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Publisher A. H. Payne of Leipzig and Dresden put out a number of books with high-quality steel engravings of famous works. Here are some of the 134 plates contained in his 1850 two-volume set "Payne's Royal Dresden Gallery: being a selection of subjects engraved after pictures by the Great Masters, Berchem, Bol, Canaletto...with accompanying notices consisting of Tales, Biographies etc.". These plates were offered for sale in early 2009 by history_on_paper.