[21] Literary paralels are at once apparent. So, Schiller's Prolog to "Wallenstein."
[22] Schriften, vol. X, pages 302-3.
[23] Weitenkampf, 155.
[24] One or two actual errors of fact hav crept into the paper. Kyder for Ryder and Northcate for Northcote. The latter error and Tieck's Slatbard may hav arisn, as Professor Wilkens suggested to me, from Tieck's notoriously bad handwriting which was misinterpreted by the compositor. At any rate, Tieck made no later effort to correct. The "Rev." before Peters' name misled both Tieck and Forster into laying too much emfasis on his sacerdotal function. The G. G. A. calls him a dilettante.
[25] Walzel, 279; Sulger-Gebing, 41, 154. Engel ("Angelika Kaufmann," 36, 37, 43) while not denying her preference for this dress, is of the opinion that it was not suited to her. "Im Schäferkleide, den Hirtenstab in der Hand, Atlaspantöffelchen an den Füssen, ein bebändertes Hütchen auf der gepuderten Coiffure, umgeben von einem Hofstaat schöngeistiger Verehrer und Verehrerinnen, so hatte sie unzweifelhaft eine weit natürlichere und tüchtigere Figur gemacht als in der Vestalinnentracht die sie—das Bregenzerwaldnymphlein—in der Folgezeit zu bevorzugen pflegte."
[26] Biografers of Sir Joshua generally agree that his pictures in this series, with the possible exception of "Puck," are failures. Boydell paid 400 and 1500 guineas for the two largest and this was considerd by some an exorbitant price.
[27] Minor's edition, pages 27, 30.
[28] There is the possibility of a crude symbolism having been intended for Shakspere's "Blow, winds," etc.
[29] The West picture was very popular. Cf. Teutsche Mercur, 1791, pages 445-6, for a criticism of Berger's engraving from it.