1805] 



RetrofpeHi of the Fine Arts: 



165 



»he flcy had been engraved 5n a lighter ftyle. 

 The whole together makes a very pleafirg 

 print. 



^ pair of Prints, reprcfent'mg Jnfaptlr.e uimiife- 

 ments. Painted by A- W, Dfvii, and en- 

 graved by /Iftbony Cardon. 

 In the firtt of thefe we have two chil- 

 dren playing with a parrot and a young 

 bird ; the parrot, vafe, and carved lion's 

 head, rather predominate. The compa- 

 nion punt is bitter; it is denominated 

 The Rival Fauourjtes, and reprelents a 

 little boy playing with a French lap-dog, 

 and a little girl playing with a cat. The 

 animals are I'pirited and well drawn, but 

 the children aie rather heavy. 



Jie European FaSoriei at Cam on, in China, 

 draton, engra-ved and pubhjhed by Wdiiam 

 Daniell, and dedicated to J, H'oolnoth, Efq. 



This is a very beautiful and interefting 

 print, by an artift from whofe previ-^us en. 

 gravings we have more th^in once derived 

 fome entertainment, and obtained feme 

 information, relative to objefls little 

 known to the public before their publica- 

 tion. 



Ibe Re^ipen. Richard PPifta!!, Efq. R, A. 

 delin. R. M. Meadozus, fculft. 



This it intended as a conpanion to the 

 8'orm in H^frvelt, a print which was pub- 

 liflied feme years ago. It is a very beau- 

 tiful defign, and finely engraved in the 

 chalk manner; but does not give a juft 

 idea of the funny efftd of the original ; 

 which by the way is become a very com- 

 mon error am^ng our modern engravers. 



The following are juft published by Mr. 

 Apkerman in the Strand. 



Ho' \, of a Drawing-bcvk of Cattle (in imi- 

 tation of black chalk.) 



*' The goat, that browzing on the craggy 



rock, 

 Stands fearlefs, while beneath, a harmlefs 



flock 

 Of timid (hcep nibble the tender grafs ; 

 The bleating lamb ; the long-eared ftubborn 



afs ; 

 The ox, an-1 lordly bull, not prone to yield ; 

 The lowing herds that crop the verdant 



field, 

 From fimple nature drawn, are here pour^ 



tray'd. 

 And may the fcholar in his fludicsaid." 



Thefe lines, which in a degree enume- 

 rate the animals delineated in tlie drawlng- 

 b:ick, are engrared en the intrtiduflory 

 ^ilate. buch a woik at this hai been 



hitherto a defideratum in the arts ; for, 

 though we have numerous piibiications 

 with the rudiments of trees, of land/capes, 

 &c. &c. ftrar.ge as it may appear, we 

 have fcarcely one, diftinflly treating of 

 ihole domeffic arimsls that daily come un- 

 der our obfcrvatlon. From thefe circum- 

 itances it was thought that a drawing, 

 book of this delcrijition would be pecu- 

 liarly acceptable, and a» it may come in- 

 to '.he hands of many who have been little 

 converfant with a pencil, the firii nurpber, 

 which contains feven plaies, compnfco de- 

 lineations of feparate parts, and outlines, 

 as well as finiftied heads ot limie of theani. 

 mah. Mr. V. Huet, who dcfigned and 

 engraved the plates, is a miniature painter 

 of acknowledged abilities. This is his 

 firft effay in engraving, ani) difplays powers 

 that do him great credit indeed ; for the 

 animals are not orly cvrrefi, bjt in a pe- 

 culiar degree charafteriilic. We mean 

 not only individually, but nationally; for 

 a national character they certainly ougkt 

 to have, though we have too oiten leea 

 Englifti landl'capes with Cuyp's c jws, and 

 Bcrghem's ihcep. Thr engiavm^s are 

 admiiable imitations of chalic, wliich ta- 

 ken in all its points, is, perhaps, the bcft 

 ftyle in which a young practitioner can be 

 initiated, as it leads to a tacility in other 

 branchrs of the art:., and gives a gcoi ef- 

 fect to his early pioductions. 



No. II. of Chalk Heads, in imitation of dratO' 

 ings, containing Opieli.t, Indiana, Iris, and 

 ISliobe. DefigT.ed by J, Agar, and engra-ved 

 by T. Nugent. Price, ics. No. Ill, is 

 announced for Jpeedy publicatijn. 



Thefe, like the preceding number are 

 in the antique gulto, as large as life, prmt- 

 ed on a lignt brown drawing-paper, whic'a 

 has a very liappy cfFi.ct. They sre very 

 well calculated for the improvement of 

 thofe who are learning to draw. 



A Pair of Vignette Print:, reprefenting tJjt 

 Finding of Moj'cs ; and Majes brought it 

 Pharaoh's Djii'^hter. Uivin del. Gar, 



f.lpt. 



Th^fe Ifttle ft Mies aie t )ld in a pleafing 

 and picture que ftyle, and ex'vemely neatly 

 engravird in the dotted inanncr. 



We noticed i;i our lad Retrof lect that 

 The Fj> iliflj billitutioii for the Encourage- 

 vienl rf the tine A,ts, hid pu chaled the 

 Shakei'praie Gallery, in Pallrna 1. We 

 have been told, that (nice that time they 

 have nuidean agreement with fome of the 

 inhabitants of tlie h.tufes behiud tlie gal- 

 la'cly, 



