POZZUOLI 



1812. Persuading Murat to aban- 

 don Napoleon, he was active in 

 the congresses of Frankfort, Vienna, 

 and Aix-la-Chapelle, and was Rus- 

 sian ambassador in Paris, 1814-35. 

 Transferred to London in 1835, he 

 retired in 1839, and died in Paris, 

 Feb. 15, 1842. 



Pozzuoli (Gr. Dicaearchia ; Lat. 

 Puleoli). Seaport of Italy, in the 

 prov. of Naples. It stands on a 

 promontory in the Gulf of Pozzuoli, 

 itself an inlet of the Bay of Naples, 

 8 m. by rly. W. of Naples. It was a 

 commercial centre, and the sur- 

 rounding districts were crowded 

 with the residences of wealthy 

 Romans. Its mineral baths, used 



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Pozzuoli, Italy. Ruins of the Serapeum. Top, right, 

 the sea front and fishing harbour 



by the Romans, are still frequented. 

 In the vicinity are temples, tombs, 

 baths, cisterns, the Serapeum or 

 Temple of Serapis, and an amphi- 

 theatre where Nero presided at 

 gladiatorial combats, and where S. 

 Januarius was thrown to the lions. 

 From the local volcanic earth is 

 made the famous " pozzolana " 

 cement. Puteoli, founded by 

 Greeks as Dicaearchia about 520 

 B.C., was colonised by Rome in 194 

 B.C., and became an important 

 trade centre under the emperors. 

 It was destroyed by Huns and Sara- 

 cens, and has many times suffered 

 from earthquakes. Pop. 23,000. 



P.P.C. Abbrev. of the French 

 words pour prendre conge, to take 

 leave, to pay a parting call. 



P.R.A. Abbrev. for President 



of the Royal Academy (London). 



Pradier, JAMES (1792-1852). 



Swiss sculptor. Born at Geneva, 



of French parents, May 23, 1792, 



he studied 



under Lemot 



and Gerard in 



Paris. He won 



the Prix de 



Rome in 1813, 



and became a 



professor at the 



Beaux Arts, 



1827. A fol- 



James Pradier, lower of the 1878. He died 

 Swiss sculptor tradition of in 1921. 



David, he pro- 

 duced much ideal 

 and portrait 

 sculpture of a 

 coldly severe 

 classical type. He 

 died at Bougival, 

 near Paris, June 

 14, 1852. 



Pradilla,FRAN- 

 cisco (1847-1921). 

 Spanish painter. 

 Born at Villanueva 

 de Gallego, Saragossa, he studied 

 at the Madrid Academy, then at the 



Prado. The famous art gallery at Madrid; on the left 

 is the church of S. Jeronimo el Real 



Spanish Academy, Rome, of which 



he afterwards became director. 



A painter of history and genre, his 



work achieves strength and dis- 



t i n c t i o n . 



One may cite 



his Dona 



J ua n a La 



L o c a, the 



mother of 



Charles V, 



given a medal 



at the Paris 



Exposition of 



Francisco Pradilla, 

 Spanish painter 



Prado. Short name for the 

 great art gallery at Madrid, the 

 Real Museo de Pintura del Prado. 

 It is the most important of Spanish 

 art collections, rich in the finest 

 works of Titian, Velazquez, and 

 Goya, while the art of Rubens, 

 Van Dyck, Raphael, Correggio, 

 Giorgione, and El Greco is ade- 

 quately represented. The Spanish 

 school is represented from first to 

 last, and there is a fine collection 

 of Flemish paintings. See Madrid. 

 Praecipe ( Lat. , command ). Old 

 English law term. It is still in 

 , _ common use as 

 denoting the slip 

 of paper on 

 which the plaintiff 

 writes the particu- 

 lars of the writ 

 that h e wishes 

 to issue from the 

 court. It also de- 

 notes the particu- 

 lars of the writ, 

 judgement, etc., 

 filed by an exe- 

 cution creditor in 

 order to obtain a 

 writ of execution. 

 It used to begin 

 " Praecipe A.B. 

 quod, e t c." ; 

 hence the name. Pron. pree-sip-e. 

 Praed, WINTHROP MACKWORTH 

 (1802-39). British poet. He was 

 born in London, July 26, 1802, and 

 educated at 

 Eton, where he 

 helped tofound 

 theschoolmag- 

 azine The Eto- 

 nian, and at 

 Trinity Col- 

 lege, Cam- 

 bridge, of 



o ll 



came a fellow 



in 1827. Called 



Mackworth Praed. 

 British poet 



After A. Ma v er 



