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Register of the Fine Arts 



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light, aiitl Richmond-hill we remem- 

 ber, and have criticised before. 



Mr. Glover's Exhibition of his 

 OWN PiOTUHES in Old Bond-s(reet, is 

 also among the attractive exhibitions 

 now open, and those who are acquaint- 

 ed with this artist's works, (and who at 

 all acquainted with art is not), can 

 judge of its merits. His pictures in oil 

 are less like his water-colour works 

 than formerly, but still too much like 

 Claude and the old Italian painters, to 

 be like English uatuie, or to form a 

 good original style of his own. 



Mr. Martin's two pictures of Bel- 

 shazzar's Feast and Joshua, are on 

 exhibition in the Strand for the gra- 

 tification of those who could not 

 properly see them at the Brilisli 

 Gallery. Having reviewed them and 

 noticed their merits before, we think it 

 needless to repeat our opinions. 



The traveller Belzoni's very in- 

 teresting exhibition of his Egyptian 

 Antiquities must unavoidably be omit- 

 ted till onr next, when we will endea- 

 vour to do justice to its interesting 

 character. 



SIGXOR REVELlil'S grand picture of 

 the Queeii's Trialin the House of Lords 

 is a poor production— being neither 

 like the place where it took place, nor 

 the portraits like those they are said to 

 represent. AFe are glad it is not by au 

 English artist. 



Mr. Backler's private view of the 

 three ■acw Avindows recently finished 

 by him for the churches of Dudley, 

 Southwell, and Macclesfield, at his 

 house in Newman-street, are good 

 specimens of the modern art of staining 

 glass, and are Avorthy the attention of 

 the amateur. We are sorry our want 

 of room will not allow us to do justice 

 to them this month. 



The Engravers' Exhibition in 

 Soho-square is an excellent plan to 

 which we wish success, and foi' a first 

 year is a very good one. An annual 

 display of their new works will be both 

 interesting to the public, and service- 

 able to the artists. We shall notice it 

 further in our next. 



Philosophical Institution, Bir- 

 mingham. This institution closed its 

 winter session with a course of eiglit 

 lectures on architecture by Mr. Elmes, 

 which werenumeronslyand respectably 

 attended by the most euiineut and 

 scientific of botli sexes of (hat opulent 

 manufacturing town and its vicinity. 

 For obvious reasons we say uofhing 



about them, except that they gave uni- 

 versal satisfaction to the society, and 

 they are now in the press and will be 

 published in less than a month. 



Sale of the late Marchioness 

 OfThomond's pictures, by Mr. Chris- 

 tie. The pictures of Sir .Joshua Rey- 

 nolds which belonged to this lady, who 

 was his niece, and well known at her 

 uncle's parties as Miss Palmer, pro- 

 duced unusual and even unexpected 

 prices. Among them we produce the 

 following as an example, namely — 



The 'Charity' sold for 1,500 guineas, 

 a larger swm than has ever been given 

 before for a single picture produced by 

 an Englishman, with the exception of 

 ' Christ healing the Sick,' painted by 

 the late Mr. West for the British Insti- 

 tution. 



The following 11 pictures are the ori- 

 ginal designs for the compartments of 

 the window of New College, Oxford, 

 which were copied on stained glass by 

 Jarvis; that picture which forms the 

 centre of tlie window, the subject of 

 which is the Nativity, was the property 

 of the Duke of Rutland, and destroyed 

 by fire at Bel voir Castle : 



Charity, purchased by Lord NormantoB, 

 for 1500 guineas. 



Faith, by Ditto, for 400 guineas. 



Hope, by Ditto, for 650 guineas. 



Temperance, by Ditto, for 600 guineas. 



Justice, by Ditto, for 1100 guineas. 



Fortitude, by Ditto, for 700 guineas. 



Prudence, by Ditto, for 350 guineas. 



Portraits of Sir Joshua Reynolds and 

 Jarvis, as Shepherds at the Nativity, by 

 Earl Fitzwilliam, for 410 guineas. 



A Shepherd Boy and Dog, by Ditto, for 

 600 guineas. 



Young St. John and the Lamb, by Mr. 

 Danby, for 175 guineas. 



A Nymph and Cupid ; the admirable 

 fancy subject usually termed the Snake in 

 the Grass ; was purchased by Mr . Soane, 

 the architect, for 510 guineas; who also 

 bought Sir Joshua's copy of the Marlbo- 

 rough Gems for 77 guineas. 



Dido on a Funeral Pile, bought by Sir C. 

 Long for the British Institution, for 700 

 guineas. 



Hope nursing Love, by Mr. Morrell, of 

 Portland Place, for 215 guineas. 



A Young .Shepherdess, by Col. Hovyard, 

 of Grosvenor Square, for 210 guineas. 



Portrait of Lady Spenser, by 31 . Wansey, 

 for 55 guineas. 



A whole length portrait of the late Earl 

 of Dunmore, for 145 guineas. 



Portrait of Ad. Lord Rodney, for 115 

 guineas. 



Portrait of the Duchess of Marlborov^h, 

 {ov ?0 guinea'-. 



A Girl* 



