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RetrofpeSi of Dcmejlic Literature. — Fine./frts. 



where having mnde a few ciirfory oHfcrva- 

 tir ns on ihe city, he coi tir.iies hisjouri'.ty 

 through Pragut and Diefdcn, taking leave 

 . of his reaoer .'t Berlin ; ai d informing 

 him in the coxlulion th.it he qiitted Italy 

 without relu(5lance ; that he never wifhes 

 to fee it agtin j and ihit he viouid rot for 

 millions pafs his li'e in ihat country. 

 The ftyleof ti:e work his very few deiefts. 

 M. K.tzcbue is feniimental in almoll 

 every page ; and with much of the tem- 

 per, has an occafional fpice t.f the lircafm, 

 of Voltaire, Hi* immoralitits ot o'nferva- 

 tion however huve been carefully pruned 

 by his tranflator. 



Mr. Mawman's " Excurfin to the 

 Highltinds oj- ScollanJ, and the Engiijh 

 Lakes," contains nothing which can ra'ls 

 its author above the ordinary lilt of tour- 

 iftK. His remarks in mult in(tances are 

 fenfible ; hui the perufal of hif work has 

 added n.ithing to the knowledge we ob- 

 tain fromtbole who went before him. The 

 t'; ee piatei of Ir.verary, Lochlomond, and 

 i atterdale, are good. 



In Mr. BouLTON's " Sketch of His 

 MfjeJJfs Pro-Lilt e cf U,')f'ir Ca^nda,"" 

 we have an outline of thcBri i(h cimtinc-u- 

 tal polTeflions adjacent to the Ur.ited- 

 Statcs. It is a rtfj-eilable work, and en- 

 tirely ({aiiltical. 



FINE-ARTS. 



Firfl- in this dafs mav be reckoned the 

 t"0 Nr.mbersof the " Engraw: gs, ivith 

 a Di'fcnpii-je Account in Er.gl'ijh and 

 Yrcnch, of EgyptiuH Monuments in ir.e 

 Brilijh Miijeum," coilefl'-d by the Jnfti- 

 tute inEjiypt, under the Direction of Bu- 

 onapar.e, sud (urri-r.dcred to the Briiifti 

 Co:T!mandcr >n-C".ief, Lord Hutciiin on, 

 by Geneial .Me^ou- The drawings viere 

 niadrf;cmt corigina!?hy Mr A!.-xandti, 

 and are engrivcf! bv Mtr.ia'i! in tiie btit 

 liyle of atjuatiiit. The molt cuiiousof 

 the ijlaies which h^ve yei appeared is 

 " the Sarcrif)iiagus in which the embalm, 

 ed b -dy "' Alexandei the Great wasdcf.o- 

 fitcd J l:-ken from ihcn.ofque of St. Alha. 

 naiuis." A review of Dr. C! 'rke's book 

 on v.Jiirh, will be found in oiti Retrofpe6\ 

 under the head of Ciairicil Liieraiuie, 



But the lovers of the ^rts of elegance 

 will perhai'S find a greater treat in the 

 " Catctlogne Raij'cnne of the principnl 

 Prtutings, Scutpiurcs, Draivings, &c., 

 &c , at Apf'iditurc'j'nh. Hofe,''' ihe Scat 

 c? (the l.'.r) Rigit H.>n. Sii Rich.^.rd 

 WoRSLfcV, Bart. , taken Ju y i, 1804.. 

 F)".'in Sii Ritiiaufs pen. 



To enumerate all the various fragme'".(s 

 ard remains with which the hou'c is oma- . 

 iu£iiicii, would be enJli;fi> j but as the 



work is in few hands, a column or two 

 of our Review may be well fpared to 

 mention a few of the moie important. To 

 the principal front of the ho fe, on each 

 fide the p.r'ico, ftands a curious aitique 

 chair of whits marble ; that on the r'ght- 

 hand, cille^l Sella TkeJ[:ilica\ is of 'fine 

 defignjand elegantly orrimened, and was 

 iifcd as a romm )n fitting chair ; that on 

 I he left J ftyl-d Selli Arquata, vv3« ufed 

 by the phihiophers as a Itu lying-chair. 

 They are ti ique in their kind, and came 

 originally from Greece, as aooear.s by the 

 marhle, and were difcovered at Rom.' in 

 the tiiTie of Ihe cele'rr'.'ed antiquary Fui- 

 v^o Oifini, who was the fiift purchafer ef 

 them. From him they became the pro- 

 perty of Stxtus Quirtus, and were pur- 

 chafed by Sir Richard VVni(l;y w-eu the 

 marbles of the Vdla Negroni were difpafed 

 oL Anion:; the beit of the nnmeiou.s 

 bifTo-rclievos an I other fragments from 

 .•Athens, is one above the d )or-cafe of the 

 dioingJroom, which anpta-s from the di- 

 mrnfions, ftvle,aiidl eauty ofthefculptu'e, 

 to hive forrpfdpart of the fr'.e7eofthe cell 

 of the Par'iien.'in, djfigne'' by Phidias and 

 executed by his belt fcholars. Another, 

 in the fame toorn, is a ri'oit intereiting 

 monument in low alto relievo, found in 

 the MetroDolis, 1785, reprefenting a Sy- 

 len in affliction tor having been excelled 

 by the Mufes in linking : a lepdchral 

 fVatrment of inimitable Greek fciilpture, 

 of Pliito leanirg upon a couch, attended 

 by a young cup bearer, the fubjeit of 

 which is unique, is another : befide two 

 Hirmne of Alcibiades and SophocIe^, of 

 tiie fincft Gieck fculpture, dif-overe.i in 

 the ruins of tiie Frytamum : a bull of 

 Caracalla : and a coloflal head cf Venus. 

 Ai'on? the belt piintings, the following 

 aie nierti<itied in thi dining-room. Two 

 gre^t landicapes by Franceico Zuccarelli, 

 laid indi'put^bly to be the fiiieft piitures 

 which he pver pr-iduced : an unfiniftied 

 paintingof Our S;.viourdriving the liellers 

 from the Temple, by Paul Veronefe : the 

 Annunciation, by Guercino, 1629 : and 

 an antique paintmg cut troni the wall of a 

 temple in Adrian's villa near Tivi)li. In 

 the drawiiig-rooni are landfi.apes by 

 CliuJe, Tcniers, and Gafpar PouHin ; 

 With the portrait of the celebrated Nun 

 which was (o much admired in the Bor- 

 ghefe palace at Rome, bv Titian. In 

 the piiHure ca')i.'ies the petits jardinieres 

 (his two I'ons), byRu-sens; a Madona by 

 Carlo D lei ; the Defcent from the Crofs, 

 by Tin'oretto ; and Venus and Cupid, by 

 Corieggio ; with others by Titian, Do- 

 menichino, Siivatur Rofa, and Teniers. 



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