449 



Monthly R^trofpeSi of the Fine>-Arts. [Dec. (, 



*.wo fpriii4;s, placed on each fide of the 

 loom, by wh^ch tlie fli;itile is thrown af 

 the moment when the tianie is removed 

 back as far as it ought to be. His hands 

 therefore remain at liberty, and he can 

 pyll back the frame when lie wifhes to 

 Jiiake the texture cloler. Experiments 

 have proved that a wesver m^y work 

 lottger. And with much lefs fatigue, at this 

 than at a common looin ; that he can, in 

 twelve hours, weave twelve Pans ells of a 

 yard-wiiie cotton- lUitF, wiirreas, by the 

 ordinary flying-thuttlc, a go;;d woikman 

 can fcarcely, in the lame rinie, make more 

 than lour cr fix ells. The fame experi- 



ments iikcwife have ftiewn that this im* 

 proved loom may be employed with ad- 

 vantage in the m'niifaf^ure of all kinds of 

 ftufts, woollens, blankets, linens, &c., and 

 that the additions and alterations required 

 by ordinary looms will be attended with 

 Very little expence ; that the coirtni3ion 

 of the mechaiiilm by which the ftiuttle is 

 throv-fn is limple, and requires no expence 

 to keep it in repair, and may be adapted" 

 to all looms of the ordinary conflroftion. 



Looms of this conftrii£Hon are fitted up 

 by Mefl'i-. Birbuzan and Co., at the Go- 

 belins ai Paris, at tSie exprnceoF from tW9 

 to two guineas ar.d a half. 



MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF THE FINE ARTS. 



the Loan of all neiv Prints anti CommuvAcatlons of Articles of Intelligence are requejied. 



THE univerfil and heartfelt tribute of 

 refpect which has beeti paid to the 

 t»iemdry of the late lamented Lord Nei- 

 f*?n, has com;r.imicated its influence to 

 th.= painttrs ^ d j- ets ; ard many, vei y 

 RisnVj hive, ever fince w<; h d ;lit .idvice 

 bf his death, been exciing all their pow- 

 ers to perpttuate his pralfc and immor- 

 lalize his fame. They b-gan with mix- 

 ing marks of their regret with the illumi- 

 iiations for his brillimt viflory, in which 

 the blazing windows bore telhmny to the 

 feelings of the inhabitants, 



"In words that biazc, and thotghrs thit 

 burn." 



It mult be ackilowledged, hoieyer, that 

 fome of the ini'criptions were more ("imilar 

 to readins^s in Weftmimler- Abbey, tlian 

 to the tranl'parencies of a rejoicing. night. 



Jean, the artilt, of Newman ifreet, t.'l- 

 bibi'e-' a triiifpirency of Biitannia, with 

 the ufual inligni.i of Fame, the vifiories of 

 the gallant Admiral, a: d on the welf fide 

 an urn, with the following inicription : 



••' Britannia, vi£lor, ever tnuft deplore 

 Her darling Hero, NelloH, now no mort !" 



The infcription at the houfe of Mr. 

 Abraham Goidfini.! was peculiarly ap- 

 propriate and inttlligcnt. Bitvveen two 

 cordons of lamps, in tranfparent letters. 



" I rtjoice for my country, but mourn for 

 my fiiend." 



But fetting afide thefe little effufionsof 

 the hour, we find that ftveral great works 

 Sr^- in hatid on the occafion. 



M;.Trs. BoyJells' intend having a very 

 capit-il pifture tngr.-\ved in the fiift Itylcj 

 in comtnenioraiioii of the event, but we 

 believe have not yet entirely arranged the 

 plan, th ugh it will be laid before the 

 public in a few days. 



Mr. Weft and Mr. Heath have an. 

 nouncjd and advertifed their plan. 



Mr. Copley has «ated that he intends 

 painti;ig a large pifture on the fame fub- 

 jeft. 



We have, befides thefe, many adver- 

 tjfements from other artilts, who intend 

 publilhing memorials on a fmaller fcale. 



Mr. Orme has adveriifed an engraving 

 from a pifture to be painted by Mr. Craig j 

 and Mr. Ackerrnann, we have been told, 

 will .ilitioCi immcd'aiely publiHi a higlily- 

 finiflud graphic Kecord of the Adniiral's 

 vi.'^oiie.s, &c., furmoun'ed with a naval 

 tropiiy in honotii of his memory. 



The Honourable Mrs. Darner has pre- 

 fcnted to the Corporation of the Ci;y of 

 London a maible Bull of L-rd Nelfoo, 

 which is to bepliced on an elegant maible 

 pedclta], and -depofiied in tire Cop'-cil- 

 Chamber atOuildiiall. 



In about a month's time Me/Hs. Boy- 

 dells' will publifl] a Portiait of Lord NeU 

 foil, which is now engraving by Earlom, 

 Irjm a pifUire painted by Sir VVilliani 

 Becchey, and prefented to the Corpora-* 

 tion of the City of London by the late 

 Alderman Boydell. 



We faw this piflure focn after it was 

 fir.ifhtd, and thought it one of the fineft 

 that Sir Williim Beechey ever patnttd. — 



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