** and now the purple mists

Rise like a curtain ; now the sun looks out»
FilliuKf o'erflowine witii his glorious light
This noble amphitheatre of hills ;
And now appear as on a nhosphor sea
Numberless barks, from Milan, from Payia ;
Some sailing up, some down, and some at rest ;
Lading, unlading, at that small port-town
Under the promontory— its tall tower
And long fiat roofs, just such as Oaspab drew,
Oaught by a sun-beam starting through a oloud,
A quay-like scene, glittering and full of life*
And doubled by renection.'^

Bogers's Italif,

Engrayed by J. Coasen. On wood, 1 ft. 6^ in. A. by 2 ft. 6^ in. «r.
Painted in 1826. Vernon Collection.
No. 407. The Canal of the Oiudecca, and Church of
the Jesuits, Verdce.
In the background a distant view of the Alps.
Engraved by J. Cousen. On canvas, 2 ft. h. by 2 ft. 11^ in. w.
Painted in 1836. Vernon Colleotion.
Royal AotMdemn Catalogue. 1^%.
Digitized by VjOOQIC



STABK. 158

STABK (Jambs),

Was the son of a master dyer at Norwich, where he was bom
in J 794; Having shown at an early age an aptitude for drawing
he was articled by his father to John Orome, the well known
landscape-painter, under whose tuition he remained for three,
years.
