.1807. J G. Stiihbs, efq. — Lieutertant-Cotonet Chatmerg." 6.03 



ly miftaken) be highly valued by the curious 

 3n comparative an.uomy. His original Jr.i\v« 

 Ings were all his own, and the pbtcs were 

 likewife engraved by his own hand. In (hort, 

 we are at a lofs whether mo(t to admire this 

 artift, as a difTcflor, or as a painter of animals. 

 Of" his excellence in the laft-mentioncd ca- 

 pacity, few of our readers, who have any pre- 

 teiifions to connoifTeurfhip, cm be fuppofed 

 Ignorant; efpecial'iy as feme of his admir.iUe 

 pieces have appeared at the public exhibitions. 

 His piftures of the Lion and Horfc, and Lion 

 and Sta^j, in particular, were defervcJly ap- 

 plauded by tlie bell judges ; nor were his 

 Blood Marcs Icfs exiellent, though in a very 

 different ftyle of painting : yet we think wc 

 Ftave feen fome o( his animal portraits, both 

 of wild and tame fubjcfts, that are, if portible, 

 fuperiur to thofe above mentioned." Sucli 

 Was the charafter fand it is a very juil one) 

 that was given of Mr. Stubbs by the authors 

 of the Monthly Review in 1767; and that 

 their opinion was not fingular, appeared from 

 the letter hereceived from the cebrbrated F'ro- 

 felTor Camper, on the fubjcit of his pertorm- 

 ance. From that period till his death were 

 the talents of this great artilt unremittingly 

 exerted in both the branches of fcicnce which 

 he had fo fuccefsfully cultivated. As a 

 painter of animals he to the laft remained un- 

 rivalled ; and his profound fttill in anatomy 

 was only equalled by itis unabated perfever- 

 ance in the iludy. He may alfo be almoil 

 faid to be the inventor of a peculiar fpecies of 

 painting landfcapes, £:c. oa large plates of 

 enamel; of which fome moll valuable fpeci- 

 Riens will appear when liis collection is l,ronght 

 forward for fa'e, wUl<;h, we underlland, it 

 will be in the early part of the next year. 

 The prints vvhich he publifhed sre : The 

 Farmer's Wife and Raven, with its compa- 

 nion, the Labourers ; the Haymakers and 

 Reapers; a Horle atVrighted by a Lion, with 

 its companion. Tigers at Play ; a Lion de- 

 vouring a Horfe ; a Horfe afliighled at a 

 Lion ; two Tigers ; a Lion ; and a Tiger, 

 and three prints of Single Dogs. At the time 

 of his death he had cuinpleted all the ana- 

 tomical preparations, and prepared the finifhed 

 drawings, fur an elaborate work, which he 

 had very much at heart, and of whicli he 

 lived to publifh Oiily three parts out of lix, 

 under the title of " A Compjrati\e Anato- 

 mical Expofition of the Structure o.' the Hu- 

 ni.in Bndy, v/itli tl'.at of a Tiv;er, and common 

 Fjv.-I, in Thirty Tables." The firft Num- 

 ber contained ai". Explanation of the Skeleton 5 

 the fecond, a View of the External Parts of 

 the Human Body, and an cnumer.ition of the 

 parts lymg undi'r them, v.'.ih a defcription 'if 

 the common int.-gumcnt; ; and tlie th;i t, 

 the commo.T inteiiuments talcen otl', with the 

 Alembrina .^dipou and Fat. In the fourtli, 

 fifth, anil^fixth Numbers, Mr. S. meant :o 

 have defgribed the firft, fccnnd, and third 

 Lays of .Mufclcs taken ofi'. Mr. Stubbs' ha.- 

 bic3 of life werealino.1 a; jxtr.tordinar^- as iiis 



intelleiSual attainments. Wiien a youn^- 

 man, lo ardent was his thirft for acquiring 

 experience by practical dilVcction, th.it he 

 very frequently braved thofe dangers from 

 putridity, &c. which would have appalled the 

 molt experienced praftitioner ; and fuch was 

 his mufcular ftrength, that he has mo;c than 

 once carried a dead liurfe on his bad: up two 

 flights of a narrow Ifaircafe to the dilVeCling- 

 room on the atLic floor. [|e was always a 

 very early rifer; and his conftitution con- 

 tinued robuft to the laft Long alter he was 

 fourfcore, he has o.'teil walked from .Seymour- 

 ftreet to Fleet- ftreet, and back again, before 

 the regular hour of breakfall. He enjoyed an 

 excellent ftate of health; was remarkably 

 abftemious ; eating little food, and drinking 

 only water, for the laft 10 years. He his 

 left the whole of his property to Mrs. Spen- 

 cer, a near relation, who has been for a great 

 number of years his conftant companion, and 

 principal alTiftant, bath in his literary and his 

 anatomical purfuits. 



[Further farhculars of Licuutiant Colanel 

 Chalmzn, -whofe death is mentioned at p. 398, of 

 Number 119. This gentleman was a native 

 of Scotland ; and, with that fpint o." cnter- 

 prizc for vvhich Xoith Britons are renowned, 

 quitted the paternal roof for ever, at the ear- 

 ly age of 18, choofmg for himft'lf the arduous 

 profeliion of arms, in which he paficd half a 

 century with zeal, afliduity, and fuccefs. His 

 laft fervice wjs in the campaign under Gene- 

 ral Simcoe in the Weft Indies, uiicn he co;n» 

 manded in a regiment of Native Infantry. Col. 

 C.'s military talents were tried and honour- 

 ably acknowledged. He was a found difci- 

 plinarian,refolute,ftriCt, and humane. Hislite- 

 r.iry powers were refpeCtabU ; the many po- 

 litical compofitions he publilhed, in America 

 and in England, are replete with Htitifh loy- 

 alty, and evince much (hrewdnefs and oriei. 

 nality of thought, expre/led in an eafy ftylc 

 of ratiocination. The laft of chem, " Re- 

 marks on the late War with St. Domingo," 

 was printed in iaO-1. As a foldier. Colonel 

 C.'s public conduct was meritorious; as % 

 member of civil fociety, his private deport- 

 ment was in a remarkable degree courteous 

 and engagiag. Even the ftrong peculiarities 

 of his temper, manner, addrefs, and didlion, 

 were .dl declaratory of the habits of a genll=- 

 man well-bred and well-informed, of a lively 

 and impetuous fpirit. His excelfively refinei 

 affability, in general, appeared precifcly what 

 Frenchmen have denominated la bonm p-Aiaffi. 

 de la iiiel'.e cour. His higheft complimentary 

 language, hovvever, although exuberant, ftill 

 only fpoke the afl'ettionate fcntiments of a 

 truly generous heart: the ebullition was, 

 perhipi, fometimcs too ]jrofufc, but tho fprin; 

 was pure and pcrrennial ! This worthy cha- 

 racter has lelt an amiable widow, three grown 

 daughters, and a Ton, a major in the army, 

 who was lately (Kirionfd at Jamaica, wiier.- hs 

 received public thanics for tljc betuviour of 

 his men. Ol the yo^-ng Utiicj^ iwv' i'x mar- 

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