Painters, I could not discover more than one Person at Work, who was exceeding slow in his Motions, and wonderfully nice in his Touches.
I was resolved to examine the several Artists that stood before me, and accordingly applied my self to the side of the
Living
. The first I observed at Work in this Part of the Gallery was
Vanity
, with his Hair tied behind him in a Ribbon, and dressed like a
Frenchman
. All the Faces he drew were very remarkable for their Smiles, and a certain smirking Air which he bestowed indifferently on every Age and Degree of either Sex. The
Toujours Gai
appeared even in his Judges, Bishops, and Privy-Counsellors: In a word all his Men were