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cnthly ReirofpeSi of the Fme-Arts, [Dec. 1 , 



but the effe6l might have been ftjll more 

 heightened, by more force in the en- 

 graving, vsliicli is in aquatint. 



The pi6iiire of the Death of Loid Nel- 

 fon, which Mr. Devis has nearly finiflicd 

 for JVIeifrs. Boydell and Co., contains 

 portraits of all the perfons that v. ere 

 preient when that lamented event took 

 place; and, as it is intended to be an 

 exaft reprefentation of the fcene, a mo- 

 del taken from that part of the veffcl is 

 copied, and no other perfons are intro- 

 duced evxept thofe that were really pre- 

 fent, viz. Dr. Scott, chaplain ; Mr. 

 Beatty, furgeon ; the furgeon's mate ; 

 Captain Ycid, who was firft Lieutenant 

 in the "V'ittory ; Sir Thomas Hardy ; 

 Lieutenant Collingwood ; Mr. Burke, 

 purfer ; Lord Nelibn's fervant. This is 

 building painting upon truth; and had 

 this fuperflrn6ture been more generally 

 built upon by the painters of other times, 

 their pic'fures would have been a valu- 

 able record of many places, perfons, 

 and things, which are now involved in 

 obfcurity : ihrjidion, however finely ima- 

 gined, muti remain ftflion ; but truth, 

 though in fonie lew inftances it may not 

 be quite fo pi6turcfque, is ftili truth, — 

 and- truth is immutable. 



We are graiified to learn, that Mr. 

 Bromley, whofe works we have had i'rc- 

 quent occafion to notice as entitled to 

 rank very high in the arts, has engaged 

 to engrave it. 



Mr. Charles Knijht's large engraving 

 of Lord Nelfon, from Mrs. Darner's bult, 

 is found to have a very good eiTett in 

 feveral large rooms in which it has been 

 placed. To fuch corporate bodies as 

 wifli to exhibit a mertiorial of this great 

 man in their town-halls, or other public 

 buildings, it will not perhaps be eafy to 

 fix upon a delineation fo well calculated 

 for the purpofe. 



Random and Co., of Bloomfbury, have 

 publillied a very neat call of a miniature 

 model of a hull of Lord Nelfon's head. 

 It is a profile in alto lelief, and very 

 like fome of the portraits that arc efteem- 

 ed the molt (Iriking refemblannes of the 

 gallant Admiral. He is placed on a blue 

 ground, in a deep ebony oval frame : it 

 has a very pretty eifett ; tliough, we 

 think, it would have had a much better 

 if the pedeRal, which is infcribed Tru- 

 fulifur, tuid been broader. 



A pi6ture, by Mr. James Howe, a 

 young artift, whofe genius has rendered 

 him a happy paiuter of liorfes, dogs, and 



other animals, may be feen, between 

 the hours of ten and three in the after- 

 noon, at No. 10, Fercy-fireet, Ratbbone 

 Place. The picture, which is as large 

 as life, is of a handfomc and I'pirited 

 cream-coloured horlis, the property of 

 his Majeliy, at Windfor — with a fpaniel, 

 or lap-dog, as his companion. The 

 horl'e, who had been painted without 

 perceiving it, on lieing afterwards moved 

 from the itall, ^uw his likenefs at fome 

 dillance, and being inllantly fired with a 

 love-fit in all its fymptoms, as for a 

 beautiful female of his own fpecies 

 brought to him, his eager ardour to make 

 Kw a[fuult could hardly be reftralned by 

 the efforts of the attending groom and 

 others prclont. 



Some of the readers of our lafl Retro« 

 fpe6t having exprefled a with to know 

 who was the inventor of the art of Po- 

 jyuulograpbt/, or taking imprellions from 

 original drawings made on ftone, we 

 have made the enquiry, and find it is 

 afcribed to Aloys Senefelder, a German ; 

 though by fome it is faid to be of a mora 

 ancient date. Be this as it may, thus 

 multiplying the drawing of a great maf- 

 ter, without loling a particle of that 

 fpirit, freedom, and chara^'teriftic touch, 

 which confiitutes its great merit, is furc- 

 ly a moft valuable difcovery in the fine 

 arts ; and brings the artift, in one 

 branch, upon a par with the author more 

 than he was heretofore confidered to be : 

 as Addifon remarked in the Spectator. 

 No. lt)6, " The circumftance which 

 gives authors an advantage above all 

 thefe great mafters, is this, that they 

 can multiply their originals ; or rather, 

 can make copies of their works to what 

 number they pleafe, which lliall be as 

 valuable as the originals themfelves." 



The election of a Prefident for the 

 Royal Academy takes place this month. 

 The public have for fome time pail been 

 much agitated by elefiions ; and an elec- 

 tion, previous to its commencement, or 

 during its contniuance, is rather a tick- 

 lifh fubje6t, we may be permitted to ex- 

 prcfs a hope that, whatever may have 

 been their former condad, the R. A.'s 

 will keep in regoUettion the motto which 

 their refpeiitable fecretary for foreign 

 correfpondcncc has prefixed to tlie lalt 

 number of Academic Annals. 

 — — — " Oiirs are the plans of peace ; 

 To live like brothers, and, coBJuiiftive all, 

 Embelliih life." 



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