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MEMOIR OF CAMPER. 
readpra one otlier coui'sc of lecture.'!, on a subject 
essentially different from any of tlie others to winch 
we have adverted, viz. On the Connexinn between 
the Science of Anatomy, and the Arts of Draiuing, 
Painting and Scidpture. This subject began se- 
riously to occupy our author’s mind at an early epoch 
of his history, and continued to interest him till nearly 
the close of his life. But he shall speak for himself. 
“ Painting, and whatever relates to the art, has been 
my favourite amusement from my earliest years ; and 
as the characteristic differences in men and animals 
appeared to me one of the most interesting objects 
in nature, I was disposed to pay them more than or- 
dinary attention. 
“ When I copied from the models of the ancient 
Greeks, or placed before me the beautiful figures of 
Michael- Angelo, and other celebrated masters of 
later date, I observed a very groat difference between 
the face.s of these artists and our own. At sixteen 
years of age I began to paint in oil, chiefly from the 
Flemish masters; but as I was already captivated with 
the superior dignity observable in the antique models, 
the style of these masters was not agreeable to me. 
As I advanced in years my attention increased ; and 
I imagined, that by a single glance, I could distinguish 
antiques, and fi.x the very period in which they were 
executed. 
“ When I gave lectures in the AthoruEum at Am- 
sterdam, I was fully convinced that the ball of the 
head, forming the cavity destined to contain the 
