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Return Fine arts ReP
After Oct 1854

The fine arts comprehend pntg, sculpture, engraving architecture, to which some persons add music, the drama + gardening. I shall not attempt to discuss the merits of this classification but will confine my [[strikethrough]] remarks [[/strikethrough]] observations to those branches which are based on design or drawing. They have been denominated the polite or fine arts by our Eng. progenators to distinguish them from the mechanic arts, tho these are often fine. in France + Italy they posses smore attractive titles + are held up to admiration as the beautiful arts. And in Spain, when that country ranked the highest + most civilized among civilized nations, they were dignified