1802.) _ 
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MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF THE FINE ARTS. 
(Communications and the Loanof alt new Prints are requeftéd. ) 
A Per{pective Sketch, illuftrating a Defign fub- 
mitted to the Conjideration of the Seleé? Com- 
mittee of the House of Commons, on the Im- 
provement of the Port of London; inferibed to 
Lord Hawkefbtry, by George Dance, Profef- 
for of Architecure to the Royal Academy, and 
Archite® to the City of London, by whom it is 
defigned. 
HIS mot beautiful fketch is exqui- 
fitely engraved by Mr. William 
_ Daniell; it is preferited, by the propri- 
etor, to fome of his friends, but is not 
intended for fale. It is upon a moft mag- 
pificent feale, but not being adopted by 
the Committee, it is not neceffary to de- 
tail the particulars. Could it be realized, 
it would be worthy of the firft city in the 
world. : 
The Mile-fone run to Seed: (i.e. the Column ; 
or, as Pdr. Dance calls it, the Naval Trophy 5 
defigned as a Companion to the Monument). 
We do not approve—we think ir is 
neither a proper fhape, nor a proper fitua- 
tion. A painting with this delign was 
exhibited, and very attractive, as a fcene 
‘at Sadler’s Wells. 
PerfpeGtive View of the Defign for a Caft-iron 
Bridze, confifting of a Single Arch, 600 Feet 
in the Span, and calculated to jupply the Place 
of the prefent London Bridge, by Thomas Tel- 
Jord and ‘fames Douglas ; drawn and acguade 
tinted by Thomas Malton; the Bridge en- 
graved.by Wilham Lowry; and publifbed for 
the Proprietors and fold by Ackerman, Strand, 
and Taylor, Holborn, Price. 2i. 2s. inferibed to 
Lord Hawike/bury. 
. This plan was not adopted by the Com- 
mittee, and th-refore its merit or demerit 
is not fairly fubjet to our prefent criti- 
cif ; the print only we confider as open 
toa fewremarks. The perfpective view 
is taken from the Surrey-end of London 
Bridge, on a plate four feet long and two 
feet wide, and, befides the new bridge, 
comprehends the principal objects in the 
cities of London and Weltmintfter, from 
Bow Church to Whitehall, and the pro- 
poled wharfs, warehoufes, and terraces 
between the bridges. The bridge-part is 
engraved by Mr. Lowry, well-known by 
many ingenious productions, and all the 
reft by Mr. Malton, whole views of Lon- 
don have done fomuch honour to his abi- 
lities. - : 
This union of tafte and talent is much 
injured by the colouring of the print, 
MoytTaery Mac. No. 33. 
which is fo inharmonious, and the fky fo 
coarfe, that it has an unfinifhed and heavy 
appearance, and the dome of St. Paul’s is 
brought fo forward, that it abfolutciy ap- 
pears to reft upon the top of the bridge. 
We do not mean even to infinuate that this 
is in the fmalleft degree owing to a want 
of abilities in the artifts: thofe of Mr. 
Malton dre equal to any thing, but it is 
coloured in a carelefs and injudicious 
manner. Notwithftanding this, it has, 
on the whole, a grand effect.. The fpan 
of the arch is 600 feet, and the heicht 
in the.clear, above high water, fixty-five 
feet, being the elevation determined by 
the refolution of the committee. 
Bonaparte Reviewing the Confular Guard 3 paint« 
ed in Paris by F. Mafquerier engraved in 
London by C. Turner 3 publifbed by Turners 
Warren-fireet, Fan. 1802, Price il. 11s. 6d. 
Neither the face nor figure here given 
of the Chief Conful of France, wili im- 
-prefs the {peétator with any very favourable 
idea of him. In this fine print, he ap- 
pears to be flight, emaciated, and languid. 
In fact, the arcift will completely fatisfy 
thofe perfons who with to be tranfported 
to Paris to fee the perfon, and judge of 
the character of Bonaparte. ; 
He€ior, a young Lion in the Tower; drawn and 
engraved by Laurie; publifbed by Laurie and 
Whittle, Fleet fireet, Fan. 1802. 
This is intended to be a companion to 
a print of a tygrefs, from Stubbs, which, 
after being many years out of print, is 
re-engraved and re-publifed by Laurie — 
and Whittle. The firft copy engraven 
from this picture was by that celebrated 
artift, Mr. John Dixon, and the writer of 
this article is inclined to think, that, with. 
out. any exception, it was the fineit mez- 
zotinto that ever was engraved.. The 
plate was deftroyed by fire. ‘The prefent 
copy, and alfo the Heftor, are engraved 
in a very refpectable ftyle. 
William Markham, <Archbifbop of York; en 
graved by Fames Ward, from, a Pidlure 
painted by Romaey 5 publifhed by Meffrs. 5F 
and J. Boydell, Price 10s. Od, Size of toe 
Pr.ué ZO—15. 
Thie is an excelent portrait, painted 
in a very good talte, and engraved ina 
very goo eon 
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