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was the peculiar praise of the genius of 
Raflaelle, to unite the utmost decision of 
character and finished expression with 
the utmost freedom of a flowing pen- 
- ell, in a regular and determined outline. 
Te that copies him, unless he be hunself 
the equal of Raffaelle, will necessarily 
Tag, in some part, behind him. Mr. Hol- 
loway prefers that species of danger 
which arises from a close, slow, and mi- 
nute pursuit of his various excellencies,. 
and exhibits a copy so attentively exa- 
amined, and so faithfully explained, that 
not the smallest portion of space remains 
pnaccounted for. 
Too much praise can hardly be given 
toa man who (as has been remarked) 
devotes mind and body to the Jaudable 
service of his country and his age. But 
Mr, Holloway does not stand in need of 
exaggerated encomium, Tis first print, 
of St. Paul preaching at Athens (pub- 
lished last winter), is far superior, taken 
altogether, to any other engraving of the 
subject. The characters are diligently 
studied, and successfully reflected frony 
their originals; and the print is both in 
this respect, and in delicacy of execu- 
tion, infinitely preferable to that of Do- 
rigny in particular, The beautiful: and 
highly finished drawings from the offered 
Sacrifice at Lystra, and the Miraculous 
Draught of Fishes, promise results equal- 
ly successtul, 
Inthe mean tine, to beguile the te- 
diousness of expectation, Mr, Holloway 
has been induced to offer for sale a finish- 
ed etching of the plate of the Death of 
Ananias, wrough*, as he professes, in 
such a manner as not only to shew the 
general fabric of that composition, but 
to enable the public to judge uf the 
final effect of the print.* 
* The price of Mr. Holloway’s engravings 
is great, but perhaps at last inadequate to his 
labours, The encouragement given to the 
first set of engravings, in Queen Anne’s 
reign, by Gribelin, was very great, betause, 
according to Walpole, the Cartoons ** had 
never before becn engraved.” His success 
stimulated Dorigny, by the persuasion of 
some English gentlemen of rank who were 
then at Rome, to come to England, and un- 
dertake the same work on a larger scale. 
The plates were ‘at first proposed to be en- 
graved at the queen’s,expence, only to be 
piven away as presents to persons of distin- 
guished rank; but Dorigny demanding five 
thousand pounds for his work, it was at last 
unéertaken by a subscription at four guineas 
a set. On the completion of it, he presented 
two compiete sets to George the First, anda 
Monthly Retrospect of the Fine Arts. 
*Earl Grosvenor. 
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British Gallery of Engravings.- By the Revs 
Edward Forster, Third Number. 
The progress of this interesting work 
is very creditable to the publisher, and 
the care and judgment shown in the se- 
lection of the subjects for engravings is 
no less so to the gond sense and taste 
wlrich superintend the publication, The 
contents of the present number are, 
The Canal of Dort; by Fittler, from 
Cuyp. ‘ 
Holy Family; by Rainsbach, from Lu- 
dovice Caracci. 
Flemish Pastimes; from Ostade. ¥ 
Joseph’s Garment; by \Schiavonetti, 
from Guercino. .* 
The pictures from which the first and 
third of these engravings are taken, are 
in the collection of the Marquis of Staf- 
ford; the second and fourth in that of 
The first plate may, 
without invidious comparison, be said to 
be the happiest in execution, in the pre 
sent series. ‘The clear and limpid tint 
which distinguishes the original picture is 
adinirably preserved, as well as the dis- 
tinctness of the particular objects, so ju= 
diciously kept subordinate to the general 
repose of the picture. 
British Gallery of Pictures: engraved by Car- 
don. Under the Direction of Mr. Ottley 
and Mr. Tresham, Professor of Painting to 
the Royal Academy. First Number. 
The principal series of this first num- 
ber contains an adinirable engraving from 
the picture of the Womun taken in Adul- 
tery, painted by Rubens, and at present 
in the collection of Henry Hope, esq. 
The engraving is a thoroughly studied 
work, and gives a very full idea of the 
richness and mellowness of Rubens’s 
pallette. ‘The same engraving is also to 
be had, coloured, with the most careful 
attention to the original picture, and in 
a manner highly creditable to the pub-' 
lishers. 
The other series contains small etch- 
ings from pictures in the Marquis of 
Stafford’s Gallery, very well calculated to 
give a general idea of the respective com= 
positions, to of which are of the Saera- 
ments by Nicolas Poussin. To these is’ 
added a plan of the Gallery. This series 
(like the former) may also be had with’ 
the etchings slightly coloured, in such a . 
manner as to convey the general intens 
set each to the prince and princess. The 
king, in return, presented him with a purse 
of 100 guineas, and the prince witha gold 
medal. a he 
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