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ready mode, the riches of those cabinets of pic-
tures, sculptures, and various subjects of an-
tiquity, which are lost to public admiration
from the circumstance of the heavy expense
attending their publication.
In extenuation of the numerous defects
which occur in the execution of these draw-
ings from the Elgin marbles, the opinion ex-
pressed by Mr. Hope, in the conclusion of the
preface to his elegant and instructive work
on " The Costume of the Ancients," is too apt
to the purpose to be neglected.
" In these, (outline engravings) every part
of that outline stands as it were by itself, un-
assisted and undisguised, in the fullest light,
and in the most prominent situation. In these,
whatever does not positively add to the merit
of the performance, positively detracts from
it. In these no part remains indifferent,
none can be slighted. In these not a single
unmeaning, or tame, or even superfluous
stroke of the graver can remain concealed,
ready mode, the riches of those cabinets of pic-
tures, sculptures, and various subjects of an-
tiquity, which are lost to public admiration
from the circumstance of the heavy expense
attending their publication.
In extenuation of the numerous defects
which occur in the execution of these draw-
ings from the Elgin marbles, the opinion ex-
pressed by Mr. Hope, in the conclusion of the
preface to his elegant and instructive work
on " The Costume of the Ancients," is too apt
to the purpose to be neglected.
" In these, (outline engravings) every part
of that outline stands as it were by itself, un-
assisted and undisguised, in the fullest light,
and in the most prominent situation. In these,
whatever does not positively add to the merit
of the performance, positively detracts from
it. In these no part remains indifferent,
none can be slighted. In these not a single
unmeaning, or tame, or even superfluous
stroke of the graver can remain concealed,