254. 
body is not quite fo accurately delineated, 
itis by much the beft portrait we have 
feen of the Firft Conful, and is altogether 
2 very fine print. 
Bonaparte, accompanied by General Berthier, at 
the Battle of Marengo, the moment of Viftory. 
F. Boxe pinxit. Anthony Cardon fculpt. 
dedicated to M. Otto. 
It is known that Bonaparte at the bat- 
tle of Marengo wore a plain grey coat, 
which was fhot through in feveral parts; 
and it is alfo known that with his ufual 
Spirit and adtivity, he expofed himfelf to 
great danger :—but this holyday-painter 
has tricked him out ina full drefs, with es 
much apparent unconcern at what is pafs- 
ing, as it he were at a review of a number 
of boys playing at folders. General Ber- 
thier alfo, being quite at his eafe and at full 
Jeifure, is with the moft agreeable, gentle- 
manly air, preparing todance a minuet. 
His Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales. Scott 
del, et feulpt. Dedicated to the ancient and 
honourable Society of Free Mafans, 
This is a very fine engraving,. and, 
though the portrait does not refemble any 
of thofe which have been hitherto engrav- 
ed, it is very like the Prince. 
Sir Sidney Smith. R.K. Porter pinxit. W. 
Say fculpt. 
In our July retrofpeét of the pictures ex- 
hibited in the Royal Academy, we noticed 
this portrait ; but we could not notice it 
with much praife. The print is, however, 
in every refpe& much fuperior to the pic- 
ture, and may be clafled as a very refpec- 
table engraving of the Hero of Egypt. 
Four Prints, from Paintings by H. Singleton. 
3. The Afjault and Taking of Seringapatam,— 
Carden fculpt. 
2. The laft Effort and Fall of Tippoo Sultaun.— 
Schiavonetti feulpt. 
3+ The Body of Tippoo Sultaun recognifed by bis 
Family. Cardon jculpt. ' 
4. The Surrender of the two Sons of Tippoo Sul- 
taun. Schiavonetti feulpt. . 
The affairs of the Eaft have been and 
are fo much the fubje€t of public curio- 
fity and converfation, that thefe four en- 
gravings muft excite confiderable intereft. 
With refpect to tne firft, it ftrikes us as 
not difplaying much knowledge of military 
tactics. Though. never engaged in the 
clafh of arms, and abhorring the drum’s 
difcordant found, we have always under- 
fiood that foldiers aét in concert, i.e. in 
yreat bodies, clofely compagted together ; 
Monthly Retrofted? of the Fine Arts. [OGober I, 
the figures in this print are too much fepa- 
raied, and give the idea of a few loofe dif- 
orderly fellows ftorming a great city fin- 
gle-handed. ' 
The fecond print is in a very fuperior 
ftyle ; it is the fight in the porch of Tip- 
poo’s palace, and reprefents the ferocious 
Sultaun on the ground, aiming the lat 
blow with his fcymiter at the, foldier who 
attempted to defpoil him of fome of his 
valuable habiliments. 
The third print is in fome refpeéts fu- 
perior to any of the others ; but the con- 
trivance of the ballance, &c. &c. is, pet- 
haps, rather too obvious. 
The fourth is defigned with judgment 
and tafte, and does Mr. Singleton great 
credit. The air of the young Princes and 
their attendants are eminently interefting, 
and the whole fubje& very well conceived. 
and well exprefled. The whole feries are 
admirably engraved, and, taken in every 
point of view, are four as handfome and 
interefting furniture-prints as we have 
feen, 
The Battle of Marengo, at that period of the 
Aétion when General Deffaix expired in the 
arms of the Son of the Conful Lebrun. Paint- 
ed by D. Pellegrini. Engraved by N. Schia-_ 
VoOnettl. 
This defign is rather affected: there is 
a great deal of what may be called French. 
in it; the whole is pervaded by too mi- 
nuteand laboured attention to littlethings, 
which always impoverithes hiftorical paint- 
ing. The gentlemen engaged in the bat- 
tle have exccllent boots, and fwords, and 
feathers; their leather breeches alfo fit 
them “admirably well; but there wants 
character, effect, and intereft. 
Corioian et Veturie 3 ou, le Refpet Filial— 
Peint par Lebarbier. Gravé par Aveil, 
A poor defign, engraved in a dry iron 
Manner. 
Fupiter et Antiope. Gravé par Audsuin, d’ apres 
le Tableau Original d@ Antonio Al'egri du le 
Correg) faifant partie de la Colleftion du 
Mufée Central. . 
This is very fteely, and has not any re- 
femblance to the manner of the mafter. 
Venus Desarmant L? Amour. Robert Levere 
pinsit. Henri del. Auguftus Defmoyers feulpt. 
A nothing ! 
Mr. Girtin’s Ezdometropolis at Spring 
Gardens is very well attended, and, confi- 
dered in all its points, may fairly be placed 
in the very firft clafs among the produc’ 
tions 
