Wwihj 
garth was daly appreciated, Mr. Sandby, 
joined with his friend Churchill, in ris 
diculing bim.. Churchill and Wilkes were 
almost the only real characters which 
were attacked by the moral pencil of 
Hogarth, but, in. this instance Hogarth 
completely fariled.. Nothing could be 
“ more coarse than the abuse and satire 
employed by the two combatants; and 
the fuilure of Hogarth is more ‘extraor- 
dinary, as, at first, one should have been 
ied to suppose that, in proportion as 
his feelings were excited by personal 
animosity, so much the greater would 
have been the success of his exertions. 
It was, however, the contrary. Hogarth, 
appears as a real satirist, as 2 personal 
adversary; his performances were not 
worthy of the talents he employed, Be- 
“sides this, he had fallen into an error 
‘common to many men of genius; he 
had mistaken’ his own powers, Con- 
‘ceiving he had discovered the true 
line of beauty, he published his “¢ Ana- 
dysis, of Beauty,’ which was far from 
meeting the success, or producing 
the effect, he expected. It was then 
the opportunity for the adversaries of 
Hogarth, and the friends of Churchill, 
‘to open upon him; and he was as- 
‘sailed from several quarters in bur- 
lesque prints, satirising his system; and 
some of the ‘hest' of these were from 
Mr. Sandby, who, afterwards becom. 
ing better acquainted with the merit 
‘ef Hogarth by the production of his 
-works, he was the first to express his 
“regret at having endeavoured in any 
“way to depreciate the merit of so ex- 
traordinary a genius; and every thing 
was done by Mr. Sandby to suppress 
his former publications; and no one 
could afterwards be more forward in 
expressing his unqualified admiration 
of this artist, with whom, indeed, he 
~subsequently became acquainted. 
Mr, Sandby was honoured by. the in- 
timacy “of the late Mr. Charles Gre- 
ville, 80 well known as a collector and 
man of science; and through a come 
munication of Mr. Greville’s, Mr. S. 
~ was enabled to make some ‘very ‘im- 
‘portant discoveries in working on cop< 
“per, in a way which is now called aqua- 
7 ta, : ‘ ‘ 
~ )Upon Mrv Greville’s return from‘Italy, 
where he. bad purchased the secret of 
“Le Prince’s method, he made it’known 
oto Mr,'Sandby ; but it had been \so im. 
pertectly. communicated to Mr. Gre- 
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Memoirs of the late Paul Sandby, esq. 
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tion remained for Mr. Sandby’s induse 
try, sand it was in the endeavour to 
complete a plate in Le Prince’s avethod, 
(by, sifting the rosin over the surface, 
&ze.) that he discovered a readier and 
more beautiful effect might be obtained: 
by bringing the rosin into solution, and 
floating it on copper, in which way he 
afterwards carried the-art to an aste- 
nishing degree of periection, as may be 
seen inthe.many fine works executed, 
by himwin- that manner. This) process 
for a long time was known to him/alones 
but witha liberality the more) praise- 
worthy fromeits rarity, he communicated 
his-discovery to Sukes, Robinson, Mak 
ton, and others, who have practised it 
with great success, 
Mr. George Alexander Stevens had 
conceived an idea of a lecture on wigs, 
and communicated it to his friend Mr. 
Sandly, who suggested the adding blocks 
to the wigs, which was accordingly 
done; and Mr.’S. wade the designs for 
the celebrated Lectwreon Heuds. © = 
It is the object of this memoir ‘to 
connect. with ita few remarks on the 
state of landscape-drawing, in this 
country. It has been remarked about 
that time, that, in a country like this, 
so profusely adorned with the beauties 
of nature, it was extraordinary that we 
should have produced so few good pain~ 
ters of landscape ; and that/as our poets 
warmed their imaginations’ with sunny 
hills and sighed after grottos, so our 
painters draw rocks, and castellatéd 
mountains, because Virgil gasped for 
breath at Naples, and Salvator-wandered 
amidst the Alps aud Apennines. That 
our own country affords subjects emi- 
nently suited to landscape-painting, no: 
one who views the fine productions of - 
our modern artists can doubt. But this 
is of any recent introduction; and tit 
may appear singular when it is Said, 
that the first person, who, by his works 
familiarized us with our own ‘scenery, 
died but the last 'ycar, But.such is the 
fact; for before the drawings of Mr. 
Sandby, I believe'there were few of any 
merit representing English scenery, and 
it» would: ‘have beén’ curious “through 
sucleaiman’ to have traced the art in its 
gradual, thougi: rapid, progress; as te 
had witnessed its dawn, ‘and -lived with 
unimpaired faculties vo enjoy its’ splen« 
dour; as no one (perhaps) had had more 
opportunities, (from his extensive ac- 
quaintance with all classes\of admirers, 
patrons, "and iprofessors, than» himtelf,) 
or 
