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THE PLATES. 69
but the architecture in the back-ground is
tinted with the aerial purple of distance.
Over the portico, seen on the left through
the arch, a pergula, or trellis-work of vines,
such as occurs in modern Italy, is visible.
On the right may be seen the manner in
which the ancients sometimes applied the
Doric order to the upper story of a private
dwelling. The figure approaching through
the opening may have been that of the
painter himself.
The little pediments of the shrines on
each side are exceedingly graceful; and the
two pictures with boats, though scarcely di-
stinguishable on so small a scale, were, when
first discovered, clear and perfect.
The figure with the lyre in the lower
compartment is not positively that which
occupies that situation; but, being more
graceful than that which happens to fill this
place, has been selected from among many
now existing in the portico.
but the architecture in the back-ground is
tinted with the aerial purple of distance.
Over the portico, seen on the left through
the arch, a pergula, or trellis-work of vines,
such as occurs in modern Italy, is visible.
On the right may be seen the manner in
which the ancients sometimes applied the
Doric order to the upper story of a private
dwelling. The figure approaching through
the opening may have been that of the
painter himself.
The little pediments of the shrines on
each side are exceedingly graceful; and the
two pictures with boats, though scarcely di-
stinguishable on so small a scale, were, when
first discovered, clear and perfect.
The figure with the lyre in the lower
compartment is not positively that which
occupies that situation; but, being more
graceful than that which happens to fill this
place, has been selected from among many
now existing in the portico.