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Plate 29. No. 32.
Is a very beautiful and elaborate composition. The figure on the middle horse is of a very elegant
form and character, and partakes more of the feminine than any of the rest. It differs also from the
rest by carrying a spear in his right hand. The drapery is rich and luxuriant, and the boots
perfectly correspond with Homer's description, mmputii A^«<oi, the well-booted Greeks. The action
of the last horse is of a compound nature, and designates that momentary confusion in the legs which
precedes the change from one pace to another. The whole of this group is executed in a very fine
and exalted style.
Plate 30. No. 33.
Is an interesting composition, although the whole of it is not of equal merit. There is great
ease and pliancy in the attitude of the first figure, and the cloak is so happily disposed as to
counterbalance the projection of the opposite hip. The horse is one of the worst in the whole
collection. The position of the head is stiff and constrained, and the legs are not placed in the
proper centre of gravity.
The other two figures have nothing particular to recommend them. The boy appears to be in
the act of adjusting some part of the dress of the figure that stands before him.
Plate 29. No. 32.
Is a very beautiful and elaborate composition. The figure on the middle horse is of a very elegant
form and character, and partakes more of the feminine than any of the rest. It differs also from the
rest by carrying a spear in his right hand. The drapery is rich and luxuriant, and the boots
perfectly correspond with Homer's description, mmputii A^«<oi, the well-booted Greeks. The action
of the last horse is of a compound nature, and designates that momentary confusion in the legs which
precedes the change from one pace to another. The whole of this group is executed in a very fine
and exalted style.
Plate 30. No. 33.
Is an interesting composition, although the whole of it is not of equal merit. There is great
ease and pliancy in the attitude of the first figure, and the cloak is so happily disposed as to
counterbalance the projection of the opposite hip. The horse is one of the worst in the whole
collection. The position of the head is stiff and constrained, and the legs are not placed in the
proper centre of gravity.
The other two figures have nothing particular to recommend them. The boy appears to be in
the act of adjusting some part of the dress of the figure that stands before him.