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Monthly Retrospect of the Fine- Arts. 



[Oct. T, 



manner, and riniflied with a care and at- 

 tention that is highly creditable to the 

 engraver. 



Mr. Ackei-mann has juft pul liflied, 

 Fart IT. of a work entitlc-d, T/ie St'dlbns, 

 T liich we noticed in a foruitr Retroiiject. 

 This Number is entitled Simmer; and 

 ill it are fomd obf'crvations on the coai- 

 liination of colours ; directions for laying 

 in the colours ; and many remarks on 

 lij:ht and fliade, which wdl he found very 

 Tifefid to thofe who are ftudviii^ the tine 

 Arts. This, like the preccdmg Number, 

 ct;ntains six prints, extremely well co- 

 loured, with dcfciiptions of each flower ; 

 yiz. the purple uuriculu ; the heart's-euj'e, 

 01- viola tricolor ; 1 irginiun filk-griifs, 

 or Jpidcr-Kort ; the ])u!rh humheii-leat- 

 ed, or Froveyixe rofe ; the damujk roj'e ; 

 and the Jueet-j'cented pen. 



The utility of fuch drawini;s as thefc is 

 not confined to thole who uie the pencil; 

 iu this country, it extends tarthor. — 



♦' For here the needle plies it's biify talk ; 

 The pattern grows ; the welldepiifted fiowcr 

 Wrought patiently into the Inowy hiwn, 

 l';ifolds its bofom : buds, and leaves, and 



fpri?s, 

 And curling tendrils gracefully difpofed, 

 Follow the nimble fingers of the fair ; 

 A wreath that' cannot fade, or flowers that 



blow 

 With moft fucfefs when all hefidcs decay." 



Tbe Progrejs of a lV(tti-r-cohi.'ul Drawings 

 ivhtrctH is prejcr.tcd to the Rei.dir the "varicus 

 Griidafions through ivhich a Drtiivirg J-ifJJes, 

 from the Outline to the fr.ip},:d Hiate. Print- 

 ed/or Mr. La Porte, 21, H^inchtjler-rciv, 

 Edgnvare-road, and Mrjfn. Smith and Co. 

 i'l, Ficcadih'y. Price '21. I'l. 



The intention of this little work is, to 

 f liable vouiig peojile, where an eminent 

 niiifier cannot be had, to cultivate the 

 delightful art of drawing in colours, with 

 fyllem and advantage. It is a cheap and 

 ufcful publication, confiftiiig of fnurtceu 

 prints; cxhibitin2 the fame dclign in va- 

 rious llates of pnigrellion, accompanied 

 vith a fliort practical explanation. 



The Iliftory of the Antiquities of 

 St. Stephen's Chapel, an .\ccount of the 

 City of Wcihiiiniicr, (;iv:c, the letter-prefs 

 by J. Sidnty Hawkins, ]".f<|. F.A.S., the 

 plates engra\en by JNJr. J. T. ^laith, is 

 gone to pii-ls. It has been delayed from 

 tlie anxiety of I\lr. JIawkins to examine, 

 .ind tlirow all jjoihlilc hgl-t on, foino va- 

 luable records recently difcovi.red , thc: 

 ex) lanati(m of ^vhicli will demonftratc, 

 by geometrical rcprefentutioiis, d\c., the 

 priucipies on which (Jothic cv-thcdnds 

 arc ioulti'ucted. 



Mr. Gahagan the fculptor has com- 

 pleted his bulfs of Lord Nelfon and 

 I\I.r. Pitt ; which he d'.'clarcs to he ex- 

 prefsly modelled from thofe great cha- 

 racters while living, without having rc- 

 comfc to the dull method of working 

 from either matks of|)ictures; a.vA that 

 chilis of them may be had of the artiH, 

 No. 5, Bciitinck-ltreet. 



The numerous applications that have 

 been made to Madame Lanchelier, for 

 the Mii-oir de La Mode, have induced 

 her to rcfume the work. The publica- 

 tion of the firit Number will commence 

 on the fiift of November; to be conti- 

 nued monthly, at fix Ihilhiigs for feparatc 

 Numbers, or three guineas per annum to 

 fubfcribers ; to be paid for on deliverj'. 

 Subfcriber's names received at No. 57, 

 St. James's-ftrect, or at MeiVrs. BoydcU 

 and Co. 



Mr. Beckford has added to his collec- 

 tion of pictures at fonthill, two cAc/* 

 irauvrca of the art, purchafed at Lord 

 Lanl'diiwnc's fale. One, is a portrait of 

 a noble Spaniard, by X'elafquez : the 

 other, the Sj/lnlla Lj/bicc, by Lodovico 

 Caracci. 



We in a former Ttetrofpec^ noticed 

 that Mr. ilolioway was with all proixr 

 expedition getting forward his cnj:rav- 

 in;;s from the Cartoons ; his ])rint of 

 Ptiv.l p7rachiitf!, is tiniflied; and he liad 

 tl.e beginning of hill month the honour 

 of preientiiig a proof impretVion of it to 

 his Alajeliy. 



Mr. U;)\vycr, of Pall-mall has an- 

 nounQcd that, the three full-length por- 

 traits of Lord Nelfon, I\Ir. Pitt, and 

 I\Jr. Fox, to be engraved in line by 

 Mr. Bromley, arc in great forwardneis,' 

 and will be ctjmpletcd with all practicable 

 expedition. 



In our laft Rrtr.jfpec't, we gave a cata- 

 logue of thirty-two piv'tures, painted by 

 foreign artilts, which fold for near feveu 

 thoiifand guineas. We now rejoice at 

 any opportunity of recording ought that 

 tends to the encouragement of the Fine 

 Arts in (Jreat Britain, \\hen Jicglecte(i, 

 they always dciicncratc; and it maybe 

 worth conridcration to cliaWilh when, 

 and in « hat degree, they have been neg-. 

 lecied of late years. 



George the Second was an honoli and a 

 brave man; l.ut he hud \}U\c propculity 

 to refined plcafurcs: and during his reign 

 the arts had not much attention paid to 

 them by pcrfons of rank. On the aeccf- 

 iiiin of hJ3 prcfcnt ])!ijjeiiy, there wai 

 rcafou to fxpt'<" tlr^t tiit land ion of iho 

 foverciga would give a falliLon, that 

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