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which arises from sudden variety and intri- 

 cacy of form, than Ostade or Wovermans. 

 We often see in his pictures and prints, very 

 common-place forms of cottages and other 

 buildings ; but they hardly appear so, on 

 account of his peculiar management of light 

 and shade, by which he contrived to raise 

 the character of vulgar objects, and to dis- 

 guise that of such as were raw and dis- 

 gusting. This will clearly be perceived, 

 if we compare his representations of mean 

 subjects, with those of other painters who 

 have great reputation in the same line, I 

 have seen a butchers shop by Teniers, 

 painted with a truth that struck every ob- 

 server, and with an execution that claimed 

 the admiration of every artist : I iaave like- 

 wise seen a picture of the same subject by 

 Reaabrant, the execution of which was at 

 least as masterly, and the representation of 

 the principal circumstances, though less ob- 

 viously and popularly natural, equally jj,qst., 

 The Teniers perfectly exemplified .Mr. 

 Burke's distinction ; the pleasure (mixed 

 indeed with scanfe«disgust) arose from the 



