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painted a Landscape. 



n 



like 



manner a beautiful woman re- 



presented during a fainting fit, may display great ingenuity in 

 the artist ; but surely this is sickly picturesqueness. 



Th 



Sub- 



jects represented by Salvator Rosa, and our English Mortimer 



are deemed picturesq 



? 



but 



the 



d 



of 



are they fit objects to copy for 



man in a polished and civilized state 



Cer 



tainly not. This naturally leads to th 



e inquiry, how far we 



may avail ourselves of picturesque circumstances in real Land 

 scape. These circumstances may be classed under three heads 



Steej 



o 



d 



a 



brupt 



rocks 

 wood 



Wat 



er in 



rapid 



law 



^n, and smooth 



motion; for, we may consider 



water, as common to all landscapes, whether in Cornwall or in 

 Lincolnshire. 



In th 



D 



be 



through Leigh Wood 



taken of the steepness ; but it should 



some advantage 



e 



object of beauty from the precipitous side of the road 



object of terror, by making the roads too steep 



hewn as an 



d not 



Th 



ere 



many places in which romantic rocks are now to 



tally hid by brushwood ; these doubtl 



require to be brought 



into view. But of all picturesque objects, there is none so interest 



1 



»g as Water in rapid motion 



J 



and it is the duty of art to avail 



itself of every opportunity to force it into notice ; in a mountain 



ntry there hardly exists a dell or dingle, in which 



stream, that might be drawn forth to foi 



some 



in th 



e 



Picturesque Landscap 



m a 



amongst the long grass 

 fore entirely lost. 



h does not steal its 

 foliage of brushwood 



conspicuous part 



way unseen 



and is there- 





