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Excerpt from Rembrandt and His Works: Comprising a Short Account of His Life; With a Critical Examination Into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour; Illustrated by Examples From the Etchings of Rembrandt
With these remarks I must now launch the result of my labours, having had constantly in mind that feeling which an advocate has in a good cause, not to expect, by all his exertions, to increase the reputation of his client, but an anxiety not to damage it by his weakness. Before concluding I must again revert to the interest that all my friends have taken in the success of this publication; and though it may appear invidious to particularise any, I cannot omit mention of that enthusiastic admirer of Rembrandt, my young friend Mr. E. W. Cooke;_ the Messrs. Smith, of Lisle-street, the connoisseurs and extensive dealers in his Etchings Mr. Carpenter, the keeper of the prints in the British Museum; and, lastly, my young literary friend, Mr. Peter Cunningham, who has, from the beginning, entered heartily into the cause of Rembrandt and his Works.
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