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opinion of Raphaelle, that although he was an
Angel in comparifon of the moderns, he was a?t ajs in
refpecl of the ancients. PoussiN, fay fome, only fpeaks
the language of a Have to the antique ; not the decifion
of a liberal painter : while others think, that becaufe
he faw things with more than ufual perfpicurty, he was
led to fuch a fentiment. Nor is it fo derogatory to
the genius of Raphaelle, as appears at firft fight,,
if we confider the early period at which his career
terminated : what might not that genius have done in
an additional twenty years !
As he painted principally eafel-pieces, Poussin's
pictures are circulated every where , and when not too
obfcure are highly valued. His drawings are generally
a fimple outline, and merely indications of the principal
fnadows inferred with a biftre wafli.
*iV* A refpeclable correfpondent, who figns himfelf B.
B- informs us, that he has heard of a composition which is
faid to be extremely ufeful in drawing Architecture, &c
to cover thofe parts which are intended to be kept
white, while the parts about them are coloured; fo that, al-
though the whole may be coloured as defigned, yet by the
removal of the compofition, the parts under it are prefer-
ved. If we underftand him rightly, we might in fiance
in the panes of windows ; where a narrow and light
fireak reprefents the wood, while the glafs is ufually
blackened : this light ftreak might be preferved by the
compofition, although the whole was warned over
deeply. We contels we have no knowledge of any inch
compofition, and if any of our readers will pleafe to
communicate information of any fuch, and of its
utility, it (hall certainly be inferted in our work.
Perhaps it may be fome peculiar preparation of
ifinglafsy which though fjuid when warm, when cold,
acquire^ a confidence, and may chip up on being
touched,
opinion of Raphaelle, that although he was an
Angel in comparifon of the moderns, he was a?t ajs in
refpecl of the ancients. PoussiN, fay fome, only fpeaks
the language of a Have to the antique ; not the decifion
of a liberal painter : while others think, that becaufe
he faw things with more than ufual perfpicurty, he was
led to fuch a fentiment. Nor is it fo derogatory to
the genius of Raphaelle, as appears at firft fight,,
if we confider the early period at which his career
terminated : what might not that genius have done in
an additional twenty years !
As he painted principally eafel-pieces, Poussin's
pictures are circulated every where , and when not too
obfcure are highly valued. His drawings are generally
a fimple outline, and merely indications of the principal
fnadows inferred with a biftre wafli.
*iV* A refpeclable correfpondent, who figns himfelf B.
B- informs us, that he has heard of a composition which is
faid to be extremely ufeful in drawing Architecture, &c
to cover thofe parts which are intended to be kept
white, while the parts about them are coloured; fo that, al-
though the whole may be coloured as defigned, yet by the
removal of the compofition, the parts under it are prefer-
ved. If we underftand him rightly, we might in fiance
in the panes of windows ; where a narrow and light
fireak reprefents the wood, while the glafs is ufually
blackened : this light ftreak might be preferved by the
compofition, although the whole was warned over
deeply. We contels we have no knowledge of any inch
compofition, and if any of our readers will pleafe to
communicate information of any fuch, and of its
utility, it (hall certainly be inferted in our work.
Perhaps it may be fome peculiar preparation of
ifinglafsy which though fjuid when warm, when cold,
acquire^ a confidence, and may chip up on being
touched,