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 THE following Designs from Pompeii (or, as it 
 is called by the Italians, Pompeja) were made with 
 a view to assist the Artist in the interior decoration 
 of houses, as well in what regards figure as colour. 
 It was formerly a general notion, that the same 
 species of Architecture which was used on the out- 
 side of houses was as applicable to the inside of them, 
 and hence the same heavy forms, the massy column, 
 and cumbrous architrave and pediment, &c. were 
 adopted in rooms as in porticos, though the same 
 reasons for their use did not exist, and the difference 
 of distances and lights under which these things were 
 seen, rendered what was becoming in the one case, 
 ridiculous in the other. The discovery of an ancient 
 town, however, as Walpole justly remarks, shows 
 that the Ancients had not committed the blunder 
 which we thought we were imitating, and opened to 
 us the view of a more festive and imaginative species 
 of decoration. Their arrangements of colour appear 
 to have been as happy as their combination of forms, 
 and may, I think, be as useful to the Artist or 
 Amateur who may study them. 
 
 The Plates of the present, as Veil as those of 
 the following numbers, represent generally the ele- 
 
 
vation of the side of an apartment. To describe 
 them separately as to precise locality may not be 
 necessary ; it is sufficient that they are, with little 
 exception, a perfect imitation of the original, both 
 in form and colour. 
 
 There are two specimens of ceilings from a 
 portion of the remains, called Marcus Arrius Dio- 
 mede's Villa. 
 
 The Mosaic pavement is from the same in- 
 teresting source. 
 

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