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Vofterman jnn. engraved prints from them, 

 at leaft of the triumph of Poverty, but Ver- 

 tue could never m.eet with that of Riches : 

 however in Buckingham-houfe in St. James's 

 park, he found two fuch drawings, on one of 

 which was an infcription attributing them to 

 Holbein, and adding, that they were the 

 gift of Sir Thomas More, who wrote verfcs 

 under them. \^ertue thought that thefe 

 drawings were neither of Holbein nor Zuc- 

 chero, but the copies which Voflerman had 

 made, in order to engrave. Thefe drawings 

 J fuppofe were fold in the duchefs's auc- 

 tion. * For the large pidures themfelvcs 



Felibien 



* So I concluded, but have fince been fo lucky to find 

 that they were preferved at Buckingham houfe, till 

 it was purchafed by his majefty, when the pictures be- 

 ing expofed to auflion, tliefe very drawings were exhi- 

 bited there, as allegoric pieces by Vandyck. They 

 more than come up to any advantageous idea I had 

 formed of Holbein. The compofition of each is noble, 

 free, and mafteriy. The expreffions admirable, the at- 

 titudes gracefull, and feveral of them bearing great re- 

 femblance to the ftyle of Raphael. The Triumph of 

 Riches is much wider than the other. The figures in 

 black and white chalk, the (kits coloured. On each are 

 Latin verfes, but no mention of Holbein, as Vertue re- 

 lates. The figure of Croofus has great referablance to 



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