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that, amid the din ofarms and the uproar ° 
of civil contefts, the pencil and the graver 
Jay idle till the return of peace and tran- 
quillity. The Forum of Bonaparte that 
was to have been ereéted at Milan, and 
theTriumphal Column in honour of Gene- 
rai Kray, projected by Lord Briftol, are 
merely political ephemerze. Cunego, the 
bef engraver of Haly, is at prefent in 
Spain, where he is engraving fome of the 
pictures in the King’s Gallery. Accord- 
ing to the lateft accounts, however, the 
arts begin to revive, efpecially in Lower 
Italy. 
Even the North furnifhed fome artiftical 
contributions: for Colonel Mioldebrand’s 
Voyage Pittorefque en Cap Nord, of the firkt 
number of which the learned Swedifh 
bookieller Von Silberftope brought feve- 
ral copies to the Leipzig-fair, certainly 
deferves to rank high among the moft dif- 
tinguifhed produftions of the kind, whe- 
ther we confider the novelty of the objects, 
or the ftriking fidelity with which they are 
reprefented. On viewing thefe excellent 
engravings, we almoft imagine ourfelves 
tranfported into the antar&tic regions of 
ice and fnow.—From Peterfburg too, now 
no longer- fhut up from an intercourfe 
with the reft of the literary world, the 
bookfeller Klaftermann fent to one of 
his Leipzig correfpondents large views of 
the Imperial Pleafure-houfes Gatf{chika, 
and Paulowfk, and of the Michaeclowitz 
Palace, which had been all engraved un- 
der the reign of Paul, but were not per- 
mitied to be exported as long as that ca- 
pricicus monarch lived. 
A charatterittic difference was here too 
obfervable between the French and En- 
glifh printfellers. ‘The latter, when he 
does not deem it beneath his dignity to 
deal in other articles befides prints, gene- 
rally provides his cuftomers with fiationary 
wares, pencils, colours, and other things 
which have fome conneftion with writing 
and drawing. The Frenchman, on. the 
contrary, would be able to furnifh_a fair 
Jady, who could neither read nor write, 
with affortments of the neweft fafhionable 
ribbands, fans, and a hundred Jbozben- 
niers and {weetmeats, which are ftrangely 
affaciaied in his fhop with produétions of 
the pencil and the burin. It has like- 
wife been cuitomary for the French print- 
fellers to bring to the Leipzig-fair affort- 
ments of Ciina-ware. In Rofti’s grand 
commifion-magazine, in the Averbach- 
Hof, a coalition, as it were, feeémed’ to 
have been formed between the two rival 
nations. Here we found Mionet’s incom- 
parable imitations of ancicat coins and 
Notices relative fo the Fine Arts in Germany. [Jan. 1, 
medals, Wedewood’s, Taffie’s, and Mer= 
chant’s paftes, and the beautiful Derby 
fpar vafes, the prices of which, however, 
were fo high as to deter moft of the Ger- 
_man amateurs from becoming purchafers. 
The two principal branches of the Ger- 
man print-trade, that attend the Leipzig- 
fair, are the Chalcographical Inftitute in 
Deflau, and the houfe of Frauenholze in 
Nurnberg. The former of thefe, owing 
to the high price of the greater part of 
their productions, and, in many inftancess 
the injudicious choice of fubjeéts, have 
been able to fell fo few of their printss 
that their gains cannot have been fufficient 
to cover their expences. For this reafon 
they had not at this fair a fingle new ar- 
ticle, but only coloured impreffions of 
thefe publithed before: for Matthifon’s 
excellent portrait, engraved in the dotted 
manner by Arndt in Deflau, from a pic- 
ture by Fifchbein, was only fold by com- 
miffion for the artift. The only new un- 
dertaking of the Infiitute is an engraving 
from a charming picture by Angelica 
Kaufmann, reprefenting Pfyche fainting 
cn opening of the fatal box, and fupport- 
ed by Cupid. This printis to be publifh- 
ed by fubfcription, and, from the known 
abilities of the engraver, fomething very 
fatisfattory may be expected. This in- 
ftitution, however, does not meét with the 
gratitude and fupport it deferves front 
the German public, as its endeavours are 
dire&ted towards the encouragement of na- 
tive artifts, in oppofition to the prevailing 
tafte for Englifh produ&ions, and the gau- 
dy wares of the print-hawkers. Still, 
however, notwith ‘anding the perhaps too- 
expenfive plan of the ettablifhment, it is 
hoped, that it will be able to fupport it 
felf, as Rofia, Denmark, Sweden,’ Eng< 
land, and North America, ftill prefent a 
confiderable market, and the charming 
aqua-tinta plates of a Haldenwang, Schlot- 
terbeck, and Oftermeyer, mutt every where 
mect with approvers and purchafers. Ma- 
ny circumfance contribute to give Frauen 
hoiz, of Nurnberg, confiderable advan- 
tages over the Chalcographic Inftirute of 
Deffau: he is fole uncontrouled matter and 
diretor, refides in Nurnberg, a place ex- 
cellently fituated for trade, being one of 
the principal mediums of commercial in- 
tercourfe between the North and South of 
Germany, and does not confine his deal- 
ings to bis own publications. From the 
proportionably imail number of articles, 
which even he brought to the fair, it 
would appear that {ome unfortunate cir= 
cumfiances hinder the progrefs of. the 
ar:s. ‘The only addition to his large fe- 
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