The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 11 (of 12)

by William Hazlitt

LUCIEN BUONAPARTE’S COLLECTION, ETC.

This article is signed ‘W. H.’

[237]. ‘Vile durance.’ Kenrick’s Falstaff’s Wedding (1766), Act I. Sc. 2. ‘The mistress or the saint.’ Cf. Goldsmith, The Traveller, 152. Jocunda. The portrait of Mona Lisa, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. [239]. ‘Laborious foolery.’ Hazlitt seems to be quoting from himself. See his Letter ‘On Modern Comedy’ (1813), vol. VIII. p. 554. [240]. ‘Come, then, the colours,’ etc. Pope, Moral Essays, II. 17–20. Watteau. Antoine Watteau (1684–1721). Guerin. Pierre Narcisse Guérin (1774–1833). The picture referred to is now in the Louvre. [241]. The Deluge by Girodet. This picture of Anne Louis Girodet’s (1767–1824) is in the Louvre. [242]. Lefebre. Hazlitt presumably refers to Robert Le Fèvre’s (1756–1830) portrait of Napoleon now in the Gallery at Versailles.