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I, Extract of a Letter dated at Rome, Aug, 
5, 1747* from Mr . Hoare, <2 young Sta- 
tuary , ww purfuing his Studies there , 
to his Brother Mr. Hoare, <2/2 eminent 
Painter at Bath, giving a port Account of 
fame of the principal antique Pictures found 
in the Ruins of Herculaneum at Portici^ 
near Naples : Communicated by the Rev* 
Mr. Birch, 
HIS City was over- 
thrown and fwallow’d 
up by an Earthquake 
near 1700 Years ftnce. 
Some of the moft remarkable Curiolities, we faw, 
were, 
1. A Pidure of about five Feet long, and four 
Feet wide, reprefenting the Education of Achilles , 
by his Mafter Chiron the Centaur. The Figures are 
about half as big as the Life. That of Achilles is 
ftanding in a noble Adion, and is feen in Front, as 
the principal Objed of the Pidure. He feems to 
hearken with great Attention to, and is looking ftea- 
dily on the Centaur, who is feen almofl in a Side 
View. The Figures are both finely colour'd, and 
well drawn s but that of the young Man moft exqui- 
fitely fo. 
2. Next to this is a Pidure of about three Feet 
and an half high, and narrow, in which is a Wo- 
man facrificing. The Figure is about two Feet high. 
This Pidure feems to have been taken out of fome 
Compartiment of Ornaments. 
E e e e 
is^eaa ai a ivieeiing 
of the Royal Society, 
O6lober22 1 1747* 
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