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AN

INQUIRY

INTO THE

BEAUTIES OF PAINTING;

AND INTO THE

MERITS

OF THE MOST

CELEBRATED PAINTERS,
ANCIENT and MODERN.

By DANIEL WEBB, Efq.

The SECOND EDITION.

Όεις μη ασπάζεται των ζωγραφιών, αδικεί τα αληθειαν,
αδικει δε και σοφίαν όποση ες ποιητας ήκει, φορα γαρ ιση
αμφον ες τα των ηρωων ειδη, και έργα

Philoftratus in exord. Iconum,

LONDON,

Printed for R. and J. DODSLEY, in Pall-mall.

MDCCLXI

AF

Nebb

NAT

of the 46, Regiment.

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Reverend Mr. SPENCE.

SIR,

TH

HE moft accurate obferver of the beauties of nature, must be the best judge of their imitations; and the fame elegance of imagination which forms the painter, muft enlighten the critic. It was natural for me, under this perfuafion, to addrefs my obfervations on Painting to the author of CRITO.

How ingenious are men in colouring their paffions! thus have I heightened self-love into a love of juftice: For, what could be more

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