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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12,
Issue 345, December 6, 1828

Author: Various

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.

VOL. 12, No. 349.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1828. [PRICE 2d.

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THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE, AT ROME.

[Illustration: The Arch of Constantine, at Rome.]

"Still harping" on the Fine Arts--_Architecture_ and _Painting_. Of
the former, the above engraving is an illustration; and of the latter,
our readers will find a beautiful subject (from one of _Turner's_
pictures) in a _Supplement published with the present Number_.[1]

[1] The Second of "the Spirit of the Annuals," containing a fine
Engraving, after a celebrated picture by Turner, and a string of
POETICAL GEMS from the Anniversary, Keepsake, and Friendship's
Offering, with unique extracts from such of "the Annuals" as were
not noticed in the previous Supplement.

The Arches of Rome were splendid monuments of triumph, erected in
honour of her illustrious generals. They were at first very simple,
being built of brick or hewn stone, and of a semicircular figure; but
afterwards more magnificent, built of the finest marble, and of a
square figure, with a large, arched gate in the middle, and two small
ones on each side, adorned with columns and statues. In the vault of
the middle gate, hung wi