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This charming painter exhibits one — ** An Antwerp GirV (47) ; it has 

 much truth of nature ; the colourinf( is clear and harmonious, and th© 

 handling broad and effective ; but we prefer Howard's Greek and 

 Florentine maidens to this Dutch beauty. G. Lance — two ; '* 5 1 — Fruit,'* 

 very racy, but faded in tint ; the freshness of the melon is gone, but 

 the grapes are illusive : we saw this picture in its prime. " 154 — The 

 Vanquished." The winged combatants are very exquisitely painted ; the 

 feathers, the down upon the breast, the bills, the sparkling eyeball* 

 fraught with deadly animosity, are surprisingly correct. The dark and 

 lurid sky, the broad trunk of the tree opposed to it, with the startled 

 bird sailing through the air and giving shrill note of the contest, are 

 poetically imagined. The position of the conqueror is not so happily 

 designed ; the bird with its long neck reared above its stricken- down, 

 enemy, its pinions confined in play and its body almost hidden, presents 

 but an undignified spectacle ; Mudie, that fascinating ornithologist, may, 

 however, decide upon its accuracy : sufficient for us that the high merit 

 of the picture counterbalances the defect. G. Leslie has four very clever 

 specimens of " Still Life," — pigeons and teal, &c. hanging against a 

 wainscot — the birds capital, and the graining of the wood inimitable ; 

 no Dutch artist ever surpassed its fidelity. F. Danby, R. A., one only — 

 *' A View on the Thames" (the property of Mr. Nash)^ a sketch in quiet, 

 tone. J. Powdl has several sweetly painted little landscapes; " fo — 

 Little Malvern Church " is a desirable morgeau. F. Lines — two ; " 72 — 

 Head of a Lady," in chalk, beautifully drawn, and finely handled; 

 ** 74 — H. Clifton, Esq.," a bold, mellow, well defined portrait, in oil ; the 

 accessories judiciously introduced ; we should have been glad to have 

 obtained a nearer view of this picture ; it is hung rather higK for a close 

 inspection of its merits. Copley Fielding has four of his admirable 

 landscapes, full of charm and loveliness. Charles Day, *' 90 — The New 

 County Courts, Worcester" — the figures introduced are very tasteful and 

 spirited. Robson, ** 91 — Worcester, from Diglis," a most bewitching 

 specimen, in the possession of the Bishop of Worcester. <S. Astles — 

 one ; ** 94 — Flowers" (in water colours), well grouped, richly coloured, 

 and painted with a full, free, and flowing pencil ; the characteristics 

 marked with taste and accuracy ; the butterflies are vivid and delicately 

 wrought. Mr. Astles is an artist most deserving of patronage, and we 

 trust that he will receive it in proportion to his merits. Edw. Everett — 

 four pleasing, romantic landscapes. J. J. Chalon, A.R.A., ** 114— 

 Church and Market-place of La Fusterie, at Geneva," so very clayey in 

 colouring and (must we say it?) coarse in execution, that the many 

 genuine merits of the composition are seen through a most unfavourable 

 medium. Surely this accomplished artist — so capable of excellence — 

 does not dream of adopting the style of this picture. T. C. Hofland — 

 three; **118 — Llangollen," an attractive view ; 116 — A clever ** ikfoon- 

 light;" and **175 — The Upper End of Dovedale, Derbyshire," a very 

 agreeable specimen of the artist. A. Fraser-^-two ; among the principal; 

 features of the exhibition, *' 119 — The Antiquary j " and '* 145 — Tenters 

 in his Study," pictures so well known to the public that description is 

 needless ; they are the artist's chefs d'oeuvre, and the noble proprietor 

 may be envied their possession. The flaws — for we are always detecting 

 flaws — are the female figures and Teniers, the former have not the grace 

 and loveliness of woman, and the latter is strangely uncouth in form and 

 attitude. C. Hancock, an animal painter worthy of comparison with 

 Edwin Landseer, has one small specimen, " 119 — A Visit to the Spring," 

 a pensive girl, in deep dejection perusing a letter, while her faithful dog 



