WORKS OF SOME PAINTERS. 



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to lift the left fore-member, whilst the right presses 

 heavily upon the ground. 



Gericault has been a reformer, energetically inveighing 

 against routine, in his handsome series of hippie litho- 

 graphs. The narration of his life shows that he was but 

 little understood by the publishers of the prints of his 

 period, and yet they were the work of a good draughts- 

 man ; with the scientific resources now possessed and 

 his own love of truth, he would undoubtedly have 

 pursued his studies in research of absolutely accurate 

 picturesque movement. 



In termination, I will analyse the works of some very 

 well known artists as an application of the principles 

 enunciated in the course of this work. 



I will commence with the popular engraving of the 

 Dead Trzimpeter, by Horace Vernet. It is clear that the 

 horse leaves much to be desired according to the laws 



