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Strutfs Delicice Sylvdrum, 



we feel confident, and stake our credit on the assertion, that 

 the tree in question, if not an actual portrait, has at least its 

 prototype in nature, and is not a mere invention of the artist 

 manufactured in his painting-room in Duke Street. If we 

 mistake not, Mr. Strutt is more of an out-of-doors artist than 

 some of his fraternity ; we mean that he is in the habit of 

 sketching much, and even painting, in the open air. From a 

 close and repeated inspection of his works, both on canvass 

 and on copper, we apprehend that he studies Nature above 

 and before all other models, and looks upon her as a surer 

 guide to excellence than even the best of the old masters. 



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