1800. | 
Macartney, has publifhed fix numbers of 
The Coffume of China. Printed by Bul- 
. mer, for G. Nicol and Son. 
This publication, confidered as a work 
of art, is much (uperior to the two which 
precede it. The drawings are correét 
and picturefque, the etching is in a very 
{pirited ftyle, and the colouring, though 
extreme'y brilliant, is in perfect harmony. 
The aerial perfpetive is well underftocd, 
and carefully attended to, and the whole 
difplays ftrong marks of great profeffional 
knowledge, and a goodtafte. To fub- 
{cribers it was publifhed, and the numbers 
are now delivering at 7s. 6d. each num- 
ber; but the artift found his trouble and 
expence fo much more than he had calcu- 
Jated, that to non-fubfcribers he has been 
under the neceffity of raifing itto 10s. 6d., 
at which price, confidered m every point 
of view, it is a very reafonahle publication, 
and we fincerely hope will have the fuccels 
it fo well merits. Both the defiigns and 
etchings are by Mr. Alexander. 
Publius Virgilius Maro. Bucclica, Georgica, ex 
Zineis. In twoVolumes Royal OGavo. Print= 
ed by Benfley, and publifhed for 4. Dulau and 
Co., Sobo-fquare. 
This very fplendid woik does great 
credit to the Englith prefs; it is mott 
beautifully printed, though we think the 
title of Lider IT. and Ili. of the Georgics 
being printed in a type of the fame fize as 
the renning title on the oppofite page, 
hurts the eye, and gives what has at firk 
fight the appearance of miftaken inequa- 
lity in the length of the pages. 
In the two volumes there are fourteen 
prints, engraved by Bartolozzi, Sharp, 
Fittler, and Neagle. The names of the 
defigners are not inferted, except in one 
print, which is by Vieira Portuenfis., That 
in the fSrft volume, which is engraved by 
Sharp, bears {trong marks of ihe pencil of 
Fufeli. Some of them, particularly that 
of the lid. book of the Afneid, havea flut- 
tering French air. Confidered as the de- 
corations of this very fine fpecimen of En- 
glith typography, though of unequal merit, 
they are generally in a very mafterly ftyle. 
Portrait of the Right Hon. Lord Grenville. 
Sloppner pinxt. S.W. Reynolds fcu'pt. Feffe- 
ries, Ludgate-bill. 11, 15. 
A very fpirited portrait, and engraved 
in mezzotinto in a very fuperior ftyle. 
The Sitting of the Council of Five Hundred. F. 
Vieira Portuennis inv. F. Bartoloxsi, Rae, 
feulpt. Publifbed for Bartolozzi and Co., Sept, 
Hy MOOG. i/) 11s, 6d. 
This defign, which does not bear marks 
Monthly Retrofpect of the Fine- Arts. 
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of much thinking, reminded us of many 
of the French reprefentations of the vari- 
ous events of the Republic. It is engraved 
in the chalk manner, and in feveral parts 
looks as if it had received the improving 
touches of Bartolozzi’s buri, which. have 
indifputably rendered it better than it 
would have been without them. 
Finding the Body of Tippoo Sultaun, woo lof} his 
Dominions and Life May 4, 1799. Porter 
pinxt. §. W. Reynolds feulpr. © Publifhed 
Aug. 15, 18c0, by F. Daniel, Charlotte- 
fireet, Blackfriars-road. 
A very fpirited and animated defign ; 
many of the figures have great intereft and 
chara&ier. It is a torch-light, has a bril- 
liant and ftriking effect, and is engraved 
in mezzotinto in a very matterly ftyle. 
As a companion to the preceding, 
The Surrender of the Children of Tippoo Sultaur, 
Muy 4, 1799. S. Stothart, R. A., pinxte 
C. Burner, feulpt. Publifoed by F. Daniel. 
Price 21. 12s. 6d. the Pair. 
This alfo is in mezzotinto, and well en- 
graved ; the defign, which is in the bef 
manner of the mafer, contains a number 
of female figures, with moitelegant forms, 
and brings to our recollection Le Brun’s 
Tent of Darius. We donot mean to fay 
it is equal to that; but, confidered as the 
production of amodern mafter, it does ho- 
nour to the arts and the artift. 
The Combined Armies of Aufiria and Ruffia ; the 
Army of the French Republic at Pozzo and 
Brefio, after Forcing the Paffage of the Adda. 
H. Singleton pinxt. L. Schavonette feulpt. 
As a companion to the above, 
The Archduke Charles defeating Moreau. Ditto, 
ditto. 31. 3s. the Pair. Schiavonette, 
Reprefentations of battles are not a 
pleafing exertion of the fine-arts; they 
are, as Foote faid of a gallery of por- 
traits, ‘© prodigious fine pieces, and all 
alike ;’” added to this, the two now he- 
fore us do not ftrike us as having bufle 
enough for a battle. ‘They are engraved 
in the cpalk-manner. 
Portrait of William Markham, Archbifoop of 
Romney pinxt. D Vara feulpt. Boys 
Ics.6d. 5 Proofs ti. 1s, 
York. 
dells, 
We were much pleafed to fee fo fine a 
portrait of Romney’s (who has now re. 
tired from the praétice of the arts hg 
was fo long an honour to) fall into the 
hands of fo good an engraveras Mr. Ward, 
The pittare bears a very ttrong Jike- 
nefs to the Bifhop, and the mezzctinto, 
added to its other merits, which are not 
egal incon- 





