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Register of the Fine Arts. 



[May 1, 



Blackwater, where his (irace has re- 

 cently erected a liaiiilsoine stone bridge 

 at his own expense ; besides an exceed- 

 ingly beautiful one at Dungarvou, 

 which has been opened only a few 

 months. His Grace's liberality in ar- 

 chitecture on his Irish estates is worthy 

 of the highest coiuuiendation. 



Kilkenny possesses its splendid cas- 

 tle belonging to the Ormond family, 

 now under repair ; the picture gallery 

 of which is full of line pictures of the 

 family, by Vandyke and other great 

 masters. Its cathedral, round tower, 

 black abbey, a part of which is now 

 reinstated aud used as a parish church, 

 are worthy attention from the architect 

 and antiquary. 



The architecturjil splendour of Dub- 

 lin is too well known to our readers to 

 need repetition. The new post office 

 in Sackville-street is too much like the 

 India House iu London to deserve any 

 praise on the score of originality. Its 

 able architect, Mr. Johnson, seems to 

 have sought in all his works the repu- 

 tation of a good builder rather than 

 that of an original architect, and 

 wherever he has deviated from his 

 originals, it has been but to spoil 

 them. 



Of the Royal Dublin Society we can- 

 not speak too well, and seriously re- 

 commend our own Royal Academy to 

 imitate its school of art, which has not 

 only produced iible artists in Ireland, 

 but sent others to London to bear wit- 

 ness to the excellence of (heir profes- 

 sional education. 



This excellent society, established 

 under a royal charter, has regular and 

 honorary members, j)ublic lectures, 

 private instructions, a fine museum of 

 natural history, open to the public on 

 Mondays and Fridays from 12 to 3. 

 A suite of rooms containing casts from 

 the Elgin marbles, anticiue statues, &c. 

 on Tuesdays and Saturdays. A bo- 

 tanic garden at Glasnevin, on Tues- 

 days and Fridays. A library — on the 

 introduction to the librarian by a 

 member, visitors may be introduced 

 to the whole by members at ani/ time. 

 Its officers consist of a secretary and 

 assistant secretary, a librarian, a cor- 

 rector of the press, a register aud 

 housekeeper, a professor aud lecturer 

 on botany and agriculture, a professor 

 of chemistry, and an assistant ditto, a 

 professor and lecturer on mineralogy, 

 a mining engiueei-, a lecturer and pro- 

 fttssor in veterinary surgery, a master 

 in the figure school, Mr. Rob. Wed; an 



historical painter of repute ; a master 

 of tlie school for ornament and land- 

 scape drawing, Mr. H. Broccas, an artist 

 of considerable skill in his department ; 

 a master of the school of architecture, 

 Mr. II. A. Baker, an architect of sound 

 taste; a do. in sculpture, Mr. Smith, 

 whose works do credit to his talents; 

 a head gardener, and a solicitor. These 

 officers are all liberally paid, and the 

 progress of their students and pupils 

 prove the assiduity aud talents of the 

 masters. Lectiires are annually given, 

 open to the public, on tickets from the 

 respective professors, lecturers, or 

 housekeeper on the following subjects: 

 two courses on chemistry, one in No- 

 vember, and another in January. On 

 mineralogy, in March, two on natural 

 philosophy, two on botany, one on 

 mining, two on the veterinary art, be- 

 sides others on painting, sculpture, 

 and architecture, in their respective 

 schools. 



Among the exhibitions were M. Geri- 

 cault's picture of the Raft of the Me- 

 dusa, at the rotunda a large collection 

 of the works of the late and present 

 Mr. G rattan, two brothers, aud artists 

 of ability,- which we shall review in 

 our next, together Mith those of the 

 Royal Academy, the Society of Water 

 Colour Painters, Messrs. Hoflaud, Glo- 

 ver and Warde, seriatim. 



Canova has just finished a noble 

 statue of a horse, which he prides iiim- 

 self upon as one of the very best works 

 he has produced. 



Proposals are made for publisUing, 

 by subscription, a ^''iew of the City of 

 Carlisle : to be engraved in aquatinta, 

 by an eminent Artist in Loudon, from 

 a drawing by Robert Carlyle. 



A series of Portraits illustrative of 

 the " Novels and Tales" of the Author 

 of Waverly, are preparing for imme- 

 diate publication. The whole will be 

 engraved in the most highly finished 

 manner, from drawings made expressly 

 for the purpose, from the most authen- 

 tic originals; and will be completed 

 in six Numbers, each containing four 

 Portraits. 



The exhibition of engravings in 

 Soho-square will be an object of notice 

 in our next number. 



M. Belzoni has opened a most at- 

 tractive exhibition in Piccadilly, in 

 which he has represented some of the 

 most interesting objects of Egyptian 

 antiquity, in models of their real size. 

 It will furnish a rich article in the en- 

 suing Magazine. 



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