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158 TRAVELS
artift who forced the attention of the whole company to his own
picture, and talked about it to every one, and of nothing elfe. He
was a moft conftant and punctual attendant at the exhibition, and
regaled himfelf with the eulogiums which he extorted from others.
This exhibition 1s at the houfe appropriated to the academy of
painting and fculpture. There are nine profeffors belonging to
this inftitution, and about four hundred ftudents. The academy
diftributes annually three firft-rate and three fecondary prizes,
The pupils who fhew the greateft proofs of genius are fent to
travel in France and Italy at the expence of the academy. ‘There
are five apartments, {mall in fize, and very low in the ceiling, in
which the pictures are put up with but little grace or propriety. In
the middle one, which may be called the antichamber, becaufe it
is through this that you enter into all the reft, the pictures fuppofed
to poffefs the leaft merit are generally placed, and alfo the drawings.
and defigns of the fcholars. ‘The chamber on the left fide of the
hall as you enter, is deftined for the reception ef the firft-rate pieces,
as that on the right of the antichamber is for that of {tatues, baffo-
relievos in plaifter, and the defigns of the fcholars. The fecond
room is filled with a confufed aflemblage of paintings, defigns in
architecture, plans of public edifices, with which are intermixed
a number of portraits and landfcapes. Near to this apartment 1s
a cabinet containing plans and models of new inventions, or pro-
jects in mechanics. In this exhibition, not only the productions
of native Swedes are difplayed, but alfo thofe of fuch members as
are foreigners by birth: moreover, the works of the agréés, or
affociates,
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