DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONTISPIECE ILLUSTRATING 
PAINTING. 
THE GRECIAN MAID (THE DAUGHTER OF DIBUTADES, AN EMINENT ARTIST IN 
POTTERY), AT THE LIGHT THROWN UPON HER LOVER BY THE TORCH OF THE 
GOD OF LOVE, TRACES THE OUTLINES OF HIS SHADOW. ON THE WALL. THE 
GENIUS OF PAINTING, TO WHOM THIS CIRCUMSTANCE HAS GIVEN BIRTH, SOARS ALOFT, 
BEARING THE EMBLEMS OF THE ART. THE CORINTHIAN PILLARS ALLUDE TO THE 
COUNTRY WHERE THE SCENE TOOK PLACE; AND THE MOON IN HER DECLINE SHOWS 
THAT THE LOVER WAS ON THE POINT OF UNDERTAKING A JOURNEY. 
