LONDON. 



ir.g to the Linnasan fyflem. They confift of about 15', ooo Reynolds appointed its firft prefident. To this great artift's 



quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fidies, inft-fts, corals, &c. One talents as a painter, conduct as a man, and writings on art, 



department of the mufeiim is peculiarly curious and intereft- the Royal Academy is efTeniially indebted for its profperity 



ing. It is called the Pantherion, in whicii molt of the and reputation. His fafcinating productions, engagine 



known animals, in a preferved ftate, and in natural attitudes, manners, and luminous difcourfts on painting, attracted the 



arc exhibited as ranging in their native, or appropriate attention and patronage of many perfons of diftinftion, and 



haunts ; and exai£t models of exotic plants, rocks, and trees, at the fame time roufe3 the emulation and aftive zeal of the 



are difperfed over, the apartment : the whole interior of the junior artilts. Since fir Jofhua's time, Mr. Well has oc- 



fame is painted .in a panoramic manner, reprefentative of cupied the prcfidential chair, with little interruption, and has 



oriental fcenery. For a particular account of this truly honoured the academic exhibitions \yith a continued fuccef- 



interelling colleSion; tlie reader is referred to a printed Con of new pidlures in the higheft branch of art. A feries 



•'-Companion to the Mufeumand Pantherior," i2mo. 2s. (id. of ledtures has been annually given at the academy by dif- 



or to a larger woik, with etchings, by Howitt, price 14J. ferent profefTors ; all calculated to advance art, and incul- 



A new building, in the Egyptian ftyle, has been erected for 

 this mufeum from defigns by Mr. Robinfon, architect. 



PoUlo's Muftum-, at Exeter Change in the Strand, con- 

 tains a choice collection of living beafts and birds ; and to 

 the ftudents and lovers of natural hiltory is very intereiling. 

 Here are lions, Jeopards, tygers, ollriches, baboons, and 

 monkies of different kinds, kangaroos, beavers, and various 

 other foreign animals and birds. Other mufeums and exhi- 

 bitions of natural and artificial curiofities are — 



Dubovrgh's, in Grofvenor-ftreet, for cork models of feveral 

 temples, and ancient buildings in Rome : — MaiHartkl's au- 

 tomatical exhibitions in Spring-gardens, for fome fingular 

 vjorks of mechanifm : — IVeei's Mufeum, Haymarket, is alfo 

 •Tor mechanical works. At Barter's Panorama, in L.eicefter- 

 fquarc, are exiubited circular vievvs, on a large fcale, of feveral 

 foreign and Englifh cities, towns, and other particular fcenes. 

 Mr. Barker has evinced very confiderable tafte and talents in 

 this branch of art, and to him the public are indebted for 

 the.fir[t invention of panoramic views. Since he commenced, 

 feveral other artiils have exhibited fimilar pictures : Mi 



Gr T J AT n 1- 1 • .■ ituQymg old paintings. Another plat; 



irtin, a view of London ; Mr. Porter, feveral pamtino-s j ' P 1 • u • i 1 j 1 



^fkoffl . .4 A' o \ u v> ■ \ adopted, which is calculated to enhani 



ot battle?, ana a JScw 1 anorama is now openea by Kcinaffle . .• r,,, ■ . , , . ^ 



,nH R,,-!.-.,- in tl,. .c;,„„^ .<„P, .-„„;„, ^ ^ putation. 1 his is the purcbafe of p 



and Bai-ker, in the Strand. See Panoram.a. 



The Fine Aris, and Exhibitions of IV ores of Art, in Lon- 

 don, are entitled to diilinct and particular notice ; for their 

 prefent itate is calculated to fhew the extraordinary progrefs 

 they have made during the lait century, and to difplay the 

 highly cultivated condition <>f the prefent age. London is 

 the focus of the fine arts of England, and fountain-head of 

 excellence. Here all the eminent artills of the country either 

 originate, are educated, or terminate their career ; beeaufe 

 all the great mailers rcfide here ; the bell inilruftion is to 

 be obtained ; the moft celebrated produdtions to be feen and 

 ftudied ; and annual exhibitions displayed to the public. 

 In the rooms of the Roya! Academy at Somerfet-houle, in 

 thofe of the Britidi Inilitution, Pall-Mall, at Spring-gardens, 

 and in Bond-ltreet, are annual exhibitions of paintings, draw- 

 ings, fculptural and architectural deilgns ; and a careful 

 examination of the works here exhibited will furnifh a 

 foreigner with ample means to appreciate the individual and 

 aggregate m.crits of Engiifh arlilts. Betides thefe public 

 exhibitions, it will be exoedient to viiit the galleries of 

 Mr. Weft, Mr. Turner, Mr. Wilkie, Mr. Lawivnce, and 

 fome other painters ; for in thefe will be found feveral of the 

 moft meritorious works of the age. The beil productions of 

 our modern fcuiptors will be found in the church of St. 

 Paul's and in Weltmmfter Abbey ; whilft the true talents of 

 the architects can only be appreciated by a perfonal exami- 

 nation of the buildings they have erefted. The public in- 

 ftituticns devoted to the fine arts are the following : 



At the Royal Academy, in So:!:erfet-houfe, is an annual 

 exaibitiin, \>r the ptriod of about fix weeks, of paintings, 

 drawings, fketches, model?, ard proof-prints. This acaden.y 

 was eftabiilhed by charter in the year 176S, and lir JoJhua 



cate proper principles of tafte and criticifm. Some of the 

 prefent lefturers are delervedly famed for proftllional 

 fcience, as well as for generarknowk-dge. In the years 

 jSit and 181 2, the following profefTors^ delivered Icftures 

 on their refpeftive provinces of art : Hcrry Fufcli, on 

 painting; John Soane, on architefture ; Anthony Carlifle, 

 on anatomy (it is neccffary to ftate that this gentleman is 

 not a member of the academy) ; J. M. W . Turner, on per- 

 fpective ; and John Flaxman, on fculpturc. The Royal 

 Academy confifts of forty members, called : oyal .cademi- 

 cians, twenty affociates, and fix affociate engravers Fur- 

 ther particulars of this inftitution will be given under RoYAt 

 Academy, 



The Brit'fb Jiiflitution, in Pall-Mall, was eftablifhed by 

 the liberal contnoutions of feveral noblem.en and gentlemen 

 in the year 1 8oj, for the exprefs encouragement of Bri-iih 

 artifts : and it muft afford much gratification to the founders 

 to contemplate its great utility and fuccefsful eftefts. This 

 inflitution is devoted to the exhibition and fate ef piftiires ;: 

 and to the ufe of young ftudents for copying from and 

 iludying old paintings. Another plan has been recently 



ce its utility and re- 

 purcbate ot pre-eminent piftures, 

 which are to be preferved as the property of the inftitution,. 

 and from which engravings are to be made on a large fcalc 

 The firft of this feries is a large painting by Mr. Weft, o£ 

 « Chrift healing- the Sick in the Temple!" and Charles 

 Heath is engraving a plate from it. 



The Society of Painters in Ji'attr- Colours was eCabiifhed ia 

 November 1804, fince which time tlitv have annually ex- 

 hibited a large and inteiefting colleClion of drawings. This 

 branch of art may be faid to have attained nearly the higheft 

 excellence ; and many cf its profefTors have manifeftcd dif- 

 tinguifhed talents. In colourinj, effeft, and appropriate 

 character, feveral young artifts of the prefent age have fur- 

 pafTedany of the old mafters in this branch of art. Another 

 lociety of artiils hav^e made an annual exiilbition of drawings in 

 Bond-ftreet. The coileftions of pifturcs in private houfes in 

 London are numerous, and many of them very valuable. The 

 moft celebrated of thefe are the marquis of Stafford's, at Cleve- 

 land Houfe ; (for an account of tliefe piftures. fee Britten's 

 " Catslogue Raifonne," and Treftiams " Gallery of Pic- 

 tures;") the coileftion at Buckingham-houfe ;. the earl C)f 

 Grofvenor's, in Grofvenor-ltreet ; Mr. Thomas Hope's, in 

 Duchefs-ftreet ; Mr H. W. Hope's, in Cavci difh-fquare ; 

 Mr. Anderdon's, Spring Garde.'ts ; Mr. Weft's, in New- 

 man-ftreet ; earl of Suffolk's, in Harley-ftreet ; the duke of 

 Devonftiire's, in Devon(hii-e-hoi'.fe : Mr. Angerftein's, Pall- 

 Mall ; lir Abraham Hun-ve ; fir George Yonge, in Strat- 

 ford-place ; lo'd Nortlu. ick's, in Hanover-'quare ? Mr. 

 Weddels, in Upper Brooice-ftreet ; lord Afhburnham'Sy in 

 Dover-ftreer ; baronefs Lucas, in St. James's-fquare ;; fir 

 George Beaumont, in Grofvenor fquare ; Mr. William 

 Smith, in Park-ftr'eet ; Mr. K-iight, of Portland-place ;: 

 Mr. Jeremiah Harmaii, of Finfbury-fcjiiare ; Mr. R. P.. 



Knight,. 



