1S06.] 



( 4S5 ) 



MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF THE FINE ARTS. 



%* The XJj'e of all New Prints, and Communications of Articles of Intelligence^ 



arc requejled. 



The Taje Mahel j^gra. 



Ditfo, taken from the Garden. 



Drawn, engraved, and fuhlijl?cd by W. Darnell. 



THESE form a part of" the fplendid 

 aurl excellent feries of Eaft Indian 

 views, painted, engraved, and publilhed 

 bv Mr. Daniell; and dil'play a molt beau- 

 tiful fpecimen of Indian architecture, 

 which, however ftrongly it exhibits the 

 orJi;iual scnius of that people, is unlike 

 any thing in Europe. In the richnefs 

 and profulion of (jrnament, it perhaps 

 refembles the florid gothic more than any 

 other architefture. We do not mean to 

 ground this remark on a fnnilarity in the 

 form ; but it appears to be dictated by a 

 Something of a congenial tafte. This 

 feries of views arc in the highefl degree 

 valuable, not only from the fuperior 

 genius difplayed in their execution, but 

 as they illuftrate the hillory and manners 

 of a country fo important and intimately 

 connected with our own. 



Mifcellaneous Irijh Scenery. IVa'mjle^ pinxt., 

 Carfwright fculft. Publipcd by J. Darnell, 

 481, Strand. 



Hate I. Muckrofi Abbey, Kilhrney. 



II. Whtte Abbey, near Limerick, 



III. Trim Cajile. 



IV. Roughly Bridge, County of Kerry. 



Thefe views are of that defcription 

 which plcafes and interefts various clalfes 

 among the admirers of the fine arts. 

 To a native of the place where the views 

 are taken, they mull necclTarily be higli- 

 ly gratifying; and to the curious of any 

 other country they furniih an inexhaufti- 

 blc amulenient. The points of view are 

 fclected with Mr. Walmfley's ufual tafte ; 

 they are executed in a very refpc6tablc 

 wanner ; and form, we believe, the fe- 

 cond number of Mifcellaneous IriJh 

 Views. 



A Pair of Prints. The Stag at Bay, and 

 fVk:ffjii'g-off the Hounds. The Vox Chafe, 

 or View Halloo. Hoivitt del., Ellis aqut 

 tint., Pollard fcutpt. 



The animals dcfigncd by Howitt are 

 generally marked with fpirit and tafte : 

 but ill thefe deligns the horfes are not 

 quite equal to what wc (liould have ex- 

 pected iiom his pencil. When a great 

 pirfona^e, iexcra! years ago, did the late 

 Mr. Whitbread the honour of taking n 



MoMULY Mao. No, 150. 



I'urvey of his brewhoufo, and was fliewn 

 a dray-liorfe which was conlidcred as 

 the moft perfett animal of that clafs, his , 

 Majefty, after examining all the propor- 

 tions with great attention, remarked that 

 it Kus a vert/ fine horfe, but had too muck 

 bone and too little mufcle. This is not 

 precifely the cafe with the horfes in thefe 

 prints. They are deficient in bone and 

 mufcle too: they are neither large enough 

 nor ftrong enough for hunters. The 

 landfcape is very appropriate ; extremely 

 ■well deligned, and very well engraved ; 

 and, contidercd on the whole, both the 

 engravings are entitled to a fuperior rank 

 in the clafs of what are generally deno- 

 minated furniture print*. 



Hujbandmen houjing Corn. 



The Cottage Door—IVhich is the TVay ? 



The Alehouje Door—Come, lefs be going ! 



From Dramings by George Moiland. Eif 

 graved and publiped by Thomas IVilUamJont 

 21, Ckalton-Jirect, Sotnmer^i 'lo'uin. 



It may be nccefl'ary to explain that the 

 infcriptions, " Which is the Way T' Ike. 

 allude to the fcenes delineated : one of 

 them reprefents a traveller enquiring his 

 road from fome cottagers ; and the other, 

 a trio of Engliili boors feated on a bench, 

 and taking their parting cup of Britifli 

 Burgundy (rulgo,a.\e) at analehoufedoor. 

 They are drawn in Morland's ufual ftyle, 

 and difplay a natural and truly Englilh 

 reprefentation of the characters deli- 

 neated ; are engraved in the chalk man- 

 ner in a very refpeftable ftyle ; and ex- 

 tremely well calculated for a drawing 

 book, tor which they are intended. 



The meckofthe Lady Burgefs Eaft India Ship, 

 C'.ptain R chard Sivinton, amnngji the Cape 

 de Verde IJlands, April 21, 1806. R. Sar- 

 torius pinxt ; H. Merke fculpt. Puilijhed 

 by Ormc, Bond-ftreet. 



Out of one hundred and eighty per- 

 fons who were aboard at the time of this 

 dreadful wreck, tliirty periflied. The 

 view is taken at day-break, three hour's 

 previous to the fliips going to pieces, and 

 reprefents the point of time when the 

 female pali'engers were faved. The An- 

 gular ett'ett of the waves foaming a^ainil 

 the concealed rocks, and ttie iinpreiriori 

 which the reprefentation of fuch a fcene 

 muft make upon the mind of eveiy fpec- 

 tator, render it an interefting print: 

 3 Q but 



