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other parts of the fruétification. In feve- 
ral genera he defcribes the flower from his 
own proper obfervation, and feldom neg- 
Jeé&ts to compare the germen with the ripe 
fruit. Evenon that fubject we owe to this 
— 
Retrofpect of the Fine Arts. S31. 
illuftrious nattiralift many important re- 
forms, made, not only from herbals upon 
exotic plants, but alfo upon indigenous 
vegetables, which are well known to every 
European botanilt. 
MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF THE FINE ARTS. 
(Communications and the Loan of all neva Prints are requefted.) 
HE Shakefoeare Gallery continues 
open; and the engrdvings painted to 
emament this great national edition of 
Shakelpeare being now finifhed, the pic- 
tures are exhibited, and they amount to 
one hundred and fixty-three, all painted 
by Britith artifts. Befides the above, 
there are in the Gallery twenty-eight ca- 
pital drawings by Weftall, executed on 
purpofe to illu(trate a magnificent edition 
of the works of Milton, printed exactly 
uniform with the Shakefpeare. 
The laft print from the works of our 
immortal dramatic bard is nearly finithed, 
and this great undertaking will be finally 
completed fome time about the King’s 
birth-day. Befides this, Mefirs, Boydell 
have juft publifhed the following prints : 
AA Portrait of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
engraved by ames Parker, from a Piéiure 
painted by Sir William Beechey. 
This admirable portrait, which is in 
Beechey’s beft manner, is in the poffeffion 
of Lord Wodehoufe. It is a very ftriking 
refemblance of Mr. Addington, and the 
engraver has done ample juttice to the.me- 
rits of the piéture; it is engraved in 
firoke, and executed in a very matterly 
ftyle. 
Al Pair of Prints, from original Drawings by 
Thomas Gain/borough, in the Poffejfion of Mrs, 
Trimmer, engraved by ‘fobn Brown. 
Thefe defigns feem to have been made 
at a time when this Proteus of the pencil 
was ftudying the works of Wynants, 
during which time, he was accuftomed to 
fay, he never painted a land{cape, without 
a great dock in the fore-ground, They 
are marked with that fimple and elegant 
nature for which his produétions are fo 
defervedly admired, and both of them 
havea pleafant hue and filvery tint, which 
is agreeable and pitturefque. They are 
upright prints. 
Two Pair of Prints, a Sun-fet and Moon-light, 
and Morning and Evening ; drawn and en- 
graved by ‘fobn Brown. 
The late John Brown, fo diftinguithed 
for the fpirit and accuracy of his etchings, 
has here difplayed his talents in defign, 
and given us four little compofitions in a 
very good talte. The fkies, buildings, 
fore-ground, and, above all, the trees, are 
very forcible, and have great effet; but 
the figures are not in fo good a ftyle ae 
thofe of Mr. Gainfborough. — 
Marriage a la Mode, engraved by Richard Ear- 
lom, from Hogarth’s fix original Piffures ix 
the Poffeffion of Mr. Angerftein, 
When Mr. Hogarth publifhed the fix 
prints from thefe inimitable pictures, he 
advertifed them as particularly calculated 
for furniture prints; but for furniture 
prints they are rather too {mall, the figures 
are allreverfed, and, in feveral little parti- 
culars, they differ from the paintings. 
Thefe circumftances induced Meflrs. Boy- 
dell to have them re-engraved, and it 
would not have been eafy to have found 
an artift more capable than Mr, Earlom. 
The figures are here placed in the fame 
order that they are painted on the canvals, 
-and every little omiffion or alteration 
made in the former feries is here exa&tly 
and faithfully rendered from the original 
pictures, In plater. ofthe firft fet of prints, 
the pointers in the corner are marked witha 
coronet. ‘This curious badge of diftinc- 
tion the painter has not inferted in his 
piure; but, though omitted on the dogs, 
it is retained on the crutches. The pic- 
tures with which the room is decorated, 
though not obtrufive, are admirably ex- 
prefled in the engraving. 
In plate 2. the grotefque and fantaftic 
ornaments on the chimney-piece difplay a 
ftriking contraft to the elegant Etrufcan 
vafes, &c. which are now fubftituted in 
their places. In plate 3. the chara¢ters 
are very well underitood: In plate 4. the 
clumfy difgufting Italian finger, and his 
wondering audience, are admirably de- 
picted, and the whole is a very pleafing 
print. Plate 5. is a night-fcene, dark, 
but defcriptive. Plate 6. the parfimony 
of the then citizens is well-marked, and 
the view of London-bridge, and the 
houles 
