1799-1 
Flying Ifland. A very fpirited, and we have 
been informed very accurate. view of the en- 
gagement at the awful moment of the French 
admirai’s fhip POrient blowing up, is re- 
preiented veneath theoval. The large fhell 
Cif for a fhell it be meant} which is placed 
at the bottom of the print, we think might 
have been ftronger marked, without taking 
off the attention from the reft of the print, 
which 1s evidently the artift’s reafon for 
leaving it in fo indefinite a fate. The 
arms, furmounted with the aigrette and 
mural crown, with a Britith feaman bear- 
ing an enfign and clive branch, and a 
lion with a tattered flag in his mouth, 
for fupporters, are drawn and engraved 
with great talte ;-—the motto, PALMaMQUI 
MERUIT FERAT, is highly appropriate. 
Confidered on the whole, the print is 
worthy of the admiral and the vitory. 
An explanatory accompaniment comme- 
morating the battle of the Nile, with re- 
ferences, a copy of Lord Nelfon’s letter, &c. 
iS given with the print. 
Captain Sir Edward Berry of the Vanguard, 
from a miniature by Grimaid!,—and Captain 
Sir Thomas B. Thompfomof the Leander, from 
a miniature by Englevseart, 
are upon a fmaller {cale. _ The heads are 
engraved in a very fpirited ftile, and the 
views of the engagement beneath the oval 
difplay the tafte of the artift. 
Portrait of Captain George Weftcort, wha fell 
on board his Majefty’s (hip the Majsftic of 
74 gunsy bravely defending the honour of the 
Britifh flag, in the cuer memorable vidiory of 
the Nile, on the Firft of Auguf? 1798. 
Fnfcribed to the Right Hon. Admiral Lord 
Nelf{in, and the furviving Oficers of bis Lord- 
Ship's Fleet, by G. Nelfor, 
This mezzotinto print is engraved by 
E. Bell, from a portrait in the poffeffion of 
Mrs. Loft of Honiton, the late Captain’s 
fitter, and we have been told is a ftrong 
refemblance, but the face wants clearnefs, 
and the drapery and ground would have 
had a better effect if they had not been 
quite fo black. 
' We are happy to fee that it is at length 
determined to ereé&t 2 more lafting monu. 
ment in commemoration of our naval viéto- 
ries, and that upwards of 2300 guineas are 
already fubferibed to'defray the expence. 
The following advertifement has appeared 
in the public papers, which, confidering it 
as an addrefs to artifts, we have inferted. 
** As the intended national. tru€ture in 
commemoration of our naval victories, 
while it proclaims to future ages the gle- 
rious atchievements of our naval and ma- 
rine herces, fhould alfo be 2 monument of 
national tatte, and exhibit a {pecimen of 
Britihh art in that improved ftate te which 
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Retrofpeét of the Progrefs of the Fins Arts. GAZ 
‘improvement. 
it has been raifed during the reign and un- 
der the immediate aufpices of our beloved 
fovereign: and theretore, that the honour 
of giving the defign for a work of fuch 
magnitude and importance may be open to 
all, andthe genius and talents of the coun- 
try fairly exerted, artifts of every defcrip- 
tion are hereby folliciied to offer defigns 
for this purpofe, confifting of plans, eleva~ 
tions, fections, and fuch other drawings as 
may be neceffary to explain fully the idea 
of the aitift. i, 
- Tt is propofed that the altitude of the 
pillar, obelifk, or whatever form may be 
adopted, fhali be two hundred feet ; and in 
order that the view of this edifice may not 
be intercepted by buildings or other ob- 
ftructions, it is propoied to be placed 
within an extenfive area, upon a mound or 
‘bafement thirty feet high, to be afcended by 
flichts of fteps on four fides. ‘Tablets for 
infcriptions muft be provided, and fuitable 
trophies introduced ; but as a profufion of 
ornament is incompatible with buildings 
of this magnitude and charaéler, a chafte 
and claffical fimplicity in its embellith- 
ments, as well as its general form, is par- 
ticularly requefted. 
«¢ For the defign which fhall be deemed 
by the committee, the moft appropriate, a 
gold medal, value thirty guineas, will be 
given. Ihe fum of twenty guineas will 
alfo be given to the next in merit; and 
fitteen to the third. 
«* The drawings to be made to a {cale of 
a quarter of an inch toafoot. They are 
to be delivered to me with a proper defcrip- _ 
tion, on or before the 20th of December 
next ; each defign being accompanied with 
a fealed letter, with a motto or mark in the 
cover, correfponding with a fimilar in the 
drawing to which it is attached. 
‘ALEX. Davison, Treafurer.’* 
St. Fames's Square, Aug. 15,1789. 

The following, though not direétly re- 
lative to the Fine Arts, muft be interefting 
to every well-wifher tothe Englifhnavy. 
A, very material improvement in the 
rigging of fhips has been lately made by 
an officer in the fervice of the Eaft India 
Company, who has conftruéted a moft 
complete model of a veffel-with the im- 
provements made by his inventions, and 
is now fuperintending the building of a fhip 
on the fame principles. The advantages 
derived from this, are an extreme degree of 
celerity in failing, with the certain power 
of guarding againft a lee fhore; which are 
confidered by nautical men as a very great 
The mafts are five in 
number, and {¢ light in their conftruétion 
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