Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton; with engraved borders . se to the linear processthat has been described, and transfer our admiration tothe perseverance, the correctness of principle, the eleganceof taste that conducted the artists hand, without presumingto arm it with contradictory powers ; the figures which hedrew and we admire, are not the magic produce of awinged pencil, they are the result of gradual improvement,exquisitely finished monochroms. It is now necessary to conclude this introduction. Theremark
Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton; with engraved borders . se to the linear processthat has been described, and transfer our admiration tothe perseverance, the correctness of principle, the eleganceof taste that conducted the artists hand, without presumingto arm it with contradictory powers ; the figures which hedrew and we admire, are not the magic produce of awinged pencil, they are the result of gradual improvement,exquisitely finished monochroms. It is now necessary to conclude this introduction. Theremarks it contains are but crudely put together ; thosewho wish for more information upon these subjects, mustconsult M. DHancarville and other writers upon ancientvases. The chief purport of this work was to form an elegant INTRODUCTION. XVli and chaste selection of antique designs, by which to spreadthe knowledge of true and legitimate taste, and also to givesuch slight explanations of them as the subjects if this object shall be attained, in however small adegree, the Editor will not think his time has been mis-employed.
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