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face, and in the turn of the body, but 

 where one should less expect it : look at 

 that foot ; it has such elegance of shape, 

 and purity, and delicacy of colour, that it 

 almost rivals the face ; when the term 

 beautiful is applied to such a picture, how 

 fully do we feel and acknowledge its pro- 

 priety ! If you quit this, Howard, and 

 return to your Teniers, I shall say you 

 have a depraved appetite, that 



" Sates itself in a celestial bed, 

 ** And preys on garbage." 



But as I am here for my instruction, I 

 must quit it myself for the present, and 

 look at other pictures. What is that which 

 hangs next to it, with strong harsh lights, 

 and the men looking like ruffians ? I see 

 the name is Spagnolet : I dare say it has 

 great charms for connoisseurs, as well as 

 that opposite to it, on the other side of 

 the Magdalen, which I suppose is by 

 the same hand: no, I see there is ano- 

 ther name — Michael Angrelo Caravan gio : 

 what amazingly deep shadows, and 

 what a singular light strikes upon that 



