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THE MONTHLY REVIEW axd REGISTER of the FINE ARTS. 
“ The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the menial labour employed in it, 
or the mental pleasure produced by it.” Reynolds. 
Exhibition of Pictures painted by the 
late Benjamin West, Esq., President 
of the Royal Academy. 
T HE reputation of Mr. West as an 
historical painter of great acquired 
talents for the day in which he flourish¬ 
ed, is well known. His sons have made a 
collection of his works in a new gallery, 
built on the site of their father's paint¬ 
ing and exhibition rooms, which is 
lighted in a novel and excellent man¬ 
ner. The pictures are placed against 
the walls, and sky-lights, concealed by 
an inner colonnade and ceiling, shower 
down an intensity of light upon them, 
which is by no means serviceable to 
the late President’s weak and inefficient 
mode of painting. His portrait, by 
Sir Thomas Lawrence, gains by its 
brilliance, but not the thin and watery 
colouring of Mr. West. Asa proof, 
none of his latter pictures, particularly 
the 64 Christ Rejected," and the 44 Death 
on the Pale Horse,” look half so well 
as they did in the half light of the 
gallery in Pall Mall. 
The principal pictures, which, how¬ 
ever, are all well-known to the public, 
are, the Elevation of the Brazen Ser¬ 
pent ; Raising the Widow''s Son ; the 
Crucifixion; Christ Rejected; Death 
on the Pale Horse ; the Deluge ; and 
the Golden Age, Mr. West’s general 
style, as displayed in these pictures, 
and in others which are not in this 
collection, is well known to the public, 
and their number and size are proofs 
of his industry and perseverance. The 
late President was a laborious and in¬ 
defatigable student, but not an histori¬ 
cal painter of genius. 
Portrait of Bonaparte , engraved in 
mezzoihito , by Goubaud and Say. 
Mr. Ackerman has caused a very 
fine portrait to be engraved of Napo¬ 
leon, from an exquisite original draw¬ 
ing by Goubaud, taken from life dur¬ 
ing the 100 days. As a highly finished 
engraving and correct likeness of the 
most eminent man of any age, it merits 
the patronage which it no doubt will 
receive. It is clearly and beautifully 
executed in mezzotinto.byMr. Say,who 
lias rendered it an excelient historical 
portrait. 
The Marriage of Richard of Shreics- 
bury. Duke of York , to the Lady Anne 
Mowbray. Engraved by Wm. Say, 
from a picture by JAMES NoRTHCOTE, 
Esq. R.A. 
The picture, whence this mezzotiuto 
print is engraved, was one of the leading 
historical pictures iu the exhibition at 
Somerset House, which is just closed. 
The principal actors in the piece, as is 
well known, are both children, and the 
infantine gaiety and affected grandeur at 
the finery of their habiliments, and the 
imposed gravity by the desire of the 
officiating priests, are Avell conceived. 
The Charge of the Life Guards at 
the Battle of Waterloo ; painted by 
Luke Clennell, and engraved by 
William Bromley\ 
The unfortunate situation of the 
able painter of this clever picture, and 
Ills family, lias excited tlie commise¬ 
ration of all who have been acquainted 
with it, and the excellent print now 
before us has been published under the 
direction of a committee of noblemen 
and gentlemen, for the benefit of the 
afflicted artist and his family. The 
composition, grouping, and arrange¬ 
ment of the picture, ^ives one of the 
best ideas of such a dreadful conflict 
that has ever been painted, and Mr. 
Bromley has done ample justice to his 
original 
