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artift of very uncommon abilities, who is 
only feventeen years of age. She is the 
daughter of Mr. Smith, an engraver; fhe 
draws the figures with great tafte and ac- 
curacy ; paints in miniature and oil; 
plays the piano-forte and harp; and {peaks 
and writes the French language in per- 
fe&tion. As anartift fhe gives marks of 
much promife; thefe two engravings are 
in a good ftyle; the lights and fhadows 
are broad, forcible, and. well underftood, 
and the manner of the painter well pre- 
ferved. : 
Tee Dairy Farm. Painted and Engraved by 
F. Ward. 
The. Mail-coach, (its Companion}« G. Morland 
pix. P. W. Reynolds. feulps Publifped by 
Ackerziann, 10%, Strand,  Price»tl. 108. the 
\ Pair. Proofs, 21.25. In Coloursy, 31.3% 
"The firth is.a view of a country farm- 
yard, and forms) a pleafant, rural fcene, 
The fore-ground is broken with a good 
effegt 5 the diftance is well contrived ; the 
dogs, horfe, and cows, are correctly 
drawn, though we think that which the 
woman is milking, is too, lank in head as 
well as body for our Englifh breed. The 
men and women are ealy and natural in 
their air, but the females are rather more 
elegant than belongs to their fituation. 
The Mail-coach is: exhibited. in a. ftorm, 
and difplays a terrific fcene, though the 
whole is much more in the ftyle of Lou- 
therbourg than Morland. 
Their Royal Highucffes the Princefs of Wales and 
the Princefs Charloite. Klaria Cofuay pinx. 
S. W. Reynolds feulp. Publifbed for Acker- 
mann, Strand. Price tl. rs. Proofs, al. 2. 
Colours, 21, 2s. 
Mrs. Cofway has here quitted the beaten 
track of portrait, and afcended the region 
of allegory. °Tis a noble daring, and 
to have tailed where Rubens, and other 
artifts who feared with eagles wings, have 
fometimes mounted fo high that they 
could not be feen, would have been no 
gieat difgrace. On the finifter fide of the 
print is feated a coloflal figure of Britan- 
nia, with a recumbent lion placed a little 
before her fhield. The Princefs of Wales, 
‘who muft be fuppofed to fit on the fame 
feat, leans her left elbow onthe knee of 
the figure, and in ber right hand holds 
that of the Princefs Charlotte, who 
firetches out the other in a parallel line, 
and refts it on the fhield; while one of her 
little feet ref{s. oa the mane of the lion. 
In the diftance is a View of the City of 
London, where the majeftic deme of St. 
Paul’s, towering above all that -furround 
#t, has.a good efeét. The print is very 
eli engraved, and the figure of Britan- 
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Retrofpe®? of the Fine Arts, 
[July 1 
nia is thrown into fhadow ina clear and 
mafterly manner. The faces of the two 
Princefles are refemblances, but the arms 
of both are faulty. 
In the courfe of this month Mr. Acker- 
mann will publifh a print, reprefenting 
the Victory obtained over the whole of the 
Daniih Flotilla in Copenhagen-roads on 
the 2d of April, 1802, by the Fleet under 
the command of Vice- Admiral Lerd Nel- 
fon. The fize of the-print 30% inches by 
2o%.. Prints, rl. 6s.—Proofs, 21. 23.— ° 
The delinea~ + 
In Colours, zl. ras. 6d. : 
tion of this memorable viétory is probably 
peculiarly accurate, forthe drawing 1s 
made by Mr. Pococke, from a fketch 
taken on the fpot by Robinfon Kittoe, 
clq. Secretary tothe Rear-Admiral. Ithas 
alfo the fingular fanétion of being publithed 
under the immediate patronage, and is, by, 
permiffoz, dedicated to Lord Vilcount 
Nelfon, and Sir’ Thomas Graves,.the other 
Flag-officer employed, and, with Lord 
Nelfon, fo much diftinguifhed on that me- 
morable occafion. 
Mr. Ackermann will alfo publith, fome 
time in Auguft, a work that has been 
long wanted for cabinet-makers, archi- 
teéts, and builders; containing about 
thirty plates of plans and fe&tions for 
apartments, fuch as a dining-room, draw. 
ing-room, breakfaft-room, two bed-rooms, 
bath, library, boudoir, hall, ftair-cafe, 
&c. as alfo, all forts of furniture. The 
whole to be accurately aqua-tinted, and 
printed upon elephant vellum-paper, in 
large quarto, with defcriptive letter-prefs. 
in French and Englifh, price al. 12s. 6d. - 
plain—3l. 3s. colours. 
The engraving from the celebrated pics 
ture of the Battle of the Nile, painted by 
Loutherbourg, and engraved by James 
Fittler, A. R.A. Marine Engraver to the 
King, is now in a very forward ftate. 
The etching is proved, and promifes to 
equal, if not furpafs, the companion-print 
of Lord Duncan’s Victory, noticed in our. 
Jat retrofpect; but the price was omitted, 
it is 3]. gs. A few proofs are taken, and 
will be fold at five guineas each ; a price 
which, confidering the merit of the maf- 
ters, and that the expence of the two en- 
gravings will be between three and four 
thouland pounds, may be confidered as 
reafonable. 
Mefirs. BoydeH will, in the courfe of x 
few days, publifh their print from Miller's 
picture of The Lord Mayor and Court a 
Aldermen. It is extremely well engraved, 
and the great number of portraits it con-, 
tains muft render it highly interefting to’ 
the gentlemen of the city particularly ; 
and the likenefles are in general fo — 
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