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but a tingle fhip in front of the piece, which covers and hides all 
the others. 
Mr. Lewis Belanger, firfi painter to the king of Sweden. After 
refiding feveral years in Italy, where he applied himfelf to the 
Rudy of architecture, he went to and continued fome time in 
England ; where there is Rill to be feen a number of prints taken 
from his pictures in body colours. He is a landfcape painter of 
no fmall merit: his touch is light, and produces a pleafing effect: 
he has a good imagination, and makes an excellent ufe of body 
colours. There is no artiR in Sweden that excels him in his line 
of painting. He is now engaged in a very intereRing work,, 
namely, a piSlurefque Tour through Sweden, which is engraved 
under his own direction, and of which fome plates have already 
appeared at Stockholm, by an engraver whom he carried with 
him thither, of the name of Cordier. On his arrival in Sweden 
and prefentation to the king, he was honoured with the title of 
firR painter in his majeRy’s fervice ; and, I believe, he has ob¬ 
tained permiffion to make drawings of all the ports in Sweden ; 
which will form a very curious collection, efpecially as they are 
done by the hand of fo excellent an artiR. His diRinguifiied 
merit, foon after his arrival, excited envy and raifed him a num¬ 
ber of enemies. 
Mr. WeRmuller. There was nothing of this painter in the ex¬ 
hibition of the year mentioned (Feb. 1800) ; but there had been 
an Ariadne by him in that of the preceding year., which was much 
talked of, and confirmed the reputation he had already acquired. 
He 
