1811.] 
athe homage and, respect, of ‘foreign, na- 
“tions, and to,produce those intellectual 
‘and virtuous feelings which are perpetu- 
ally alive to the welfare and.glory of the 
onntry, and, prepared to offer every 
sacrifice, and to niake every exertion, in 
its-defence.” This.is viewing the ,arts 
-inia just and plilosophic point of view, 
aad is-deserving of the dcepest conside- 
ration’ from every) one! who. is.a. member 
of the, thinking -part. of the commu- 
nity. 
, Another | passage in their address. is.so 
- important; in its results, :arid|-so, true, in 
© itSelf; that:-we cannot! refrain. from tran- 
scribing it, and giving it.as.a summary 
and final answer to all the objections of 
Wincklemann, Dubos,and thesciolists.of 
that school of criticism. ‘ The gover- 
nors of the institutiop; in directing their 
» attention, towards their object, have, not 
listened to those insinuations which pre- 
sume a physical defect in the natives. of 
» the Bnitish isles. ...They,can discover-no 
_#eason .why > British, artists should not 
» excel. in the fine arts, -orwhy the coun- 
- tymen of Reynolds and West,” .we.may 
add of Barry and-of. Mortimer, “should 
)dread.a competition. with, any.modern 
» school : -however, they, may. shrink from 
othe invidious.companson, so frequently 
and; so.unfairly made, between, -a.selec- 
_ Honof the finest.pictures produced, du- 
Ting two brilliant.centuries, by. al} the. first 
painters. in . Europe, | with) the .annual 
(exhibition, of the British, metropolis.” 
‘This “is putting ‘the question. in a.new, 
» forcible,.and.tair, way ;. we agree most 
heartily with the, propositions .and,.as 
dovers of the fine arts, thank the honour- 
-able directors. for it. ‘* They ave, -per- 
| suaded,” they, add, “that the mind, is 
| not less enterprising ere, * nor-theyintel- 
Tectual attainnients' more. crcumscribed, 
thanin other. countries. . They)-knew 
» that-our, artists do, not want models.of 
' beauty, events. of interest, warmth ,of 
feeling, vaviety jof talent, or) originality 
_ of character: and they. do; not consider 
_ it,as.an,exclusive objection, that, a, Ra- 
_» phael, or a Michael-Angelo, ‘bas, not,as 
_ Yet appeared in. this. country ;recollect- 
ng that there was a, period, before» Mil- 
_» ton, “Shakespeare, Locke, . and, New- 
' ton, existed, when weak and -nayniw 
 aninds, estimating the talents, of others 
+) by their own, might have contended that 
no -Ruyglishman,ceuld: ever rival the pro- 
‘ductions of the- ancient. poets,, drama- 
tists, metaphysicians, and philosophers.” 
With this interesung, quotation wetake 
»eurteave for this-month, leaving snarters 
— ea: 
Monthly Retrospectof the ‘Fine Arts. 
AGZ 
jand , gtowlers -at-British/ art; to-digest it, 
and the friends and. patrons .tosenjoy, it. 
_ Next month we shall resume our obser- 
vations, taking the pictures seriutin ; 
but. in the interim. we take leaye to call 
the attention.of our readers to, No. 7, 
Andromache imploring Ulysses.to. spare 
the Life of her;Son, by, Dawe. iNo..10. 
The Entombing of Christ, by) Hulten. 
No. 11. The Letter O,:by, Sharp? No, 29, 
-The Bard, from Gray,, by the Presideat 
West. iNo. 52.,emon.and!Antigone, 
by) Halls, 
The W4rcbirectural-Antiqaities of Great Britain. 
“By. Britton, Fi SAA. 'Part\23,) Noid, 
sof Vola III. t : 3 
This excellent-elucidation of our nae 
tional antiquities still continues its 
(olaims itoypraisé and patronage. This 
Number Of it contains several specimens 
of pedestal columns, pinnacles, canopies, 
tracery, and moldings, of windows, and 
“brackets, taken from, Rosslyn Chapel 
‘an elevation of the east end,, and aper= 
spective view of the altars, &c. at the 
east end, looking “north, from drawings 
by ‘James Elmes, esq. architect, atter 
sketches’ by . Joseph Gandy, esq..archi« 
tect, and ALR. A. -The detail and ar- 
chitectural fidelity of these plates, done 
Ly' professional. men, (instead of mere 
“draftsmen,) are. such as would be ex- 
pected from knowlédge guiding the hand. 
“Correctness is, not sacrificed, to effect, 
‘which, however beautiful, never .can 
“compensate for the want of’ fidelity. 
The architect ad. antiquary will’ full 
“appreciate these remarks, and thank the 
able editor for so often availing, himself 
of professional skill. d 
INTELLIGENCE. : 
: Oa Monday;.the dithaltaat a general 
“Meeting; of the Royal Academy, Mr. 
Wilkie, the, celebrated »-paintenyof odo- 
- mesticolite Mr. Westmacott, the.seul p- 
tor 5. Mr. >'Ward,. painter ; »Mr.t;Bone, 
enamel, painter 5and»Mr..-Smirkeythe 
architectiof Covent Gardeu Theatre Ass 
sociates of the Academy, wereetected: to 
the rank, of Reyal Academicians, 
2MreSoane has announeed bis-pamph- 
det; onjthe ieauses of the-suspension of 
» hislecturess at. the» Royals Academy ,a as 
heing nearly ready... hs f ) 
» Phe British fostitution hasiawith-con- 
siderable, liberality, .yroposed the «fol- 
lowing» premiuma for, pictures bysantists 
of, or wesiding, in,sthe United Kingdom, 
pasted, inj the present yearandssent to 
the British, Gallery, (PalleMall) ons or 
» before the: 4th of Jannary mest,» viz. 
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