...excellent preservation, and declares this conviction that it is in some measure a trick upon antiquaries. From the freshness of the work, and modern initials with the date 1745, on the plinth, be concludes, that itwas executed in that year, and copied probably from an original performance of...

...entertained; and even declares his " conviction, that it is in some measure a trick upon antiquaries. From the freshness of the work, and modern initials with the date 1745 upon the plinth, he concludes that it was executed in that year, and copied probably from an original...

...country, appears the most feasible ; though an ingenious writer, in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1807, declares, "That, after a careful examination, he considers...with the strongest reasons to infer, that such had been the case even centuries before. Many alterations have taken place, and additions made, to render...

...aspect of the subject. Mr. Sicklemore says : " An ingenious writer in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1807 declares ' that after a •careful examination, he...1745, on the plinth, he is led to conclude that it wasexecuted in that year." " — " But," says Mr. Sicklemore, "there are living proofs to establish...