Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey . hich is singular : they weresent as a present from the coast of Africa, by a Saxon nobleman,to one of the Electors who was fond of the amusement ofturning, and for which they had been purposely taken up by theroots ; but on their arrival at Dresden, as the vital principle didnot appear altogether extinct, they were planted and watered,and (with the exception only of forty or fifty) they all took rootand flourished. The picture gallery of Dresden is a perfect mine of art, whichattracts most of the young painters from the neig
Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey . hich is singular : they weresent as a present from the coast of Africa, by a Saxon nobleman,to one of the Electors who was fond of the amusement ofturning, and for which they had been purposely taken up by theroots ; but on their arrival at Dresden, as the vital principle didnot appear altogether extinct, they were planted and watered,and (with the exception only of forty or fifty) they all took rootand flourished. The picture gallery of Dresden is a perfect mine of art, whichattracts most of the young painters from the neighbouring Ger-man States, who, on application to either of the two inspectors,receive free admission to the gallery, and are permitted to makecopies of the chef (T ceuvres it contains. The collection is placedin a quadrangular building called the Marstall, and is composedof nearly 1200 pictures, the works of three hundred and thirtyartists of every school. It has been valued at 500,000/. sterling,and is now the principal collection out of Italy. It is, however, most. Ss
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