III. DRESDEN 138 The Opera--Madame Schröder Devrient in the "Capaletti" 145 Ludwig Tieck 148 The Dresden Gallery and the Italian School 155 Rosalba--Violante Siries--Henrietta Walters--Maria von Osterwyck--Elizabeth Sirani--the Sofonisba 171 Thoughts on Female Artists--Louisa and Eliza Sharpe--The Countess Julie von Egloffstein 179 Moritz Retzsch 183 English and German Art 197 Catalogue of German Artists 201 * * * * * A Visit to Hardwicke 213 A Visit to Althorpe 275 SKETCHES OF ART, LITERATURE, AND CHARACTER. (_Continued._) VOL. II. Page 7, line 13, _for_ to _read_ too. 18, -- 2, _for_ Neurather _read_ Neureuther. 68, -- 5, _for_ Scheckner _read_ Schechner. 72, -- 16, ditto. ditto. 94, -- 23, _for_ interior _read_ exterior. 133, -- 1, note, _for_ Frederic Augustus _read_ Anthony. 203, -- 16, _for_ Steiler _read_ Stieler. 204, -- 21, _for_ Neurather _read_ Neureuther. 209, -- 2, _for_ Reitchel _read_ Rietschel. [Illustration] SKETCHES OF ART, LITERATURE, AND CHARACTER. MUNICH (CONTINUED). _Tuesday._--M. de Klenze called this morning and conducted me over the whole of the new palace. The design, when completed, will form a vast quadrangle. It was begun about seven years ago; and as only a certain sum is set apart every year for the works, it will probably be seven years more before the portion now in progress, which is the south side of the quadrangle, can be completed. The exterior of the building is plain, but has an air of grandeur even from its simplicity and uniformity. It reminds me of Sir Philip Sydney's beautiful description--"A house built of fair and strong stone; not affecting so much any extraordinary kind of fineness, as an honourable representing of a firm stateliness; all more lasting than beautiful, but that the consideration of the exceeding lastingness made the eye believe it was exceeding beautiful."