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some fine views of Scottish scenery, including Bothwell Castle, Loch Tay, Loch Lomond, Argyll Castle, besides drawings of Caen, Abbeville, and Rouen.

Joseph Nash, in his "Mansions of England," produced some lasting work. The fine interiors of Tudor and Stuart houses are faithfully represented, and the volume is a picture gallery of delightful architecture and woodwork and furniture. Single lithographs from this series may frequently be found in the printsellers' portfolios for a shilling apiece.

T Sidney Cooper, the renowned cattle painter, has left some excellent lithographs. His Distant View of Canterbury Cathedral across the water-meadows with a group of cattle in the foreground is one well known, and Saardam, Frankfort, and Aix-la-Chapelle were done on stone by him, and bear the additional information on the print: "Drawn by F. C. Tomkins from a sketch by J. R. Planché. On stone by T. S. Cooper. A. Ducôtés, Lithog^{r.}, St. Martin's Lane." There are here indications that the art was being commercialised by the introduction of co-operative drawing and designing and lithographing and printing and publishing.

The lithographs of Louis Haghe deserve mention. He worked on the stone after Roberts and others, and himself drew some fine architectural subjects. He entered into partnership, and the title "Day and Haghe, Lithographers to the King," frequently appears on prints about the year 1834.

Nor was lithography confined to views and fancy subjects requiring great delicacy. In the illustration