The Exhibition of Miniatures at South Kensington. Ill 



Mrs. Fitzberbert — "a, girnmal ring, with the name Greorge 

 Augustus Frederick engraved within the hoop ;" the eye of 

 Mrs. Fitzherbert, represented in miniature upon a vapoury 

 ground ; and a similar painting of the eye of the Prince of 

 Wales, set in a ring. — Another portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert, 

 by Cosway, 1788, is younger than the one first-named, and 

 much prettier, though the features are rather large. 



Mrs. Siddons, by Bdridge. — By T. Harding. About the 

 age of sixty, with an air of tragedy in private life. — 'By Cos- 

 way, before 1784. Of almost Jewish aspect. — Mrs. Siddons in 

 the character of Zara, drawn by Lawrence when only twelve 

 years old. Crayons. 



Mrs. Bobinson, " Perdita," in the manner of Shelley, but as- 

 cribed to Cosway, looks very much as if she were determined 

 to set her cap at any and every eligible man, and perhaps she 

 was so. This (No. 739) is a duplicate of No. 2592, catalogued 

 as " Portrait of a lady unknown, by Michael Keene.'" 



Mrs. Bayly, 1773, is a charming portrait, somewhere be- 

 tween the styles of the elder miniaturists, of Cosway, and of 

 his successor Ross. The experts ought to identify the author, 

 and give him the credit of his work. 



Lady Carteret and Lady Caroline Moreland, by Cosway, 

 present a good example of Cosway's style ; partaking at once 

 of the pale clearness and simplicity of the older miniatures, 

 and of the vivacious, degage air which is more especially modern. 



Two Ladies, by the same (Nos. 1420 — 21), also furnish a 

 characteristic example of the painter. Pie is often charming, 

 and always in good taste, and in colour inclines mostly to 

 modest and greyish tints. A tendency to flattery, however, 

 is unmistakeable, along with some extra coquetry of hair, 

 drapery, etc. 



AUTHORS, PHILOSOPHERS, ETC. 



Erasmus, ascribed to I. Oliver, if really by Oliver, must, 

 according to chronology, be a copy. It is a youthful like- 

 ness, some twenty-four years of age. 



Spenser, by Hilliard, is a small picture, which seems to 

 have been retouched. The face has a sufficiently individual 

 look, but is wanting in prominence. 



In Bacon, by P. Oliver, inscribed f< Anno Dni. 1620, -ZEtatis 

 suae GO," the hair is still abundant and perfectly brown. — 

 No. 2662, ascribed to the same painter, appears certainly to be 

 not good enough. 



Lady Mary Worthy Montague, in the costume worn by her 

 in Turkey, is a three-quarters figure excellently painted : a 

 slight greyish or greenish tint in the flesh-shadows suggests 

 that it may be by a French artist. 



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