140 Fine Arts. [Chap. X. 



try Algardi* Cherachi, Comolli, Carlini^ and, 

 above all, Canova f, liave been much distinguish- 

 ed. Beside these Roubilliac, la ^loitt, Chaudet, 

 Houdon, and Boizot, of France; Rysbrach and 

 Flamingo, of Flanders ; Schaddau, of Berlin ; Ba- 

 con^ Nollekens, AVilton, Flaxnian, Moore, Banks, 

 and the honourable ]\Irs. Darner J, of Great Bri- 

 tain ; Sergei, of Sweden ; and a iew others, in dif- 

 ferent parts of Europe, have attained, w^ithin the 

 period in question, considerable celebrity. 



The art of taking human Hkenesscs in JVa.v, 

 though not ab;solutely peculiar to the eighteenth 

 century, has been carried to a degree of perfec- 

 tion during this period, which was never before 

 known. In this art Mrs. Wright, an ingenious 

 American lady ; Mr. Gossett and his nephew, of 

 Great Britain ; and several others on the con- 

 tinent of Europe, have gained very honourable 

 distinction. 



The various compositions for Busts and other 



* Algardi lived early in the eighteenth ccntiuy. Among the 

 numerous works on which his reputation is b\iilt, his famous spe- 

 cimen of alto n-licvo, in St. Peter's, at Rome, deserves particular 

 commendation. The subject is the appearance of St. Peter and 

 St. Paul to Attila, when laying siege to Rome. It is one of the 

 finest things to be seen in tliat city. 



t Canova resides at Rome. The author is informed, by IMr. 

 Murray, tlfat this artist is undoubtedly the greatest sculptor now 

 living, and fully equal to tlie second class of Grecian sculptors, 

 Mr. Murray, when at Rome, was often in the workshop of Canova, 

 and declares, that, on comparing a statue of Perseus, executed by 

 him, with a cast from the Ikhidtrc ^ipolio, placed in the same 

 room, the former sutlVred very little by tlie comparison. 



X Mrs. Damer is the first instance, in the annals of sculpture, 

 of nf'rnn/e attaining distinction in this art. Some of her works 

 do her great honour. 



