[Bibliographical Note.-This Review first appeared in The Quarterly Review for March 1848, No. 164, vol. 82, pp. 390-427. It was headed “Eastlake on the History of Painting.”

The article has been reprinted in On the Old Road-(1) in the first edition (1885), occupying pp. 135-205 (§§ 98-136) of volume I.; (2) in the second edition (1889), occupying pp. 136-209 (§§ 98-136) of volume i.

The note above (p. 168) on the numbering of the paragraphs applies also here. There are no variations in the text, other than in minor matters of punctuation, etc.]

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