HUMAN MOSAIC'. 



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IHENRIETTA. 



Did you see the Roman Mosaic, aunt 1 ? 



Mosaic Pavement. 



MRS. F. 



Yes; we visited the principal manufactory of it in the 

 Vatican. The patience required in this art is unbounded. 

 The number of shades of glass which are employed, amount 

 to above 18,000, and, by means of these, the coloring of a 

 painting is imitated with the greatest accuracy. The estab- 

 lishment in the Vatican is solely employed in copying paint- 

 ings for the decoration of St. Petejr's. 



ESTHER. 



But, after all, these mosaics must be very inferior to paint- 

 ings. 



MRS. F. 



True; and, compared with them, they must always hold a 

 very inferior rank in art; but then, mosaic possesses the ad- 



