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languidly to listen to some harem-gossip. It is a beautifully design- 

 ed and finely executed drawing. 



171- Venus. — J. Burman. In our younger days, we held the 

 ancient classical faith, that Venus rose from the sea ; but we sup- 

 pose the school-master, since he came abroad, has broached some 

 new doctrine, to which Mr. Burman has become a convert, — for he 

 makes the fair Goddess of vegetable extraction, having painted her 

 as emerging from a semicircle of green leaves, the originals of which 

 are not in our botanical collection. 



175. Hero suspending the Lamp for Leander. — Miss E, E. Kend- 

 rick. On referring to our catalogue we find this explanatory title ; 

 but until then, the lady appeared, to our unlearned eyes, to be firing 

 a sky-rocket. 



176. Portrait of Mr. J. Harding. — F. T. Lines. As a perfectly 

 accurate portrait, alone, this deserves our highest praise : — but it is 

 likewise a finely drawn and beautifully coloured head. 195. Por- 

 trait of a Naval Officer , we do not admire so much ; it is on a 

 smaller scale, but still a very fine and clever drawing. 



19G. Absent Thoughts, or the Lover s Miniature. — J. Cooke. — 

 Persons may be absent, but thoughts cannot, — they are ever with 

 us ; and from the elaborate toilette of the young demoiselle here de- 

 picted, we should suppose the lover himself not far off. We would 

 respectfully enquire what has become of the lady's right side ? — be- 

 cause though she may have lost her heart, we see no cause for the 

 abduction of the liver. The gigot sleeve can, perhaps, give some 

 account of the missing proportions. We would also hint, that a 

 neat and careful young lady would prefer depositing a white satin 

 bonnet on the table rather than the floor, where its towering plumes 

 look very like the steam from a tea-urn. The vase of flowers in- 

 troduced, is gracefully and effectively painted. 



198. Temple of Vesta, Rome. — J. A. Bell. The only fault in 

 this admirable drawing is, there is too little of it. The style and 

 feeling of the thing are so good, we would have had them on a 

 larger scale, where they might be better shewn and appreciated. — 

 There is a delicacy and quiet harmony about the whole scene which 

 is very delightful, and suits well with the by-gone glories of the 

 ruined fanes, and the twilight sky. 



211. Bust of Master E. R. Tindal.—P. Hollins. And 



216. Bust of T. Villiers Lister, injant son of T. H. Lister, Esq. 

 — P. Hollins. Both worthy the well-earned fame of our eminently- 

 gifted townsman — natural, and finely executed. So is also 217, the 

 Bust of Henry Earle, Esq., extremely good — character, spirit, posi- 

 tion, all perfect. Yet we look for more from the sculptor of Mrs. 

 Norton, Medora, Zephyrus, and the half-divine Child and Flowers, 

 of last year's exhibition, than mere portrait-busts, however good. 



257. Wood-tvalk, Leamington, and 261, Lane Scene, near Strat- 

 ford. — J. Baker. The former scene we know well, and instantly 

 recognize Mr. Baker's most faithful portrait of it. The Lane Scene 

 is one of the same family, in style and nature ; though if we endea- 



