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The fquared piece not taking all the delicate ftrokes of the
puncheon, which commonly is ufed for the raifing of the relievo,
there is a great deal more to be done to finifh the concave, which
is performed with fteel tools, as little chiffels, burins, fharp gra-
vers, echops, riffloirs, little chiffels with files at the end, and fe-
veral other tools, fome to cut, fome to hew, fome ftraight, fome
crooked, which the artificer provides hirnfelf with, and tempers
and rubs on a pumice-ffone.
As the puncheon is made ufe of, it is from time to time brufh-
ed with a fort of brafs wire.
When the figures are finifhed, he engraves the reft of the me-
dal, as the moulding of the borders, the letters, &c. for which
he ufes the tracer, the ingrailer, and other puncheons well Heel-
ed and tempered ; thofe that are ufed for the mouldings and
letters, are ftruck and impreffed on the puncheon with a ham-
mer ; for neither the burin nor the little chiffel can engrave let-
ters to the fame perfection as thefe puncheons.
There are abundance of other little things neceffary to be done
in medals, according to the nature of the defign, which muft be
ftruck alfo as well as the letters.
As for the little chiffels, they are to be touched lightly with a
mallet, more or lefs as the work requires.
To write or engrave upon an egg, pebble, flinty &c. Write what
you pleafe with wax or greafe upon an egg, pebble, flint, &c.
then put it into the ftrongeft fpirit of vinegar or fpirit of fall,
Jetting it lie two or three days, and you will find every place
about the letters or writing eaten or confumed away ; but the
places, where the wax or greafe was, not touched at all.
ENVY, is reprefented by a wonderful lean old man, with a
pale and meagre face, in whofe withered cheeks age has wrought
deep furrows and wrinkles.
EQUALITY, is reprefented, in painting, by a middle-aged
woman, holding a pair of fcales in her right hand, and the neft
of a fwallow feeding her young ones in her left.—The fcales de-
note Juftice duly weighing actions ; the fwallow, the father of
a family dividing his eftate equally among his children, imitating
the fwallow, that never takes from one to give to another.
Equality, is alfo reprefented, in painting, by a lady, light-
ing two torches at once.
ERATO, takes her name from ^5, love or defire ; fhe is
one of the nine mufes, and is painted with a fweet and comely
countenance, her temples encompaffed with myrtles and rofes,
bearing a heart with an iron key; by her fide, Cupid winged
with a lighted torch, having his bow and quiver at his back.
ERROR, is reprefented, in painting, by a man in a pilgrim's
habit, groping qut his way blindfold.—The cloth blinding him,
fignifie$
The fquared piece not taking all the delicate ftrokes of the
puncheon, which commonly is ufed for the raifing of the relievo,
there is a great deal more to be done to finifh the concave, which
is performed with fteel tools, as little chiffels, burins, fharp gra-
vers, echops, riffloirs, little chiffels with files at the end, and fe-
veral other tools, fome to cut, fome to hew, fome ftraight, fome
crooked, which the artificer provides hirnfelf with, and tempers
and rubs on a pumice-ffone.
As the puncheon is made ufe of, it is from time to time brufh-
ed with a fort of brafs wire.
When the figures are finifhed, he engraves the reft of the me-
dal, as the moulding of the borders, the letters, &c. for which
he ufes the tracer, the ingrailer, and other puncheons well Heel-
ed and tempered ; thofe that are ufed for the mouldings and
letters, are ftruck and impreffed on the puncheon with a ham-
mer ; for neither the burin nor the little chiffel can engrave let-
ters to the fame perfection as thefe puncheons.
There are abundance of other little things neceffary to be done
in medals, according to the nature of the defign, which muft be
ftruck alfo as well as the letters.
As for the little chiffels, they are to be touched lightly with a
mallet, more or lefs as the work requires.
To write or engrave upon an egg, pebble, flinty &c. Write what
you pleafe with wax or greafe upon an egg, pebble, flint, &c.
then put it into the ftrongeft fpirit of vinegar or fpirit of fall,
Jetting it lie two or three days, and you will find every place
about the letters or writing eaten or confumed away ; but the
places, where the wax or greafe was, not touched at all.
ENVY, is reprefented by a wonderful lean old man, with a
pale and meagre face, in whofe withered cheeks age has wrought
deep furrows and wrinkles.
EQUALITY, is reprefented, in painting, by a middle-aged
woman, holding a pair of fcales in her right hand, and the neft
of a fwallow feeding her young ones in her left.—The fcales de-
note Juftice duly weighing actions ; the fwallow, the father of
a family dividing his eftate equally among his children, imitating
the fwallow, that never takes from one to give to another.
Equality, is alfo reprefented, in painting, by a lady, light-
ing two torches at once.
ERATO, takes her name from ^5, love or defire ; fhe is
one of the nine mufes, and is painted with a fweet and comely
countenance, her temples encompaffed with myrtles and rofes,
bearing a heart with an iron key; by her fide, Cupid winged
with a lighted torch, having his bow and quiver at his back.
ERROR, is reprefented, in painting, by a man in a pilgrim's
habit, groping qut his way blindfold.—The cloth blinding him,
fignifie$