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and large on the opposite side, to which it looks 

 twisted ; the forehead large, and the expression of the 

 face fine. It resembles the bust of Mr Fox between 

 the eyebrows, and the nose is somewhat aquiline. It 

 is strikingly like (as D'Asp told us, who was con- 

 stantly with the late king) ; only Sergei said the twist 

 in the face was rather greater in the original. This 

 is the first thing of the kind that has been done at 

 Stockholm, and succeeded perfectly well. It took a 

 fortnight to cool. In return for this statue there is an 

 obelisk erecting in the space between the palace and 

 Exchange, commemorating the loyalty of the inhabi- 

 tants of Stockholm during the Finland war. 



Mr Sergei has several good statues, two particu- 

 larly at the end of the room, besides vases, a dying 

 Octriades, and a fawn : after that in the palace, are 

 the best of his own above-stairs. Below is his theatre, 

 where we saw his two masterpieces Mars holding 

 Venus, wounded by Diomede, and Love raising 

 Psyche. The body of Venus is finely expressed. 

 There are also medallions of Gustavus III. and IV. 

 extremely like, and casts of Trajan's column of the 

 real size, executed by Sergei at Kome, by order of the 

 late king, for whose temple at Haga most of these 

 things are intended. 



The best painter here is Mr Breda, a pupil of Sir 

 Joshua Eeynolds, and one whose works are known in 

 London. He painted the Turkish ambassador, which 

 was exhibited in London, and then engraved. It is 

 now here ; but he has several others better. 



