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Monthly RetrofpeSi of the Fine Arts. 



[Nor. 1, 



the royal coileflion, Mr. Ward has been 

 induced to paint in imitition of the man- 

 ner a portrait of Adcnh, his Majdty's fa- 

 vourite Hanoverian Charger ; and we 

 have (elilom feen fo corrr6l and fpirited a 

 produflion. Mr. Ward is now engaged 

 in painting feveral pidlures for the Duke 

 cf Bedford, Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, 

 &c. He cccafionally engraves, and is now 

 engaged in a mezzotinto of the prefent 

 Bifhop of Gloucerter, from Lawrence, 

 which promiles to be a very fuperior 

 print. 



For his Italian views, Mr. Freebairne 

 has been long pre-eminent: the poetic 

 tafte with whi.Ji they are conceived j the 

 appropriate character with which they are 

 delineated; and the clsffic purity with 

 which ihey are coloured, entitles them to 

 a high rank with all men of taffe. His 

 right to this charafter is difplayed in fome 

 piiSures now in his painting-room. One 

 of them is a view of the Bay of Naples, 

 with the promontory of Paufillipo, in 

 which was fituated Virgil's Academy ; the 

 Port of Civita Vecchia ; the Vale of 

 Xempe, and a fcene in the environs of 

 Delphi. To fliew that he can give to 

 Englifh fcenery its appropriate graces, he 

 has painted fome Englidi views ; a view 

 on the Thames near Marlow, which he has 

 lately completed, is in an admiiable ftyle ; 

 it is a morning fcene, with the boats, 

 bargts, and cralt going off; the water, 

 painted in a beautitui tranl'pareiit manner, 

 with Englifli barges, Englifh boats, and 

 Englifti figures. 



Mr. Nolkkins, whofe tafte snd talents 

 in his profefilcn of a fculptor, are fo well 

 known, tliat it is not neceffuy for the 

 writer of this article to enumerate them. 

 Mr. Nollikins, whofe female figures have 

 been remarked for elegance and grace, has 

 juft finifhed two (fatues of Venus, as large 

 as life, and extremely be.iutitul. In one 

 of them, fhe is reprefc-ted as putting on 

 her fandal ; in the oiher, adjufting her 

 hair. He has alfo finidied a new buft of 

 Mr. Fox. Of the old hu!}, it is a remark- 

 able circumft.^nce, and exhibiis a fingular 

 proof of the popularly of the original, as 

 well as of the merit of the fcn'ptor, that 

 Mr. Nollekins has carved in Itone, fifteen, 

 3t one hundred guireas each, for the fol- 

 lowing diitinguiflied perlonages. The 

 late Emprels of RufTia, His Royal High- 

 ntfs the Prince of Wales, the Duke of 

 Norfolk, Duke of Northumberland, Du- 

 chefs ol Devonftiire, Lord Moira, Lord 

 Tovinihend, Lord Hollind, Duke of Bed- 

 ford. Lord William Kuflel, Mr. Byrg, 



Mr, Baker, the Eaft India Company, Sir 

 Francis Burdeft, Bart. Lord St. Vincent, 

 Mr. Long, &c. &c. He has in hand, a 

 monumental ftatueof the late Mr. Towru 

 ley, the propiietor of the capital collection 

 of ftatues, which are to be retnoved to the 

 Britifh Mufeum. The above is to be 

 erected in the chancel of the Church at 

 Burnley, county of Lancafier, which was 

 built by fome of Mr. Townley's fa- 

 mily. 



The Battle cf Agincovrt, fainted by Jofiah Boy- 

 dell, EJj. Engraved by Wm, Leney. Siae 

 3t by 25. frice zl. 2s. 



This print is copied from one of the 

 pictures which the Life worthy alderman 

 prefented to the Council-chamber at Guild- 

 hall ; and a more popular fubjcft, the gen- 

 tleman who painted it, could not have fe- 

 lecfed. The reverence with which Eng- 

 lifhmen have almoft invariably contemp- 

 lated an heroic charafler, has thrown a 

 luftre round the name of our fifth Henry, 

 which has been rendered Aill more bril- 

 liant by the drama cf Shakefpeare ; and 

 we all feel inclined to glory in this battle, 

 from the courage difplayed in the combat, 

 rather than any advantages obtained by 

 theviiftory; for in this engagement, as 

 well as thofe of CrtfTy and Poiiliers, the 

 energy, firmnefs, and intrepidity which 

 our countrymen fo eminently difplayed 

 during the afticn, was ftrongly contrarted 

 by the relaxation of all their efforts, and 

 negledf of every advantage they might 

 have obtained, after they became maftcrs 

 of the field. It is however a very inteieft- 

 ir.g fubjcfl and well delineated. It is de- 

 dicated to Lord Wodehoufe. 



The Thatcher . G. Morlatid pinxt. 1795. Wn. 

 Ward Jculjit. Fublipcd by Morland, Dean- 

 Jlreet, Soho. January, 1806. 



To fay that this fimple fubjeff is treated 

 in the very beft llyle of th^t moft eccentric 

 artift the hte George Morland, is givin* 

 it very high praife, and to that praife it is 

 entitled ; the print, which is in mezzotinto, 

 is an admiiable copy, extremely well en- 

 graved. 



Cht'ifi taken dvionf torn the Crof:. From an ori- 

 ginr.l fiSure in the fcjjejp.on of M. Bryan, 

 Ejq. C. ff. E. Di.-rncy fmxt. Jamei 

 Ward, painter and engraver to the Prince of 

 Wales, fcwft. Publ'fied by Ward, Ne-uj- 

 vtan-Jlrcct. 

 This is a print of ex'raordmary merit r 



the tffcft is uncommonly rich and fine, and 



the manner of the maifer admirably pre- 



ferveU ; it is in mtzzutinto. 



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