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Monthly RetrofpeSi of the Fine- Arts. 



[Jan. \, 



Europe, Afia, Africa, anil Annerica, en- in a few weeks the medals will be ftruck, 

 circle the car and rejoice. Wifclom, from and diftributed throughout the fleet. 

 above, points out to them Hope and For- MelTrs. Boydell and Co. have advertifed 

 titude, whofe figures are Aipported by thst luch aitifts as intend to be candidates 

 Britifli feamsn, an >ther group of whom for painting the pitlure of tlie Death of 

 carry the Frencli and Spamfh flags cap'ur- Lord Nelfon at the battle of Trafalgar, 

 €d in the ever- memorable battle of Tra- may produce their finiflied ftudies on tiie 

 falgar. Jnftice, above, «eiglis in her bal- ij'h February, 1806, out of which three 

 lance the Britifh colours againll thofe of will be felefttd by luch of the Direiflors, 

 France and Spain. The temple it deco- &c., of the Britiflr Inftiiution as allow 

 rated with the brilliant vi£lories of Nel- themfelves to be referred to, from which 

 fon, Howe, St. Vincmr, &c. &c. &c. picfures are to be painted for the premium 



To the admirers of allegory this muft ol five hundred guineas, to be paid to the 

 be a very inrererting prirt. It has a fuccefsful candidate. When tlie engrav- 

 fliowy, and rather flriking effcft. ing is finirtied, MefTrs. Boydell have an- 



Another of Mr. Ackermaiin's puhlica- nounced their intention of prefenting the 

 tions reprefents Briiannia conlecrating the pifJure tu the Board of Admiralty, or 

 afhes of the inimona! Nelfon, who glo- fome other public body, 

 rioufly fell in the hour of vidlory, &c. From Mr. Bowyer's laft advertifements 

 In this Britannia is reprefented as lean- refpefting his Hift oric Lottery, it appears 

 ing on an um infcribed " Nelfon," which that he is in poRelfion of a miniature-pic- 

 is placed on a bafe, furrounded with ap- lure of Lord Nilfon, for which h's I.ord- 

 propriate figures, a view of the bailie in fliip fat to him at a very recent period, 

 the diftancf, &c. which the deareft friends of Lord Nelfon 



He has alio publidked feveral whimfical have uniformly decLired to be the moft 

 caricatures, comprifing I'ailors, French- correal likcnefs of his L^irdftiip ever paint- 

 men, &c., alhifive t6 the fame fubj;:£f, de- ed. Of tciiimonials of this fa6l, fhould 

 figned by Woodward, and engraved by they be wanting, Mr. Bowyer has abun- 

 Bowlandfon. dance to produce. He alfo announces 



Tile Committee appointed by the Court that he poiTeires a miniature for whicb 

 of Common-Council ot rtie City ot Lon- Lord CoUingwood fat to him. To each 

 don have advertifed that they receive of thefe portraits Mr. Smiike has added 

 models of a monument to be ereSled in beautiful and appropriate ornaments ; 

 Guildhall to perpetuate the iiiemoiy of they have been engraved by fiift-rate ar- 

 Lord Nelfon. tilts, and will be prefciited to all thofe 



At the meeting of the Society for the who have or may purchafe tickets in Mr, 

 Encouragement of Arts, Manufadures, Bowyer's lottery. 



and Commerce, a refuiution was palled for Being on the fubjecl of lotteries, we 

 commemorating in the great room of the cannot help noticing the extreme folicitude 

 inftitution the charailer and achievements exprelTed in Mr. Bowyer's recent adver- 

 of Lord Ntlfon. Application has been tilements, and alfo in a letter figned •' An 

 made to Mr. Barry, who is to introduce Artift," in the Moi.thly Magazine, for 

 among thofe groups ot dilliuguilhed cha- December, to do away a prejudice that 

 rafters which dignify his canvas an ap- exilts with many peifons, from the difap- 

 propriate reprefentation of the Viflor of pointment they experienced on the receipt 

 Trafalgar. The Jeadiig intention of the of fuch poor prints as were given for the 

 paintings is to celebrate the inen who have blanks in the late lottery granted to 

 been principally eminent in arts and arms, Me(!rs. Boydell. The propofals, ifwere- 

 and the artilt introduces this without any collcft, announced that the guinea's 

 additional expeiice to tie fociety. worth of prints for the unfuccefsful tickets 



Mr. Bolton, of Birmingham, has foli- (hnuld be felefled out of their (lock of 

 cited the permiffion of Governnieat that plates, which amounted to 44.51 ; and 

 he may beailovved to ftrike a medal, at his this, by all that we hnve ever heard, was 

 own expence, in commemoration of the molt ftrl6tly adhered to. Now this beirg_ , 

 brilliant victory off Cape Trafalgar, and the cafe, as dlfappointment may be dtfin- 

 means to prefent one to every failor who tA defeat of hopes, mifcarriage of exfetla. 

 ferved on that memorable day aboard the iton\ and thofe who expected paiticular 

 Britifh fleet. Permiffion was immediately prints on particular fubjeds would be fe- 

 granted ; and fo laudable and public-fpi- leited foi them, expefted what the propo- 

 rited a defign muft excite unlverfal appro- fals did not warrant. The inference is 

 bation. The die is nearly completed, and obvious. The majority of the prints 



were 



