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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 20, No. 578, December 1, 1832 by Various
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it in oil; and Messrs. Musgrave, Burbank, and Taylor have copied it in
water-colour.

Messrs. Marks, Sargeant, and Foster deserve notice for their studies
from a Landscape with Figures, by _Waterloo_; and a charming
picture by _Albert Cuyp_, representing a wide champaign country,
with some well-executed figures in the foreground, has engaged the
talents of Messrs. Hilder, Child, and Stanley.

_Guido's_ Magdalen has been beautifully copied, on a small scale,
by Mr. Emmerson; and St. Martin dividing his Garments, by _Rubens_,
has met with successful imitators in the pencils of Messrs. Middleton
and Buss. These gentlemen's copies, however, are considerably smaller
than the original, which is of the dimensions of life.

The Water Mill, a brilliant little picture by _Ruysdael_, has
employed the pencils of several students;--among the most successful of
whom are Messrs. Stark, Lee, and Hilder.

View on the Grand Canal, Venice, by _Canaletti_: this is, perhaps,
the _ne plus ultra_ of the master, and is the property of that
distinguished patron of the fine arts--Lord Farnborough. Miss Dujardin
has produced the best copy: she has painted the buildings, boats, &c.,
with considerable accuracy, and has succeeded in imitating the
transparency of the water. Miss Cook and Mr. Fowler have also copied
this work.

Miss F. Corbaux (in water-colour), and Messrs. Sargeant, Robson,
Simpson, and Lilley (in oil), have well copied the Cupid by _Sir J.
Reynolds_; and Messrs. Fussel, Hilder, Sims, and Hoffland, deserve
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