Falkener, Edward: Daedalus or the causes and principles of the excellence of Greek sculpture (London, 1860)

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which is never praised for his skilful porticos ;
the cocked-hat of Wellington on the Marble Arch ;1

From Albert Gate. From Piccadilly.

the bare-headed, pig-tailed king of Pall Mall; or
the supposed saddlegirth-lacking horse of the king
at Charing Cross, it is equally the same.3

But in order to prove our position, let us leave
Sculpture for a moment, and look at Painting.
Which work of the great masters is it which has
attained the greatest celebrity, Avhich most excites
our sympathies, and most commands our admira-

1 A statue which is certainly so ill designed that it might be
taken for that of a grenadier, whether viewed from Piccadilly or
the Albert Gate.

2 Zeuxis had the same reason to complain when he found his
centaurs wondered at, but his picture not admired, as a modern
artist would who heard encomiums passed upon his frame.