18018.] 
The Wafbingten Family. F. Paul, jun. Phiia- 
‘lie i a London, feulp. Pub- 
lifhed by Allen and Nightingale, No. 143; 
Leadenball-fireet, and North Front, Philadel- 
phia, Fan. 1, 1808. Price 155. Plaixz, 
a/. 11s. 6d. Coloured. 
In judging any work ef art, it is but 
fair to fay where and when it was done. 
This muft be confidered as the work of a 
young man, and as done in a country 
where there are neither fo many models for 
imitation, nor opportunities of improvement 
in art as there are in this. Examined with 
that regard it ought not to be feverely cri- 
‘ticifed, 
In looking at a portrait of this exalted 
character, we are apt to expect more than 
art can often realife. This does not-ap- 
pear to be a very favourable likenets, 
though it bears refemblance to fome of the 
portraits wehave feen ofhim. ‘The faces 
of the two ladies are round and unmean.- 
ing. 
Publifoed by Edward Orme, {No. 59, New 
Bond-ftreet. 
1 Tranfparent Print from the Play of Pizarre. 
Drawn at the time of Sacrifice in the Temple 
of the Sun, and by Permiffion, dedicated to ber 
Majéfy. 
Infide Vier of the Convent of St. Clare, from the 
Story of De Montford. Dedicated, by Per- 
miffion, to the Duke and Duche/s of York, from 
_a tranfparent Drawing by William Orme. 
Thefe are companion prints, at 
rl, rxs. 6d. each. They are upright, 24 
inches by 15 each. The firft gives a very 
good idea of the fcene in the gaudy panto- 
mime of Pizarro; and the other is, in 
choice of f{cenery, and general effect, from 
the lamps, gothic windows, &c. fuperior 
to any tran{parency we ever faw. Such 
fcenes as thefe are admirably calculated 
for the effe&t given by this new branch of 
engraving and itaining paper. 
Cupid unveiling Venus. » R. Cofway, R.A invt. 
F. Whately, R.A. del. A. Cardon, fculp. 
Publifbed by R. Akerman, at bis Repofitory, 
No. 101, Strand. ’ 
The charaéter of the boy’s face is arch 
and fpirited; the face of the woman is 
beautiful, as indeed is- the whole figure, 
though we think it carries fome appear- 
ance of having been in part ftudied from 
the marble. The right hand is rather 
large, and we think the neck, above the 
botom, might have been better managed, 
. The fore-ground and diftance are well ma- 
naged; itis on the whole a very graceful 
and fine figure, moft exquilitely engraved, 
: 
Retrifpedt of the Fine Arts. 
63 
The. Stoning of St. Stephen, from the originae 
Picture Painted by Mr. Weft, as the Altar- 
piece of St. Stephen's, Walbrock. Engraved 
by Dunkarton, and Pubiifeed by Meffrs. Baz- 
deli, Cheapfide. Price 21. 25. / 
This pigture has been much and de- 
fervedly admired, and we are happy to fee 
it transferred to the copper in a large up- 
right mezzotinto, engraved in a good fiyle, 
and with much effeék. :, 
‘In a Retrofpect of the Fine Arts, it 
would be unpardonable to omit noticing 
the following fale of fucha cabinet as, we 
believe, has never before been exnibited 
to the public. 
Drawings and Prints in the ColleGin of 
Fobn Woodhoufe, efq. 
Among the amateurs and coileétors of 
the fine arts, as well as the votaries of the 
muses, it now feems an agreed point that 
works of mediocrity are entitled to little 
praife, and that a performance which is 
not exquifite in its kind, is not entitled to 
the attention of a man of tafte. This 
though fometimes carried too far, may 
under fome reftriétions, bea fair criterion, 
and if atall admitted, this collection has a 
fingular and moft peculiar claim to public 
attention, for it is comprifed of the fineft 
and moft {carce works of the greateft maf- 
ters of the ancient and modern {chools, and 
forms a colleétion prefumed to be more ya- 
luable and extenfive than has been ever 
before exhibited. 
The firf part were fold the latter end 
of laft month, at Chriftie’s room: the 
fale of the fecond part, at the fame place, 
commences onthe rithof this month, and 
continues the ten following days; and con- 
fifts of engravings from the works of Ru- 
bens, Vandyke, Jordaens, &c. Thecom- 
plete works of Earlom, Strange, and Bar- 
tolozzi, &c. 
Among thefe are many of the fineft and 
moft rare proofs that the rafters ever en- 
graved ; feveral of them from Kubezs are 
proofs, touched upon by himfelf, for 
Balfwert, Pontius, &c. Ofthe works of 
Earlom, there are proofs complete; and 
of the works of Bartolozzi, a double fet, 
proofs, and with the, letters. Of. the 
Marlborough gems, the only proof fet be- 
fore the letters, that we believe were ever 
taken from the plates. 
The arts and artifts have fuftained a 
‘very great lofs by the death of Mr. Mack- 
Jin, of Fieet-ftreet. With the very) fine 
pictures which were exhibited in the Poets 
Gallery, and the capital prints which have 
“been engraved from them, the public are 
well acquainted, but the immenfe prices 
which 
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