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Philpfetus, Sc. has lately publifhed a 
Proll Hudibraftic work, the Pfalus of 
David, inthe Capuchin ftile. 
A fociety of Agriculture, and Rural 
CEconomy, has been lately formed at 
Paris, in which are the names of Citizen 
CREUZE LA TOUCHE, GiLBERT, 
THoUIN, DESFONTAINES, DuBols, 
CRETTE-PALLUEL, TFEsSIER, CHA- 
BERT, and many others, well known in 
the annals of French agriculture. 
The celebrated painting in frefco of 
Correggio, reprefenting in varied compart- 
ments, adorned with garlands and ftet- 
toons, Diana returning from the ‘chace, 
feated ona gilt car, drawn by two fawns 
of a dazzling whitenefs, groupes of cu- 
pids, fome carrying the inftruments of 
the chace, others trailing the head of the 
-ftag, which Diana has pierced with her 
arrows, &c. a temple of Jupiter, with 
a prieftefs facrificing at the altar ; Vetta 
giving fuck to Jupiter: the Fates cutting 
the deftinies of men ; the Graces ; Fortune 
mounted ona globe, with a rudder and 
a cornucopia at her feet, &c. lately found 
inthe monaftry, of San Paolo at Parma, 
and concealed for about two hundred and 
eighty years, will be foon expofed to Ee 
public eye, fo as to become a new {choel 
of tafe, and a new object of emulation 
for artifts. Inthe mean time, and tll 
this object can be ‘accomplifhed, the 
celebrated Boponi of Parma, fo. well 
known for his mafterly execution in ty- 
pogtaphy, and ‘whofe fagacious activity 
extends to every branch of the arts, has 
procured defigns from this painting, made 
by the mo celebrated artifts, and pro- 
pofes to engrave them in thirty-four cuts, 
to be executed in the crayon manner, 
by FRANCESCO RosasPrNna, an able 
and eminent engraver of Bologna. A 
firt effay calculated to gratify the im- 
patient curiofity of the public, and te 
exhibit an idea of this beautiful work, 
has juft appeared, and has been received 
with all the lively intereft which the 
name of Correggio mufteverinfpire. 
‘ The famous colofial buft of Jupiter 
attributed to the ftatuary MyRON, an 
‘Athenian, taken from the garden of 
Verlailles by order of the minifter of the 
interior, has been lately added to the 
grand collection of antique itatues in the 
mufeum, it is depofited in aniche, in the 
middle of the hall ofentrance. 
' The following new and fimple method 
ef cleaning and bleaching copper-plate 
prints has been difcovered by an Ttalian 
chemift, Signior Fapproni. Fill a 
ftrong glafs bottle half full, with a» mix- 
ture of one fourth part of vedlead or mu- 
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nium, and three fourths of the muriatie 
acid, and ftop it clofely with a glafs 
‘ftopper. Let the bottle ftand in a cool and 
not too light place, until a certain degree 
of heat, which the mixture produces of 
itfelf, indicates its forming new combi- 
nations. The minium loles a confidera- 
ble part of its oxygen, which remains 
united with the liquor ; and the liquor, 
acquires arich gold colour, andthe fmell 
of the oxygenated muriaticacid. It holds 
_in folution a {mall part of the lead, which 
no wife fruftrates its effects. To ufe the 
liquor thus prepared, get a large plate of 
glafs, and form around it a border of 
white wax, about two inches high, and 
very even. On this, the prints muft be 
laid inlye, with a little frefh urine, or 
water mixed with fome bullock’s gall. Af- 
ter three or four hours, replace this li- 
quor with warm water, which muft be re- 
newed every three or four hours, till 
it pours off clear. When this liquor 
happens to appear refinous after foaking 
the prints, they fhould be fteeped in a 
little alkchol. They fhould then be 
drained of all their moifture, and after- 
terwards covered with the oxygenated 
muriatic acid liquor... Upon the wax bor- 
der fhould be placed another plate of. 
glafs, ofthe fame fize as the lower plate, 
to prevent the dangerous effects of the © 
{mell of the acid. In one or two hours 
the moft difcoloured prints will thus be 
reftored to their original whitenefs. Af- 
ter pouring off the acids, wafh the prints 
two or three times in pure water, and let 
them dry inthe fun. To oxygenate the 
muriatic acid for the above purpofe, man- 
ganele may be ufed inftead of minium, 
in the fame proportion, and perhaps with 
better fuccefs. 
Ruffia has made as yet fmall progrefs 
in the Fine Arts. They ferve, however, 
for amufernent and fubjeéts of converfa- 
tion. A Tyrolefe named LamMri, avery, 
indifferent artift, in a fhort time realized 
150,000 roubles in painting portraits : 
he was all the fafhion, and nobody cared 
what they paid to have their portraits exe- 
cuted by hin. His pictures have a foft- 
nels difgufting to men of tafte; his co- 
lours are all alike fine, without regard to 
fituations; he pays no attention to light ~ 
and fhade ;_he has none of the variety and 
boldnefs of pencil which charatterife a 
great artift. Woaile this painter’s repu- 
tation was at the zenith, there arrived 
at Peterfburgh the celebrated DoYEN, 
the hiftorical painter, one of the firft ar- 
tifts of France; but, whether from an 
excefs of modeft referve, or ftom whatever 
other caufe it proceeded, this eminent and 
Pepe ican ' ingeuious 
