The Emporium of arts & sciences . mostfamous men, and which has ever since its invention beenmuch esteemed, is at present in such repute in every civi-lized nation, that its productions are become of greatconsequence, even when considered as an article of com-merce ; and, when this art is followed by young men whohave both an inclination and a genius for it, what advan-tage may it not produce to their country, and to societyin general ? But it often happens, as history testifies,that those artists who apply the most assiduously to itfall early victims to their assiduity, so that their first es
The Emporium of arts & sciences . mostfamous men, and which has ever since its invention beenmuch esteemed, is at present in such repute in every civi-lized nation, that its productions are become of greatconsequence, even when considered as an article of com-merce ; and, when this art is followed by young men whohave both an inclination and a genius for it, what advan-tage may it not produce to their country, and to societyin general ? But it often happens, as history testifies,that those artists who apply the most assiduously to itfall early victims to their assiduity, so that their first es-says become their last works. I myself remember, withgreat concern, several who have been taken from thisworld by a death more or less premature. Consideringwhat could be the cause of this evil, as it was by nomeans difficult to discover, I found it to proceed from the * Repert. of Arts, vol. v. p. 354. From the Transactions of the Patriotic So-ciety of Milan. A gold medal was given to the Abbe Longhi for this invention. Fig. I. Fig. 2.
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