The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 12
ost heavy and awkward of animals. It is undoubtedly intended fora.jeu desprit, and is quite in the spirit of the antique. The ancientfrescos are full of such whimsical combinations, but always, as in thepresent instance, occupying a subordinate place. No. 6 is worthy of an attentive examination ;… … rations, a remarkably well balancedcomposition, of which the recti-linear shapes contrast in the hap-piest manner with the flowing linesabove. The Diana constitutes aforeground, behind which rises aslender tree. There is nothingmore graceful throughout thewhole series than the branches ofthis tree,…
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