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very attentive to their fpiritual guide, who,, 
if one may judge of his difpofition by his 
phyhognomy, is worthy of their regard ; 
for he is not modelled frem many of his 
country that we have feen here. The 
fpinning-wheel, bafket of-potatoes on the 
fore-ground, and church in the diftance, 
added to the placid and engaging faces of 
ali this little party, lead us to regret the 
Jate inteftine broils which have involved 
them in fo much mifery. The artift feems 
to have-confidered that, as the country has 
been for fome time fituated, the men are 
likely to be employed at places diftant from 
their own peaceful habitations: he has there~ 
fore made up his croup of females, and 
naturally delineated them attentive to the 
confolations of religion as the beft folace 
for their domeftic diftrefs. 
WELSH PEASANTS. 
Of Mr, Weftall’s ability an the delinea- 
tion of a Welch countenance, we had an 
admirable fpecimen in the figure of Owen 
‘Glendower inthe Shakefpeare Gallery. In 
the ancient bearded grandfire of the groupe 
here exhibited, keen as the wind upon his 
native mountains, he has been equally fuc- 
cefsful. It is truly the countenance of a 
Cambro-Briton, and, as well as the two 
girls, would be known to belong to the 
Principality, though we met them in the 
deferts of Arabia. The girl with a full 
face is extremely beautiful. The three 
goats, in the fore-ground, are properly in- 
troduced ; becaufe it is generally fuppofed, 
(though we believe not exactly the fact) 
that this animal abounds more in Wales 
than any other place. ‘This print, as well 
as the other three, is engraved in’a clear 
and good ftyle, and, upon the whole, we 
think, the thus exhibiting the varieties of 
the national phyfiognomy in the unfophi- 
—fticated ranks here chofen, is a happy 
' thought well executed. 
Llangollen Bridgeon the River Dee, Nerthi¥ales- 
Engraved from an original Pifture of Walmf- 
hey’s, by F. Fukesy large coloured Prinz, pub- 
hifbed by F. “fukes. 
‘This bridge, and the houfe embofomed 
in trees which is near to it, and the trees, 
and the fky, are good as far as they go; 
‘the iky is. foft and delicate, the foliage 
tolerably natural, and the water tolera- 
bly pellucid; but we cannot help think-~ 
ing that Mr. Jukes, in his very laudable 
attempt at making his fcenery /plendid, 
fometimes renders it gaudy, elpecially in 
the fore-ground. ‘This may, perhaps, he 
pleafing to the general eye, or poffibly time 
may a little bring down the colouring ; 
but, at prefent, it is rather more glittering 
than we wifh it: the tone is fierce. 
Retro/pel? of the Fine Arts. 
View neat Dallyminyllyn, Monmouthfbire, North 
Weles. Walmfiey pinxit. F. Fukes fculpt. 
From a fcene which has no peculiarly 
leading character that may not-be feen in 
that'country once at leaft in every mile, 
Mr. Walmfley has made a fimple and 
pleafing landfcape, wh'ch forms a very 
good companicn print to that\ which pre- 
cedes it. 
Mount Vernon in Virginia, the Seat of the late 
_ Lieutenant General Wafhington, Commander in 
Chief of the United States of America. Alex~ 
ander Robertjon del. Francis Sukes feulpt. 
Confidered as having been the habita- 
tion of fo great a charagter as General. 
Wafhington, this view has an intereft, 
which it would not derive from any other 
circumftance ; for, as a building, it is ex- 
tremely plain, and has nothing except ex- 
treme neatnefs to recommend it to atten- 
tion. ‘Fhe fore-ground, which, frimm’d 
with nice art, looks neat, fmooth, and 
pretty in the vicinity of a gentleman’s 
houfe, in a drawing or a print is unpic= 
turefque. A bowling green, haven by the 
Soythe and levelled by the roller, is very pro- 
‘per for the purpofes it is made for; but 
the art of Gainfborough could not make it 
a plealing fore-ground to a picture. - 
New-York, from Hobuk Ferry-houfe, New ‘fer- 
Jey. Alexander Robertfen del. Fo Fukes 
Jfeulpt. ~ 
This is a neat and pleafing companion- 
print to the view of Wafhington’s houfe ; 
but, at firft fight, would rather be taken 
for a view of Hobuk Ferry-houfe, than of 
New York, which being feparated from 
the {pot where the view is taken by the 
water, we do not fee much more than the 
fite of the city, or the- fpires of the 
churches, 
The Centurion Cornelius, engraved from a Pi&ture 
fainted by Rembrandt, and brought from the 
Continent by — Bryant Ejg. Engraved and 
publifhed by George Ward, Newman-freet, 
rh. ss 
From the many chalk and charcoal imi- 
tations which have been transferred from 
the canvas of Rembrandt to the copper of 
different artifts, we have {eldom had the 
power of forming a proper judgment of the 
merit of this great colourift; but Mr. 
Ward has contrived to give the various 
tints of the maiter, and the various tones 
of the picture, in a way which we have 
rarely feen equalled, and which does the 
higheft honour to his tafte and talents. 
From a very fine original pi€ture, it is oné 
of the fineft prints we ever faw, 
Cupid 
[july 1, ~ 
