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man's shoulder, and then upon the boy's 

 cheek ! it is a mixture of mid-day and 

 mid-night: the characters I do not like, 

 and the whole is a strong contrast to the 

 softness and delicacy of that charming 

 Magdalen/' 



" Let me shew you," said Mr. Howard, 

 " what is as strong a contrast to your other 

 favourite, ihe Claude, as these are to the 

 Guido : it is this landscape, with banditti, 

 by Salvator Rosa, a painter of a wild ori- 

 ginal genius, and of whom I am a most 

 enthusiastic admirer. We did not- perfectly 

 agree about the last picture"! pointed out 

 to you ; perhaps I may be more lucky this 

 time : I think at least, you will like it a 

 good deal better than those on each side of 

 the Magdalen." 



" I do indeed," said he, " there is a 

 sublimity in this scene of rocks and moun- 

 tains, savage and desolate as they are, 

 that is very striking: the whole, as you 

 say, is a perfect contrast to the Claude; 

 and it is really curious to look from the one 

 to the other. In that, every thing seems 



