1801,]. 
hands fomewhat that-muft be confidered 
to be a fort of fponge, charged with ‘wa- 
ter, till it defcends in a violent torrent 
upon the water-proof cavigpy under 
which the little Cupid, perfectly fecure, 
‘Rides’ in the Whirlevind,” and = tied 
the Storm.” 
This is all very prettily imagined, but 
it would have had a lighter and. more airy 
effect, if the figure i in ‘the chouds had been 
vaifed higher, foi as to have been more above 
the canopy. 
Mr. Holloway is engaged in an ar- 
duous undertaking ; making large prints 
from Rataelle’s cartoons. ‘The hiftory of 
thefe grand models of grace and great- 
ne!s, 1s fingular and curious. 
Leo X. emp! loyed Rafaelle to delineate 
them as defigns, for tupeftry, to ornament 
the pontifical apartments at Rome. For 
this, (according to Panvinio,) he agreed 
to pay 50,000 feudi dora, to the proprie- 
tor of a large tapeltry manufactory in 
Flanders. The work was finifhed and 
fent to Rome, but the money-agreed to be 
paid was not returned, and ‘thefe inimita- 
ble productions were left in the hands of 
the tapeftry merchant and his fucceffors 
for near a ceniny when they were pur- 
chaled by either the parliament of Great 
Britain, or Charles I. fora very large fum: 
it has been faid, near ten thoufand 
pounds. 
Soon after the decollation of this prince, 
his very fine colleciion of piftures, ftatues, 
tapeftry, jewels, &c. was fold ; and bya 
catalogue which was difcovered fome years 
fince in Moorfields, and fell into ‘the 
hands of the Jate Sir John Stanley, it: ap! 
pears that the cartoons were purchafed*by 
his highnefs (Cromwell,) for 3001. This, 
confidering the price at which they had been 
fo recently purchafed, was a very {mall 
fum; but the temper of the times was too 
harth and gloomy to fet much value upon 
elegant embellifhments, and paintings of 
religious fubjeéts were held in fuch abhor- 
rence, that previous to the fale, an order 
was made to burn all fuch pigtures as con- 
tained any reprefentations of the Second 
Perfonin the Trinity, or the Virgin Mey 
Be the caufe what it would, this unfortu- 
nate monarch’s valuable colleétion of pic- 
tures, ftatues, jewels, piate, and the 
furniture of nineteen palaces, fold for 
38,0001. 
The cartoons were, after this, depofited 
in Hampton-court-palace. From thence 
they were feveral years fince removed to 
the Queen’ s-houfe ; and from the Queen’s- 
houfe they are Wonleted to Windlor, 
where Mr. Holloway has been permitted 
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to copy them ; for which, purpofe he has 
for feveral months had a {caffolding erected, 
and is now feduloutly applying to inline 
the drawings. From his former produc- 
tions there is every reafon to think he will 
produce a fet of prints that will not 
only do honour to himielf but to the 
country. . 
Thecartoons have been feveral times co- 
pied. Twice by Sir James Thornhill. 
The largér fet were -purchafed at Sir’ 
James’s fale, by the late Duke of Bedford, 
for 200]. and have been lately prefented., 
by the prefent Duke to the Sorel Acadees 
my, at Somerfet-houfe. 
The firft fet of engravings that were 
ever made of them, were by Dorigny, to. 
whom Queen Anne allotted apartments in 
the palace, during the. progrefs of the 
work, and afterwards knighted the artifts 
The fecond fet were very neatly engraved in 
fmaller fize by Stmon Gribelin, with an 
internal view of the room as it appeared 
at Hampton-court. Another fet’ were 
wretchedly wrought by Kirkhall, and are 
ufually printed in blue, green or red. 
Mr. Simon is engaged in a copy, and 
one of the prints-we are toldeis finifhed. 
The print of the Siege of Valedelouness 
engraved. by Bromley,.from Louther- 
bourg’s capital picture, is finifhed, and 
will be publithed early- in the winter, 
The fub{cribers will have ample reafon to 
be fatisfied that though they have waited 
long, they have not waited in vain, for it is 
a moft correstand fpirited renys and ee 
rably engraved. 
Mr. Mitchell, of Newman-tftreet, oe 
publithed’a book on Grecian, Roman, and 
Gothic Architeéture, price to fubfcribers 
four guineas. The plates exhibit feveral 
buildings that have been ereéted by thé 
author; and his aim, in'thofe that he has 
planned for families, feems to be to unite, 
in a compact and elegant villa, all the 
comforts of a houfe to live in. . This is 
good fenfe, but has not, always been 
adopted ;. for we have often feen comfort 
and convenience facrificed to fplendour and - 
fhow. A fe&tionof the Panorama, which 
Mr. Mitchell built, will be very curious 
to thofe who have not confidered the fub- 
ject, as it completely elucidates the prin- 
ciple, by which this Se of perfpective 
is effected. 
W indfor Caftle is “ undergo.a thorough 
repair, and to have, throughout the whole 
building, Gothic windows, fimilar to the 
architecture of the time of Edward IIT. 
Mr. Wyatt is the architect, and. expects 
that it will take about three years to com- 
pleatit. . ' 
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