"I do; and whilst I bow down to the excellence of such a portrait as that of Charles the First, by Vandyke, or that of Robin Goodfellow, by Sir Joshua, cum multis aliis by painters of the same pre-eminent description ay, and also whilst I greatly admire numerous pictures still annually exhibited by highly talented living artists, I ask, if I am not to speak my mind relative to that class of painting, which might pass muster outside the inns at Dartford, or Hounslow, or . However, 'the lion preys not upon carcasses, and, therefore, I will leave these canvass-spoilers to the judgment of those, who will show them in their proper light viz. the hanging-committee."

At least it would be some comfort to be rid of it; and Don Ippolito was dead; and to whom could it mean more than the face of it? His friend had his way about framing it, and it was got into the exhibition. The hanging-committee offered it the hospitalities of an obscure corner; but it was there, and it stood its chance.