some doubtlessly genuine portraits of Mary Queen of Scots, perhaps of no one have there been so many fictitious or 'fancy' portraits. Granger specifies above thirty engravings of her, and has yet omitted many. Among the portraits of her generally considered authentic is one by N. Hilliard, inscribed "Anno Dni 1579, M. R." It is a miniature in the possession of C. S. Bale, Esq. Another, with Henry Darnley, said to be by Vincentino, is in the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch.* But our business, just now is not with genuine portraits, but with false and unsatisfactory portraits, and those as connected with engravings. One would think the most 'unsatisfactory' portrait to be had would be one without a head! Yet, however rational, amusing, and instructive the collection of Portraits may be, it sometimes leads, like other pursuits, to great eccentricities, and among them is sometimes evinced a desire by collectors to get a portrait with the face blank! There are, for instance, impressions of some of Houbraken's plates, taken after the borders and vignettes were done, but before the portrait was engraved; and collectors, bitten with the 'Graphiomania,' will give more for these, on account of their rarity, than for the finished work. Some of the earlier engravers have taken similar proofs of their works. There is a print by Hollar of a man standing in a landscape, with deer in the distance, having a space left blank, where the head should be, for the insertion of any portrait that might be required, and this space was afterwards filled in with that of Charles II.; and there is an impression, doubtless unique, of the extremely rare print of Sir John Burgh, by Cecil, before the face was inserted, which would perhaps be preferred to the finished print by some who love a print, for its money's worth, as others love a lady, not for her beauty or mind, but for her stake in Consols.' Thus the portrait of Uytenbogaert, called 'the Gold-Weigher,' *There is a very rare, probably unique, print by Elstracke, of Mary and Darnley, standing side by side. This, at the Duke of Buckingham's sale at Sotheby's, sold for £33. 10s. by Rembrandt, in the first state, that is with the face only in outline, sold at Sotheby's in 1864 for £51. Another class of portraits which may be noticed here as 'unsatisfactory,' are those which have been altered from the image of one person to that of another. There are numerous instances of this practice known both to old times and to the present day. I shall not interfere with the latter, but may mention some curious cases occuring among old prints. That of Sir John Burgh, for example, cited above, was altered to Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, and the value of the print greatly differs in the two portraits. The latter may be purchased for half-a-crown: the former has sold for as much as eleven guineas! (To be continued.) BOOKS WANTED. 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