#811.) 
It is better in its general effect than its 
detail, and the heads are not remarkable 
for expression; but the masses of light 
and shade, are conducted with great 
judgment. It is one of the best pictures 
1p the exhibition. 
Now 11. The letter O. ~ By M. W. Sharp. 
A picture of familiar life; an old man 
pointing out the letter O, in a large aipha- 
bet, to a careless boy. The subject is 
well told, the old man’s mouth aud fin- 
gers closed to fillip the boy’s head, is 
altogether the letter O. 
13. Reading the Will. By L. Cosse. 
A picture in the manner of Wilkie, 
but below that artist in truth of cha- 
racter. ’ ; 
95, 31, $2, and 33—Are characteristic 
heads from Nature, by Mrs. Hakewill, in 
an excellent and original style. 
51. The Young Fifer. By W. Collins, sen. 
And twe others, by the same artist, 
are creditable attempts at familiar humor, 
chosen from low life, but neither offen- 
sive uor unpleasing; a few defects in 
drawing, particularly the proportion of 
the heads, might be pointed out as wor- 
thy of attention in future productions, 
92. A Negro overpowering a Bufalo;'a fact 
which cccurredin Averica, 1809. G. Dawe, 
ALR.A. 
The fact here illustrated is that of 
strong muscular action, by which the 
powerful and energetic frame of a most 
perfect form of the human body, is shewn 
to the greatest advantage. 
. tes Mr. Dawe must have had to contend 
with, are conquered in a masterly man- 
ner, and exhibit his power as an artist 
in an eminent degree. The anatomical 
knowledge, foreshortening, and colouring, 
are singularly beautiful, and the rich 
brown hues of the negro, are finely cun- 
trasted by the blue black of the animal, 
and those again by a brilliant and effec- 
tive sky. It is a picture of the highest 
degree of merit. : 
29. The Bard, from Gray; by the President 
West ; 
Is too well known to need panegyric but 
itmust be obse:ved, that if Mr. Gray, as 
he himself acknowledged, conceived his 
idea of the indignant Bard, from Parmie- 
giano’s Moses, Mr. West has most hap- 
pily adopted the same sublime idea, but 
without the slightest imputation of pla- 
giarism. © 
132. Romeo leaving Fulict in the Garden.  B. 
R. Haydon. 
Jy a work of yreat merit, by the pain- 
Monthly Retrospect of the Fine Aris. 
The difficul- 
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ter of Dentatus, that was exhibited last 
year. Our lingits will not permit us-tosay 
more than that there is «greater feeling of 
originality of stylein Mr. Haydon’s works 
than of any young artist of the present 
day, and that he promtises to be a first= 
rate historical painter. 
OF the Landscapes, suffice it to say, 
they are all good; and many excellent. 
Chalon, W. Westall, Linnell, Baker, 
Miss Gouldsmith, Reinagle, R. B. 
Hoppner, Arnald, and Glover, are among 
the most prominent. 
The present exhibition is a flattering 
proof of the encreased energies of the 
British school, and of the utility of the 
institution, It is no small praise to add 
that it is, as theglast, the best; and we 
hope the next may shew an equal devree 
of improvement with this. 
The Fine Arts of the English School, illustrated 
by a series. of b ghly-finished Engravings, from 
Paintings, Sculpture, and Architecture, by the 
most eminent rtists, with Historical, Descrip- 
tive, and Biographical Letter-press. Edited 
by F. Britton, F. S. A. Fanuary 1811. 
No, III. Longman and Co. Taylor, and Bond. 
The third Number of this elegant work, 
contains four engravings, viz. 
i. A portrait of John Marquis of Granby, 
from a picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, en- 
graved by William Bond: also a Memoir, by 
John Mason Goode, esq. F.R.S. 
2. Sculpture: Monumental Alto-relievo, 
illustrative of «* Thy Kingdom come,” by 
John Flaxman, esq. R.A. engraved by Wil- - 
liam Bond, with observations on the Subject, 
by Robert Hunt, esq. ‘ 
3. A picture of Titania, Puck, and the 
Changeling, painted by George Romney, esq. 
engraved by Edward Scriven: with remarks 
on the Subject, by W. H. Watts, esq. 
4, Architecture; a perspective view from 
the N.E. angle of St. Paul’s Cathedral 
Church, London; engraved by J. Le Keux, 
from a drawing by James Elmes, esq. archi- 
tect, with a further account of that Edifice, 
by Edmund Aikin, esq. architect. " 
Tt continues with unabating vigour: tk 
engravings are well executed, particularly 
the line engraving of St. Paul’s Church, 
from Mr. Elmes’s drawing, which, for 
correctness of architectural detail, and 
beauty of engraving, has not been sur- 
passed in any work that has been lately 
published, : 
The pictures that are announced for 
the succeeding Numbers, promise an en- 
creased interest, and we are happy to find 
the British School likely to produce much 
employ to such a work as this, which is 
- 
solely confined to the illustration of tte: 
productions of British artists. 
A Series 
