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^lONTHLY RETROSPECT of the FIXE ARTS. 
The Use of New Pfints, Conwmnicaiions of Articles of LiteUigencef ^c. a;5 
requested to be sent under cover to the Care of the Publisher. 
IfEW PEIXTS. 
i. The Meeting of TeUmacbui and Calypso^ 
after bis Sh:p-w>'eck j dra%vn by E. Burney^ 
and cngra%'ed ly R. Ccsper.•m^FulkrSy Lon¬ 
don. 
r^l'^HESE prints, of the medallion 
I size, although possessing much of 
the manner of Burney, possess consi¬ 
derable ingenuity. They are taste¬ 
fully drawn, and engraved with gieat 
spirit. 
♦, The Tkatnes^cr Graphic:lilustrations of Seats, 
Villasy &c. on the Banks of that noble 
Jli-vcr. Engranjcd by Cceke, from drawings 
b\ Ovjct:. 
Vl'hese graphic illustrations consist of out¬ 
line etchings in a style more finished than 
when etched for finished engraving, and 
are in fact a pleasing species of sketch. 
The subjects are well chosen, correctly 
drawn, and etched with a degree of free¬ 
dom and spirit that deserves warm com¬ 
mendation, The w^f.nk' forms in every 
respect an excellent pocket guide to the 
hanks of that beautiful and noble river. 
ISTElLIGEXCE. 
The BRITISH IXSTITUTJO>f EOR THE 
X^'CO^EAGEME^;l OF THE FINE ARTS haS 
afibrded another proof of its public spirit, 
by purchasing a grand picture by Paolo 
1 ERONESE, at the expense of one thou¬ 
sand four hundred guineas, for their gal- 
]ery of standard pictures for the use of 
students. The gallery is embellished tliis 
year with six line pictures, lent by Sir 
Ttiomas Baring, and with five by other 
direotors, for the advantage of the stu¬ 
dents, who are permitted to make studies 
from them. ^lany excellent studies liave 
been made this winter, both by the male 
and female students; to select any of 
which for notice, as they are neither 
works of mvenrionj nor direct copies, 
would be invidious. 
The place from Wilkie’s celebrated 
Biind Tidier-is finished, and will be 
published early in the new year. Being 
3ii size, a print of consequence, sucli 
are now too seldom publislied, it 
’Will receive a proper share of notice 
when it comes before us. Bromley, 
(he engraver, after a severe indisposition, 
has nearlv finished his plate fromDevis’s 
Death of Nelsor^ which will be published 
s^bout the same time. This will also 
form a prominent article in a future re¬ 
trospect. 
A correspondent, through our medium, 
as connecting practical architecture witli 
the fine arts,wishes to ask iMrs. Sarali Gup¬ 
py, of Bristol, whose patent for a mode if 
erecting and constructing bridges, or rail¬ 
roads, zeithout arches or starlings, fc, ^ c, 
is described in our iMagazine for October 
last, page 256; what diiierence there is 
to entitle her to a patent, between that 
description and the invention for a port¬ 
able bridge, published in the Pliiioso- 
phical Magazine for January, 1809? 
Having read both, he does not perceive, 
by Guppy’s description, any material 
difference. 
The new Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 
is begun, and proceeding with unremitting 
diligence; bur, as every architect’s maxim 
should be “Stay till it is finished,” we 
defer our observations on his design tili 
w'e are able to see bis finished work. 
On Monday, December the 10th, the 
venerable and able president of the Royal 
Academy delivered the biennial prizes «)f 
the institution to the successful candi¬ 
dates from among the students in paint¬ 
ing, sculpture, architecture; and design. 
The Academy have-tliis year, for the first 
time, added pecuniary premiums to the 
classes of tlie gold medal, and books 
properly inscribed and addressed to thosa 
of the silver medal. 
The addition of books on art, labelled 
as presents from such an institution as 
the Royal Academy, to successful merit, 
are more lasting testimonies tiian il-.e 
silver medal, with which however they 
are still accompanied, while they point 
out and give authority to proper books 
for study. 
Tiie gold medal and fifty guineas were 
given to Mr. Perigal, for painting; the 
same to Mr. Bayly, for sculpture; ami 
the same to Mr. Edwards, for archi¬ 
tecture. The silver medals were allotted 
as follows: In the first class, for drawings 
of academy figures from the living model, 
accompanied with a copy of Reynolds 
and West’s Discourses, and Barry’s Lec¬ 
tures, handsomely bound and inscritied ; 
to Messrs- Medland and Bone, and to 
Messrs, Miilichamp, Joseph, and Ken¬ 
dall, w'ith similar iiiscnbed copies <jf 
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