Poussin, Nicholas--his Noble Descent, iii, 148; his First Celebrity, iii, 149; his first Visit to Rome, iii, 150; his Enthusiasm and Assiduity, iii, 150; his Distress, and the Paltry Prices he received for his Works, iii, 151; his Ultimate Appreciation and Success, iii, 152; his Invitation back to Paris, iii, 153; the King's Autograph Letter on the Occasion, iii, 153; Intrigues, his Disgust, and Secret Return to Rome, iii, 154; his Modesty, unostentatious Mode of Living, and his Generosity, iii, 155; Poussin and Cardinal Mancini, iii, 155; Reynolds' Critique, iii, 156; Poussin and Marino, iii, 159; Poussin Romanized, iii, 160; his Habits of Study, iii, 161; his Old Age, iii, 162; his Master-Piece, iii, 163; his last Work and Death, iii, 163; his Letter to M. Felibien, iii, 164; his Ideas of Painting, iii, 164; Poussin and the Nobleman, iii, 165; and Mengs, iii, 165; and Domenichino, iii, 166; and Salvator Rosa, iii, 166; his Dignity, iii, 167; Poussin, Angelo, and Raffaelle compared, iii, 168. Prado, Blas de, and the Emperor of Morocco, iii, 207. Praxiteles, i, 155; his Works--the Venus of Cnidus and the Apollo Sauroctonos, i, 155; Praxiteles and Phryne, i, 156; the King of Bithynia, and the Venus of Cnidus, i, 157. Press, Hydraulic, explained, iii 52; its Tremendous Power and Use, iii, 53. Proctor, his Genius and Works, i, 4; his Misfortunes and melancholy Death, i, 5. Protogenes, i, 149; his Works, and his famous picture of Ialysus and his Dog, i, 149; Protogenes and Demetrius Poliorcetes, i, 28, and i, 149; and Apelles, i, 25. Pyramids of Egypt, iii, 19. Pyramid of Cephren, Perilous Ascent of, iii, 27. Raffaelle, i, 70; his ambition, i, 70; Raffaelle and Michael Angelo, i, 71; his Transfiguration, i, 72; his Death, i, 74; his Character, i, 74; his Mistress, i, 75; his Genius, i, 76; his Model for his Female Saints, i, 76; his Oil Paintings, i, 77; his Portraits of Julius II., i, 78; his different Manners, i, 78; his Skill in Portraits, ii, 138; Skull of Raffaelle in the Academy of St Luke, ii, 183. Ranc, Jean--his Retort, iii, 201. Rebuke, a Painter's just, iii, 200. Retort Courteous, a Painter's, iii, 201. Rembrandt--Sketch of his Life, iii, 170; his Studio and Models, iii, 171; his great Success, iii, 172; his Deceits to sell and increase the Price of his Works, iii, 173; his numerous Works, iii, 173; his extraordinary Merits as an Engraver, iii, 174.