Trois essais : Sur beauté pittoresque sur la pittoresque ; voyage ; et sur l'ébauche d'un poème : paysage, paysage sur paintingTo ces sont maintenant ajoutées deux essais, de rendre compte des principes et mode dans lequel l'auteur exécuté ses propres dessins. . De haute excellence thechief finiftring ownrough ; sa manière est certainement préférable, dans whichwe rftoft ont de la force, et d'fpirit hisexpreffion. La manière de n'workspleafes moi fo bien, comme dans un fmall acorner imprimer de d'une pièce-houfe. Il y a plus fpiritin un travail de ce genre, (chariot à une fois chaud,de l'imagination, qu'en

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Three essays : On picturesque beauty; On picturesque travel; and On sketching landscape : with a poem, on landscape paintingTo these are now added two essays, giving an account of the principles and mode in which the author executed his own drawings. . thechief excellence of high-finiftring; his ownrough manner is certainly preferable; in whichwe have rftoft of the force, and fpirit of hisexpreffion. The manner in none of his workspleafes me fo well, as in a fmall print of acorner of a play-houfe. There is more fpiritin a work of this kind, (truck off at once, warm from the imagination, than in all the coldcorrednefs of an elaborate engraving. If allhis works had been executed in this ftyle, witha few improvements in the compofition, andthe management of light, they would certainlyhave been a more valuable collection of printsthan they are. The Rakes Progrefs, and fomeof his other works, are both etched and engra-ved by himfelf: they are well done ; but it isplain he meant them as furniture. As worksdefigned for a critics eye, they would havebeen better without the engraving ; except afew touches in a very few places. The wantof effecl: too would have been lefs confpicuous, which in his higheft fmifhed prints is difagree-ably (inking.. ( 127 ) CHAP. IV. Remarks on particular Prints. AVING thus examined the characters offeveral mafters, I fhall now make a few-remarks on fome particular prints, by way ofilluftrating the obfervations that have been made.The firft print I fhall criticize, is The Resurrection of Lazarus, byBloemart. Wih regard to defign, this print has greatmerit. The point of time is very judiciouflychofen. It is a point between the firft com-mand, Lazarus, come forth; and the fecond, Loofe him, and let him go. The aftonifhmentof the two fifters is now over. The predomi-nant paflion is gratitude; which is difcoveringitfelf in praife. One of the attendants is tellingS the ( 128 ) the ftupified man, That is your fifter. Him-felf, collecting his fcattered ide

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