130 Fine Arts. [Chap. X^ 



inish schools. His exertions to promote a just 

 taste in this art have been very honourably se- 

 conded by those of West*, Fuseli, and others, 

 who hold a distinguished place in the British 

 school of arts. 



The Historical Painters of the eighteenth cen- 

 tury were numerous, and some of them highly re- 

 spectable. Among these Cignani, Giordano, 

 Marattf, and Jauvenet, beforementioned, held^ 

 early in the century, an honourable rank. At 

 later periods the Italian school ha.^ been adorned 

 by Battoni, Mengs, Martini, Dietrich, and seve- 

 ral others. In Great Britain the works of West, 

 Reynolds, Copley f, and Trumbull J, have been 



* Mr. Benjamin West is a native of Pennsylvania. About the 

 year \7CY6 he went to Italy, under the patronage of William Allen^ 

 esq., chief justice of the province, whose son accompanied 

 him. After studying the monuments of ancient and modern 

 genius hi Italy, he went to Great Britain, where he has since re- 

 sided, and where the productions of his pencil have been rewarded 

 with distinguished honours and emolument. The works of this 

 artist are too numerous to be mentioned. His suite of sacrtd 

 paintings for the royal chapel at Windsor have been much cele- 

 brated. Beside these, his Death of Wolfe, his Buttle of la Hague, 

 his Battle of the Boijne, and his Flood, are considered as deserving 

 particular distinction. He is said, by some good judges, to be, 

 on the whole, the greatest painter in his department now living. . 



\ Mr. John Singleton Copley is a native of the state of Massa- 

 chusetts. He went, a few years aga, to Great Britain, where he 

 was patronised and instructed by Mr. West, and where he has 

 been since very honourably distinguished as an artist. His Death 

 of Chatham, and h\s Siege of Gibraltar, are generally considered 

 among the most respectable monuments of his genius. 



X Mr. John Trumbull is a native of tlie state of Connecticut. 

 His father was governor of that state for a number of years, and 

 was much distinguished for his talents and patriotism. His excel- 

 lency Jonathan Trumbull, the present governor of Connecticut, 



