1807.] 



Monthly Reirofpeci of (he Fine Arts. 587 



lias Wen long wanted in this country. 

 The liberal phxii on which the Britilh f;al- 

 lerv in I'alhniill has been conduf^tcd 

 during the time it has been kept open for 

 that p(!r|)ofe, has certainly given au'op- 

 portunity of iniprovtmeiit to the prcfent 

 race of young painters, which was not en- 

 joyed by tlieir predectlVors ; and by many 

 of the productions wliicli we have feeu, 

 they appear to have availed thenifehes 

 of it in a manner which mull be gratify- 

 ing to the noblemen and gentlemen who 

 have fo liberally lent their pictures for 

 the purpofe. Alany of tiie nioft capitiil 

 ]jictures have been copied leveral times ; 

 and Mr. Well, whofe perfevering appli- 

 cation to his profeilion does him high 

 lionour, and exhibits an excellent exam- 

 ple to the young (ludeiits, has made a 

 copy of that moll brilli.int pictui'e, the 

 portrait of Govertius, painted by Vm^ 

 dyke, which is in the coUc£tion of Mr. 

 Angerftein. i\Ir. Welt's experience and 

 knowledge of his art, juliilied hiui in 

 taking a litjerty which -ve Ihould have 

 been forry to have feen taken by a young 

 man. A'andyke painted the portrait 

 without either of the hands: Mr. Welt, 

 })y introducing both the hands holding a 

 book, lias lighted n[) and efi'entially im- 

 proved his copy fruiu it. Befides the 

 above by the prefident, there have been 

 nine other copies made from this picture 

 by different ftndeuts in the gallery. TIk' 

 gallery was laft month clofed for this 

 year, as a place of liudy from ancient 

 pictures, and will in a fliort time be 

 opened again for the exhibition and fale 

 of pictures by Englilh artills, as it was lail 

 year. 

 Love fiehered. H. Thomfcn, R.A. pinxt. IV. 



Say fculpt. PuLujbed by Mrs. Mackiin, 



Fket-Jlrtet. 



*' It's a coUl rainy night, and I'm wet to the 



/kin. 

 And I've loft my way Ma'am, fo piay Ut 



me in." 



Many of onr readers will recollect tliis 

 very pleafing picture, which excited much 

 nttention when it was exhibited at the 

 Royal Academy luft year ; the tnfte and 

 feeling fo eniintnily difplayed in the pic- 

 ture is very bap|)ily transferred to the 

 coppei' in this very excellent print, which 

 i«> well engraved in nitz/.otinto. 

 7hc AJjttnbly Rotm: en the Rjee Grtjundi n:ur 

 Mudrai. T. Darnell. 



Tl)is is a very pood print ; but a F.uro- 

 'pean building, anil lIarout;au coliutne, 

 • niann'crs, and tblhes, du not feem caloii- 

 Imtd to alUnulat« with Aliatit fceiitr>'. 



The Right Honourable Henry Gratton, M.P' 

 y. Ramjay, prinxt. C. Turner fculpt. Pub- 

 I'ljhed by Tunier,lVarren ftreet, Fltzroy-Jquart, 

 Tills fpirited and cliaraMeriftic portrait 

 is dedicated by permillion to Lord Fitz- 

 william, and it is uncommonly well en- 

 graved in mezzotinto. Tlie Mayor and 

 Corporation of Liverpool determined 

 fome time fmce to ereft a monumeirt 

 to the immortal hero of Trafalgar, iu the 

 principal fiuare of their town. Mr, 

 Koic was employed to prepare a fuitable 

 model, wliich he has completed with 

 great ability, and it is to be innnediately 

 call in bron/.e. The hero is placed ere6t 

 in full unilijrm on the (haft of a column, 

 which rifes to a lielght proper to ihow 

 the figure. On tl;e i'ront angles of the 

 cornice over the pcdellal are the figures 

 of Britannia and Fame ; tiie formfr 

 weeping fi'r the fallen warrior ; wiule 

 Fame endeavours to confole her by point- 

 mg to a wreath of laiuel, on which is 

 inti-rilied the word TitAi ai.c.ae. On tlie 

 fippofite fide of tlie column appears a 

 niajeftic figure of war, and below the 

 plinth are fe^eral fteps. The whole 

 being defigned with cialfical propriety, 

 and tinelv executed, will, when finiihcd, 

 prove an ornament to tlie fine arts, and 

 expreft Uie rei'pect due to a hero, who 

 was an honour to his country and iiis pro- 

 feilion, and whole ferv ices will ever live 

 in tl»t gnuetul remembrance of lurvivors. 

 Her Uoyai Hiiliuefs the Princefs Eliza- 

 •heth has deiigne.l and etched a feries of 

 twenty-four plates, reprefentiug tlie pro- 

 grefi of gi'.nius. ' They dlfplay great tafte 

 and fancy, and are intended as prefcnts 

 lor the felect and particular friends of 

 her Koyal IlighuL,ls. 



Mr. Ackcrmann has publiflied the tliird 

 number of the Seafons, or Flower Gar- 

 den : being a felectiou of the mod beau- 

 tiful flowers that bloflbm at the fame 

 fcafons of the year ; carefully drawn from 

 nature, with a defcription of each flower, 

 fume intiodactoiy obfervations on the 

 arts, ?ic. by P. C. llendcrfon. 



This number is entitled Autumn, and 

 contains fix very beautiful and elegant; 

 coloured engravings of the white jelVa- 

 mine, crimfon carnation, convolvulus 

 major, eonvolulus minor, the fcarler 

 |ioppy, and blue puiiiou flower. The in- 

 troduction is wiitttMi with talte, and, a« 

 well as the defcription of each flower, 

 will be found very ufeful to the (ludent. 



lie is aHb publiiliing a little let of de- 

 corative prints of ttic twelve months, 

 ciiirnued with much i.Mle by .Agar, from 

 deliyjU'.- vvLl.,h iie in an eminent ilegree 

 cluflical. 



