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mirror before her, wherein she views herself down to the middle, and is seemingly 

 surprised at it. On the frame of this glass, are seen a gilt pallet and pencils. 

 Truth has a book and a palm branch in her hand." * * * 



Of the application of requisites with respect to the different conditions of persons. 

 " It will not be foreign to our main design to put the artist in mind of the appli- 

 cation and right use of such materials as may enrich a portrait and make it look 



the more noble . Since it is certain that the vices as well as virtues have 



two powerful qualities, and, though contrary to each other, yet both tend to good 

 purpose; nay, a wicked person may be a virtuous example, be rescued from evil, 

 &c. To come then the better to this excellent point, let us by noble by-ivorks make 

 known their virtues, manners, and particular inclinations, and exhibit them with 

 their persons, in a conspicuous manner. Wherefore I shall lay down some ex- 

 amples. As for a cruel prince, or tyrant, either in his court, apartment, or other 

 place, even in his revels, &c. each requires its proper embellishment : the apart- 

 ment may be adorned with paintings of all sort of punishments and cruelties, 

 drawn from the blackest parts of history. If it be NERO, let all or some of the cruel- 

 ties of his bloody reign be painted, &c. ; his drinking equipage may be ornamented 

 with noxious animals, as serpents, adders, &c. ; his chair with tygers, lions, and 

 dragons, &c. ; his throne may be supported by Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, and Pluto ; 

 the floor curiously inlaid with a celestial sphere of Lapis Lazuli, &c. If the scene 

 lies in his dining-room the household gods may be seen thrown down in all 

 corners. In fine, every thing that can denote a wicked man or monster, art must 

 exhibit. The same character should also appear in the actions, looks, and dresses of 

 his retinue or guards; for we usually say, " Like master like man. 



" But not to dwell too long with Princes, we shall speak of other characters, and 

 show what suits them. 



" With a Burgomaster suits the statue of Justice ; and in paintings or hangings 

 some emblems of it, representing the rewards of the good, and punishment of the 

 bad, &c. 



" With a Senator agrees the statue of Policy, and in painting or hangings, some 

 representations of the laws ; besides prudence and care for the state. 



" With a Secretary, the statue of Harpocrates, also the emblem of Fidelity, or a 

 goose with a stone in its bill. 



" With a Director of the East India Company, the figure of a statue of it, to wit, 

 an heroine with a scollop of mother of pearl on her head, in the nature of an 

 helmet, and thereon a coral branch ; a breast ornament of scales, pearls and corals 

 about her neck ; buskins on her legs, with two dolphins conjoined head to head, 

 adorned with sea-shells, two large shells on her shoulders, a trident in her hand, 

 and her clothing a Jong mantle; a landscape behind her of an Indian prospect, with 

 palm and cocoa trees, some figures of blacks, and elephants' teeth. 



" This figure also suits an Admiral, or Commander at sea, when a sea fight is 

 introduced instead of a landscape. 



"With a Divine (qu. Bishop ?) agrees the statue of Truth, represented in a 

 christian-like manner, or else this same emblem in one of his hands, and his other 

 on his breast ; besides hangings, low reliefs, and paintings, and a representation of 

 the Old and New Testament, and in the offscape a temple. 



" With a Sea Insurer suits Avion on a dolphin; and in a picture a sea haven with 

 a ship making towards it ; on the shore the figure of Fortune, and over the cargo 

 Castor and Pollux. 



" With a Steersman suits the figure of Precaution ; besides a compass ; and in a 

 picture, the four cardinal points. 



" With a virtuous young man the figure of Virtue ; and on a wall Horace's em- 

 blem of the young man in the stadium or course, or else the young Hercules standing 

 between Virtue and Vice. Some things are also proper to women, to betoken their 

 virtue and qualities. 



" With a young and sober virgin suits the figure of Neatness ; an embroidering 

 frame and its furniture ; besides emblems relating to it! among which that of 

 Business shunning Idleness, Piide, and Gluttony have a principal place." 



We could go on extracting to the end of the hundredth page, without 

 stumbling upon any thing less curious than the instructions we have 



