¥799-] Original Levter of ‘the late Mr. Giles Huffy, 
impoffible to accommedate him in the beft 
manner: 
«* And as the two ambaffladors were 
fent over by the Europeans upon a per- 
Feet equality in all things, 
<¢ -To prevent the Dutch, on their re- 
turn into their own country; from faying 
that they were treated with lefs refpect 
than the Englith, and from accufing the 
Chinefe of incivility, although fimilar or- 
ders had been given to treat each of the 
ambafladors, during their journey, with a . 
perfect equality, 
<¢ His Majelly orders, that all the man- 
darins of the provinces, through which the 
Datch ambaffador fhall pafs on his re- 
turn, each in his own particular diftri@, 
do receive him with the fame diftinction 
and civility as they did the Englith am- 
baffador, inafmuch as his Majefty has 
been highly gratified by his arrival at 
Pe-king, and enjoye in his continuance 
there much fatistaction. . 
‘¢ Inafmuch as, from. the defire of the 
Emperor to fee the Dutch ambafiador at 
court before the end of the year, he had 
not time fufticicnt to make proper ar- 
. Fangements for his amulement, his majelty 
orders, in confequence of this,’ all his fer- 
vants to behave with all poflible civility to 
the ambaflador and his fuite, during their 
return ; to fupply them with every luxury, 
to procure them amufement, and_ make 
them {uch prefents as may render them 
entirely fatisfied with their reception. 
«¢ The prefent order is addreffed to alkmy 
minifters of the provinces through which 
the ambaffador fhall pats ; and it thall be 
_difpatched to them, to the énd that they 
may fhew all poffible obedience to my 
wifhes and commands.”” 
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En Gee 
ORIGINAL LETTER TO THE LATE 
MR. GILES HUSSEY. 
The notions entertained by this very ingenious 
artift, and the principles which he practifed 
in the exercife of his profeffion, were very 
peculiar. He contended that the principles 
of harmony prevailed génerally throughout 
Nature, and even in the proportions of the 
human form; thefe proportions being as 
delightful to the eye in works of art, as the 
principles of harmony are, in founds, tothe 
ear; and that the former fenfe was as-ca- 
pable of judging of thefe harmonious pxo- 
portions asthe latter. Mr. Huffey always 
drew the human head by the mufical {eale, 
alleging that every human face was in 
harmony wirh itfelr; that, however accu- 
rate the delineation of it from nature might - 
be, in confequence of an artift having a 
*“MontTury Mac, No. tr. 
735 
very nice eye and hand, yet fome little 
‘touches, necefiary to complete the likenefs, 
would be wanting after all poffible care ; 
and that the only true criterion by which 
it could be known that any two things in 
drawing were exactly alike, was to procure 
a third asq kind of mean proportional, by a 
comparifon with which the exa@ Similarity 
of the other two might be proved. Ac+ 
cordingly, after he haa fketched the draw« 
ing of a face from naiure, he applied there- 
to his mufical fcale, and obferved in what 
correipondent points (taking the whole face 
or profile for the oGtave or fundamental) the 
great lines of the feature fell. Adhering 
to his principle that every face was in har- 
mony with itfelf, after the key note was 
found, he of courfe difcovered the corre- 
f{pondent ratios or proportions, fo that if, on 
applying the fcale thus re¢tified, as it were, 
to the drawing, he found any of the fea- 
tures, or principal points of the face, out 
of their proper places, by making them 
correfpond to the fcale, he always perceiv- 
ed that fuch corre€tions produced-a better 
and more charaCteriftic likenefs, 

Letter from Mr. Hufey to Mr. Wrayy 
the famous Cutter of Seals. 
LL I would have you comprehend 
is that the ancient and modern 
feals are all done on a principle which 
affords lefs pleafure and variety than the 
fubjeét really admits of; and therefore 
there is room for much improvement in 
your art. 
“ A dire&t profile, though exquifitely 
drawn, is generally fomething without a 
meaning ; it cannot expre{s properly the 
paffions of the mind, becaule they are foft 
or violent commotions arifing from giief 
or joy, during which it is a pain for the 
c¢ 
.body or head to be at reft. 
© A direst profile rather expreffes @ 
_ fufpenfion of the powers, which may be 
occafioned by fear, furprife, fleep, or deep 
meditation, in all which a f{peétator finds 
himfelf very little interefted. 
‘© But whoever attempts the more af-- 
fe&ting paffions, muft ule much reafon in 
finding their juft definitions ; Le Brun has 
given us caricatures of the paffions, 
drawn from ignoble originals of French 
extraction. Noble minds afford more dige 
nified expreflions, and virtuous minds 
an idea of divine perfection; if we hava 
not a juft idea of virtue, and of the 
bounds which it prefcribes to all pafficns, 
we fhall eafily fall into theatrical affece 
tation. 
‘¢ The antients had a nobler idea of 
form than the moderns, fo far as it ree 
gards 2 human charaéter, which, at bef is 
5A heroic 
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