i'gi. Jine arU. 



HINTS RESPECTING THE FINE ARTS. 



The long expected print of the death of lord Cha- 

 tham by Sherwin, i^c. from Copley, was finilhed in 

 September 1790, and has been ever since at the rolling 

 prefs for the subscribers who are to receive proofs in 

 the order of their subscriptions. 



This is, perhaps, the greatest work, in the line of his- 

 torical portrait in engraving, that was ever published. 

 It contains sixty actual portraits of persons of eminence 

 or rank, who were present when lord Chatham w-as sei- 

 zed with a fit, after having exhausted the powers of his 

 enervated body in replying to the Duke of Richmond. 



Chatham is supported by his son, tlie present pre- 

 mier, his eldest son being then in Canada. The 'figure 

 of the Duke of Richmond occupies, perhaps, too miich 

 the attention of the spectator j and in the picture, th^ 

 glare of the robes is very adverse to "the good keeping 

 and repose of the piece. 



But these defects are concealed in the print by its 

 want of colour, which gives an additional value to the 

 engraving. Subscription tickets for this print, of an 

 early date, entitling the holders to first proofs, have 

 been, it is said, frequently sold for fifteen guineas, be- 

 ing five times the original subscription. 



The Voyage Pittoresque de la France, par I'' Amy, in 

 eight volumes folio, lately publKhed, and dedicated to 

 the Constituting Afsembly of the nation, is a most 

 splendid and interesting work, and worthy of general 

 attention, though its price puts it out of the power of 

 the poor admirer of elegance. The plan of tlie late 

 ■worthy John Knox, wliich proved abortive by his 

 ■death, v,ould have matched this noble work, in Britain ^ 



