving, with etching ; en chine, sheet 34.4 x 25 cm, platemark 35.9 x 26.8 cm

A young woman, taken by surprise, covers her breasts. Stipple engraving with etching by W. Roffe after C.-M. Dubufe.

The statue (subsequently in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), shown in a niche, with "The tinted Venus" carved on the base

1 print : stipple engraving, with etching ; en chine, sheet 33.3 x 23.5 cm, platemark 36.2 x 26.2 cm

The tinted Venus. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after J. Gibson.

"St. George. From the medal by W. Wyon, R.A. The history of numismatics informs us, that the art of engraving dies for medals, distinct from coins or moneys, is of far more recent origin than either of the other arts to which the term "fine" may be applied. Among the Greeks, medals and medallions were very rare; the earliest information we have concerning them dating no further back than the time when Greece was under the dominion of Imperial Rome. The peculiarities of modern medals, by which is meant those that have been executed during the last five hundred years, is that they often exhibit the portraits of illustrious persons, not of royal or princely houses,—warriors, philosophers, statesmen, poets, &c. Apparently insignificant as these works of art may be, the genius and skill necessary for their perfect production are by no means of a common order; and the study of them by the historian has frequently thrown considerable light upon passages of history otherwise obscure; the information obtained is generally gathered from the inscription, legends, and dates which they supply. An art of so much national and individual importance, and one requiring artistic talent of a high degree, demands some recognition on the part of those who have art-honours to confer; Mr. Wyon’s place among the members of the Royal Academy, is a position to which he is justly entitled as the first die-engraver of our time. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the desire to encourage every branch of art among us, of which we have had, and still have, so many proofs, some time back commissioned Mr. Wyon to execute for him a medal of "St. George,"—the titular saint of his adopted country; and the artist's design of the subject is seen in the engraving which Mr. Wyon, with the Prince's permission, has kindly permitted us to make. The composition is most spirited, scarcely if at all inferior to some of Flaxman's, and the drawing of the horse and his rider is most admirable. The former was modelled from the Prince's favourite horse "Imaun”, at Windsor. The inscription on this side of the medal is Treu und fest —"Faithful and firm"; the obverse bears a portrait of the Prince, who sat to Mr. Wyon for the purpose; with the inscription Albertus Princeps Victoriae Reginae Conjux, and the date of the year 1845. The medal is not large, about two inches in diameter, but the workmanship is exquisite."--The art journal, loc. cit.

Saint George on horseback, naked and wearing a helmet, fighting the dragon. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon, ca. 1851.

Isaac Barrow. Engraving by W. Roffe after M. Noble.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after J. Ruskin after G.G. Cimabue.

Jenny Lind (1820-1887), a Swedish singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". She performed in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and undertook a concert tour of America beginning in 1850. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music from 1840. Sculpted bust looking to right

1 print : stipple engraving ; image 20.5 x 12.5 cm

Jenny Lind. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after J. Durham.

1 print : line engraving, with stipple ; image 14.4 x 20.4 cm

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A young woman, taken by surprise, covers her breasts. Stipple engraving with etching by W. Roffe after C.-M. Dubufe.

The tinted Venus. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after J. Gibson.

Saint George on horseback, naked and wearing a helmet, fighting the dragon. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon, ca. 1851.

Isaac Barrow. Engraving by W. Roffe after M. Noble.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after J. Ruskin after G.G. Cimabue.

Jenny Lind. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after J. Durham.

Tomb for a young child showing its body on a raft steered by an angel. Line engraving with stipple by W. Roffe after F.M. Miller.

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A young woman, taken by surprise, covers her breasts. Stipple engraving with etching by W. Roffe after C.-M. Dubufe.

The tinted Venus. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after J. Gibson.

Saint George on horseback, naked and wearing a helmet, fighting the dragon. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon, ca. 1851.

Isaac Barrow. Engraving by W. Roffe after M. Noble.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after J. Ruskin after G.G. Cimabue.

Jenny Lind. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after J. Durham.

Tomb for a young child showing its body on a raft steered by an angel. Line engraving with stipple by W. Roffe after F.M. Miller.

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