Deseret Evening News | 1901-06-29 | Page 21 | The Highest Priced Engraving in the World

I T THE EunO HIGHEST EST PRICED ENGRAVING ENGRA VINO IN IN THE WORLD I ru r a I I l r 1 r f ll 1 V 1 t tI r 4 I I Ir If Ir f E r 1 r 1 1 y yr t r r rl l t l 1 f fer 1 er h rr d r r tt YS 0 T e t It A I d r rt t t 1 I q I What Is slid said to have hae been b en a n price for an engraving was recently I tor fr the original of ot this Illustration It represents Sir Joshua olds t picture Mrs 1111 Carnac Camac and though not by any Rny m the tho most famous of his paintings this engraving by b J It R Smith was sold Bold at nt the tho price of oC 15 KOO During DurIn Reynolds lifetime his paintings sold any anywhere where Ihm from 1260 O to 1100 each earh but Lut now note that he hI has been dead a hundred years and more snore a hundred the latter price has been Leen paid for tor other paint Ings Ingras as n for tor Instance on un the occasion lon of the of tho the famous Gains Gainsborough borough by b Mr 11 J PIerpont Morgan not lung long ago allO It Is la hardly likely however how er the Reynolds paintings will continue to increase In value In the s same me ra m ratio ratio tio ns as the thc pigments he used ate are showing signs III n of ot deterioration and cannot be warranted to endure like those of the great grent Italian Dutch and antl Venetian artists artista I