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Ilcnthly Retrofpe^ of the Fine Arts. 



[Nov. 1 , 



a. mortal £;iin-ihat vound, tl^e charnfter 

 6J" tlie hero js loft, ft yiolds to the uni- 

 \erial law ; yet tlie fc-ebioncfb of the 

 pitl)jiLatiu2 breait aud tl)c bewiidcied eye 

 111 the dea.ch of a great man, liiike us iii 

 certain circumfiances more tbrciblv, per- 

 haps, than if we law him in all his ■ 

 glury." 



A uholf-lcngth mczzotinto Frbit of 

 lord Nt^iiiu from the lali portrait he fat 

 tor, paiuttd by Sir William Jieecl)eY, 

 Iv. A., and now placed in St. Andrew's 

 Hull in liie city of Norwich, is en- 

 graving under the direction of Mr. Free- 

 pian, Loiidon-laiic, in that city. The 

 ivic of tlie plate will be 18 inches by 28. 

 Proofs, to fubfcribers, two guineas ; 

 pnnts, to Cubfcribors, one guinea. !In!f 

 the money to be paid at the time of I'ub- 

 fcribing. 



Palniam qui meruit f'erat. 



Lord Nelfon. Engrniicd by C. Kn'ght, fiom a 

 Bu]i of his Lordjh'ip, ex,cutcd in Marble by 

 the Hon. A. S. lyamcr, and by her prefcntid 

 to the City of London, and noiv placed in the 

 Council CJsumbir, Guddhall. 



Ihin is a foicible and linking portrait, 

 and engraved in a \ery maltcrly liyje. Be- 

 ing as large as life, and \ cry well calculated 

 for L'iving elfedt at a dliimice, it is jiecn- 

 liaily fit for large pulilic lniildiii^';s ; and 

 tve iiuve been told, that the corjim-ate 

 bodies of Southampton, Maidllone, Wor- 

 ccitcr, ike. Ike, williing to difplay fonie 

 mark of their refpect for his ciiaratter, 

 Jiave appropriated it as an ornament to 

 their tow n-halls. By Earl Spenl'er, Loni 

 Jloira, Lady Hamilion, and many other 

 particular friends of his Lordlhip, it is 

 highly approved, and conlidered as a 

 very linking refemblance. \\ e have been 

 toh! that Mr. Davifon has ordered a copy 

 of Mrti. Darner's bull to be made by 

 Tlaxu:an. 



Wilkie, whofe pi6lure of Scotch Boors 

 excited fo inucii attention at the laft ex- 

 hibition, is painting, for J\lr. Alexander 

 l)avilbn, a picture of King Alfred dif- 

 fiiifed at a cottage, and the cottager's 

 wife rating the King for having fullered 

 fome cakes that he was watching to burn. 

 The piil'ture is in a forward Hate, and 

 the flory appears to be well told. The 

 woman appears in a. violent rage, and 

 lands with both her clenched lille in a 



menacing attitude; a girl, who has 

 touched the cakes, has burnt iier ringers, 

 and is blowing them cool, e^ciSrc. We 

 have been tojd, that for this picture the 

 yunng artifl is to receive 120 pounds ; 

 and neai ly the fame fuhi for a picture of 

 a Blind I'idler, whicli he is painting for 

 Sir Goorgc Beaumont. In this, the Or- 

 pheus of a country alchoufe, and his ad- 

 miring audience, are well charactcrifcd 

 and admirably grouped. 



PolysuloFrapby, or the Art of taking Imfiref- 

 Jims from Dra-iuings mad', on a Stone, ivith- 

 (Mt any Engyaving. By bii Majejly's Royal 

 Letters Patait. 



It may be in the recollcdion of fome 

 of our readers, that we fome time ago 

 noticed this new and very extraordinary 

 iiivtntion, in which the artift, with a peu 

 and a particular kind of mk, or with a 

 peculiar kind of chalk prepared on pur- 

 pole, may make a drawing on (tone with 

 tlie fame facility and freedom that it 

 cuuld be made on paper. By a fimplo 

 cliemical procefs, this lingle drawing is 

 reiuleied cajiable of yielding a greater 

 number of impreliions than could be 

 taken from a copper-plate engraving, 

 without the interference of the graver or 

 any other infirumont. Tliefe impreliions 

 niufl nccertarily be fuc-Jimilcs of the ori- 

 ginal drawing, every hue, d(jt, (.\:c. being 

 identically the fame. This art was ori- 

 ginally under the diredion of Mr. P. 

 Andre, who commenced a work, of which 

 he publillied two numbers, containing 

 fpccimens of Polyantography by eminent 

 artills. This work Mr. Vollweiter now 

 propofes to continue, and has publillied 

 a third number, containing fix drawings, 

 price 10s. fid. or 2s. eacii. The draw- 

 ings to this number are made bv Mr. C. 

 Heath, I. T. Scrres, H. B. Chalon, C. 

 (jelliier, W. Havell, R. Cooper. 



Mr. BissETT, of Birmingham, with his 

 ufiial aftivity, has produced an elegant 

 niedallion of Mr. Fox, the likenefs of 

 which is excellent, and the execution 

 equal to either of his former medallions 

 of Lord Nelfon or Mr. Pitt. 



Another highly characicriflic likenefs 

 of the fame illiilhious cliarai^tcr has been 

 produced byMi:YEn, from tlie well-known 

 bull of Nollekins. 



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