AN INQUIRY INTO THE BEAUTIES OF PAINTING; AND INTO THE MERITS OF THE MOST CELEBRATED PAINTERS, By DANIEL WEBB, Efq. The SECOND EDITION. Όεις μη ασπάζεται των ζωγραφιών, αδικεί τα αληθειαν, Philoftratus in exord. Iconum, LONDON, Printed for R. and J. DODSLEY, in Pall-mall. MDCCLXI AF Nebb NAT 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 |