[M2.48L]                                                              [M2.48]								48
                                                                      
[diagram]                                                             		and these branch - not from same point, but as opp. A and
                                                                      		the ribs are thinned off to mere threads at the ends of
                                                                      		the leaves;  and the whole thing is finer in cutting
                                                                      		and more vulgar in design and effect;  much depending
                                                                      		on the exuberant curbing of the lobes;
                                                                      		The inscriptions and quaint costumes now cease ; Commonplace
                                                                      		boys with well formed, uninteresting faces;  and
                                                                      		figures with flowing draperies and unintelligible or
                                                                      		uninteresting action - generally ill and awkwardly set
                                                                      		among the leafage, like the place of the rich invention
                                                                      		of the older work:  The anatomy is also much better
                                                                      		in the naked bodies of the children.
                                                                      		It is of no use to enumerate the alternations from old to
                                                                      		young in these purposeless figures;  except in one or two
                                                                      		cases.
                                                                      		This first Bon shaft has a bracket, also of late - perhaps
                                                                      		even later, period on its abacus and carries an arch with
                                                                      		a simpler head moulding - across - which carries the wall of
                                                                      		{between} sala del Scrutinio & Mr Lorenzi’s room  One other
                                                                      		of the series is described at p 27 palace book:  and
                                                                      		the best of the whole I have drawn with the Venice on
                                                                      		throne   It is curious that these two red capitals;  but
                                                                      		especially the Venice one; are far superior in carving
                                                                      		to any of the series except the one at the angle:  and of
                                                                      		these two, my Venice one is the best;  It has another
                                                                      		crowned figure at the back, sketched full size, and in the

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