Excerpt from Outlines From the Figures and Compositions Upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan Vases of the Late Sir William Hamilton: With Engraved Borders The designs, here presented to the public, are the out lines drawn and engraved by that accurate artist, the late Mr. Kirk, from the two works of the late Sir William Hamilton; the first, in four volumes folio, the second in three, edited by Tieschbien, which cannot together be pro cured for less than fifty or sixty guineas. They were selected by Mr. Kirk, on account of the beauty of their composition, and the elegance and truth of their indivi dual forms. It is probable, had he lived, that this work would have been still more extensive, as one of the ori ginal volumes has been published since his death. There was another object also, which he always kept in View, and that was, the rejection of all those designs from his collee tion, which tended in any degree to indelicate expression. The various beautiful borders which surround these de signs, were not so placed in the original vases, but served there, merely to ornament the handles, and other parts, nor were the border and figures, which are upon the same Plate in this work, always upon the same vase. Nothing can exceed the different borders, in simplicity, in variety, in elegance, in richness, or in beauty, and all modern ornaments sink in the comparison. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.