477 
1811 .J Monthly Retrospect of the Fine A rts, 
ducks, widgeons, black grouse, red 
grouse, quails, plovers, teal, bald coot, 
dab chick, and moorhen. The pheasants 
are of course the most beautiful, but they 
all appear to possess the identity of indi¬ 
vidual portrait. The engravings by Tur¬ 
ner are in his usual excellent style, which 
has given him the title of one of the best 
mezzotinto scrapers of the present day. 
^ Bird'^s-eye Vieiv of Convent-Garden Market f 
taken from the. Hummums, Engraojed by 
y. Blacky from a Draiving by Pugin and 
Ro%ulandson.-—Ackermany London, 
This is a faithful representation of one 
the most extraordinary scenes in the 
British nietropolis,- and affords a rao.st 
singular contrast of that beautiful temple- ' 
like church of St. Paul, Covent Garden, 
by Inigo Jones, and the wretched hovels 
that form the ijtarket houses of this, pro- 
bably, the largest and best supplied mar¬ 
ket in Europe. We had hoped that e’er 
this a market-place more worthy of the 
situation and its noble proprietor (the 
Duke of Bedford) would have been 
erected. We were led into this wish 
from an elegant design which was exhi¬ 
bited at the Royal Academy about two 
years ago, as “ to be executed by Mr, 
Daniel Davis.” 
I^vTELglGENCE RELATIVE TO THE FIaVE 
ARTS. 
The admirers of Grecian architecture 
will be gratified in hearing that the re., 
mainiiig unpublished drawings, by the 
late Mr. Stuart, will shortly be published 
as a fourth volume of his Antiquities of 
Athens, pnd will contain the remaining 
sculpture of the temple of Minerva at 
Athens, with sundry fragments found in 
the Greek islands; also the entire details 
of the antiquities at Pola, in Istria. 
Mr. Savage, the architect, is preparing 
for publication some interesting observa¬ 
tions on the varieties of architecture used 
in the structure of parish churches at dif¬ 
ferent periods. 
The Dilletanti society, to which the 
public are already indebted for some mu¬ 
nificent publications on the hne arts, have 
Just sent off a mission of literati, archi¬ 
tects, and draftsmen, with every neces¬ 
sary assistance, to explore the remaining 
architectural and sculptural treasures o^ 
Asia Minor. The government should 
do like this on a larger scale, and 
in this instance copy the example 
of the modern Attila,^*’ the scourge of 
* Attila, king of the Huns, who subdued 
peat part of the world in the fifth century, 
this personal resemblance to Buonaparte^ 
man, in his great work on Egypt. The 
Elgin collection alone should prompt 
them to it; for, in point of value, «mem¬ 
ber of the French Institute, who viewed 
them within a few months with the writer 
of this article, declared there were se¬ 
veral statues there he would gladly ex¬ 
change for the Apollo Belvedere; and 
when he heard the sum that ministers 
had refused giving for them, he declared 
that, as a private individual, he would give 
more, and if he was suffered to return to 
Paris he would pay the money before de- 
livery, and make a fortune by disposing 
of his lucky bargain to his master. 
The celebrated Denon, whose relative 
this gentleman was, continually laments 
the not possessing them for the Napoleon 
Museum, which have not their equals. 
Might not at a peace, (if that blessed 
event should ever arise) a favorable ex¬ 
change for the arts be made, of casts 
fi'ora these and the Townly Museum, for 
casts frruu the Napoleon Museum. 
On Monday, Nov. the 4th, a general 
meeting of the members of the Royal 
Academy was held, when Mr. Theed 
was elected to supply one of the six va¬ 
cancies in the list of associates. When 
the number of very able painters, sculp¬ 
tors, and archUects, of the last exhibi¬ 
tion is recollected, we can only exoress 
surprise at the unity of the choice. It is 
little short of an insult to these gentle¬ 
men by declaring, that only One of them 
was qualified to be raised to that impor¬ 
tant rank; when perhaps forty might 
be easily enumerated who would do ho¬ 
nour even to that of academician,—and 
some of the academicians vrould do 
wisely in not courting the comparison. 
It is mentioned as an apology that his 
majesty’s illness prevents his ratifying the 
election of members. So his Royal 
tlighness tlie Prince Regent may appoint 
such an insignificant being as aii am¬ 
bassador, or a minister of state, but not 
so important a trust as a. royal acade¬ 
mician! 
The subjects are’all delivered for the 
prizes, and shall be noticed in our next, 
the distribution will take place on die 
evening of Tuesday, the lOih day of Dec. 
next. 
It is said that Bartolnzzi, the engraver 
is on his return home to England^ 
and it is hoped the last days of ihia 
powerful veteran of the arts may be ren¬ 
dered happy and comforable. 
that he was a man, if man he could be 
called, of small stature, with a very large 
htad, 
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