mass of iron after having undergone the first hammering called bloomery. It has yet to undergo many hammerings before it become iron fit for the smith's use, and be first made what they call the ancony.

Ancony.

Blood, Peter, a Flemish painter, whose works are not frequently seen in these kingdoms; nor are they easily purchased in Holland, being carefully preserved in private collections, and are highly esteemed. The subjects he chose to paint were always taken from the lowest life; such as boors drinking, feasting, dancing, or quarrelling; shepherds piping, and sometimes the marriages of villagers. He was a faithful, and indeed too servile an imitator of nature; never departing from the actions, attitudes, or draperies of his models. He showed a good knowledge of the chiaroscuro and perspective; he had a delicate manner of pencilling, and his colouring was mellow; but he had no idea of elegance: yet his pictures have in many respects great merit, and his defects seem rather imputable to the taste of his country than to his own genius; some of his works being for the lightness of the touch, the neatness of handling, and transparency of colour, equal to the best of his time. He died in 1667.