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thoughout the whole, and a nice attention to the law’s of per- 
fpeclive. 
Mr. Deprez, firfl achitefl to the king, w 7 ell know’n, as I lhculd 
fuppofe, in England, where he palled fome time, and where he 
excited fome attention. He perhaps is the greatefl fcene painter 
for the decoration of theatres in Europe. He has a thorough 
knowledge of hiftorical feenery, the contrail of light and (hade, 
the effects produced by the different lights of the fun and the 
moon by perfpeftive, and various machinery. The richnefs of his 
mind and imagination is aflonifhing. His maiferpiece is the de¬ 
corations for the opera of Guflavus Vafa: in this, the ftyle of ar¬ 
chitecture for the palace of Chriflierna is well conceived ; the dif¬ 
ferent decorations of the tents of Guflavus and Chriflierna are 
fuperb. The dreams of Chriflierna are worthy of all the ffores of 
his own exuberant fancy. His greatefl difficulty is to moderate 
and bring down the conceptions of his warm and highly exalted 
imagination to the fmallnefs of the fize of the theatre of Stock-: 
holm. It w ? as impoffible to fix on a man more calculated to give 
fatisfaedion to Guflavus III. or between w T hofe mind and that 
monarch’s there was greater affinity. The king, when in a high- 
fpirited and communicative mood, was w T ont to fay to thole about 
him, “ There is nobody who has any real fancy but myfelf and 
“ Deprez.” It is much to be regretted that this great man, fo 
well fitted to difplay to advantage his genius and talents on, an 
extenfive theatre, fhould be buried in Sw r eden, where, no longer 
employed in the theatre, he fcarcely can contrive to exifl, and 
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