good fellow," it seems, joining- in bacchanalian chorus. 

 The figure is that of a stout, well-fed, dull gour- 

 mand, whose name and wit is forgotten after his depar- 

 ture, and not that of one who will live through all time." 

 The figure is fat, awkward, and puny. The habiliments 

 are not tliose of the age in which he lived, but rather the 

 aldermanic finery of the sculptor's day. The statue of Sir J. 

 Banks, by Chantreyis finely executed; it shows the talent 



of that artist ; the character of the naturalist is drawn. 

 Tlie countenance is intellectual, and displays genius and 

 research. 



In the same hall, and close to the statue of Shake- 

 speare, is that of the Honourable Anne Seymour 

 Damer, of which the accompanying is a sketch. She 

 was a lady of some fortune, and a liberal patroness o f 

 sculpture, for which she had no little taste, and is eve n 

 reported to have herself wielded the chisel. The statue i s 



