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column, on which we may fuppofe there 
will be infcribed a falie panegyric. 
No. XI. 
¢< Ts it where gameffers thronging round 
Their fhining heaps of wealth difpiay ? 
Where vice’s fafhion’d tribes are found, 
Sporting their fenfelefs hours away ; 
Ah! No!” 
No. XII. 
«6 Tis where neglected Merit fighs, 
Where Hope exhaufted, filent dies, 
Where Virtue ftarves by price opprefs’d, 
?Till every ftream that warms the breaftt _ 
Forbears to flow !” 
In No. 11, we have the reprefentation 
of a fafhionable party, eagerly attempting 
to plunder each other at a gaming-table, 
to which : 
With equal hafte they run, 
Some to undo, and fome to be undone, _ 
The laft picture ‘is ailegorical, and as 
clear 2s allegorical piétures ulually are ; 
though we cannot well conceive how the 
peacock, which is introduced as the repre- 
fentative of Pride, can have opprefjed Merit. 
Four Prints, defigned by Antoni Zucchi, and 
engraved by Pafteroni. 
Tirpfickere, the Mufe of Dancing. 
Dieiopeia,the faireft of the Nymphs of Fustd, who 
pramfed ber to ZEolus, as a reward for raifing 
a Storm. 
Hippodamia, who firfi inflituted races at the 
Olympic Games. 
Bslina, a Nymph belowed by Apollo, whe threw 
herfelf into the Sea, to avoid bis purfuit, and 
became immortal. 
Thefe four very elegant figures havea 
portion of the Grecian gutio, and an eaf} 
and graceful air; though thofe of Bolina 
and Deiopeia, have rather too great a 
fimilarity of attitude. They are admira- 
bly well engraved, in the dotted ftyle, and 
we can very fafely recommend them as or- 
namental prints which duplay both fancy 
and tafte. * 
Facob and Rachel at Laban’s Weil, and the 
Three Marys at the Sepulchre; a pair of prints 
B. Weft, P. R.A. pinxt. Nutter feulpt. 
The firft of thefe is a very cold and in- 
fipid defign, and is rendered more dull and 
heavy by the want of a breadth of light, 
which is probably the fault of the engraver. 
An over anxiety, to reprefent in black and 
white, the relative tones ot the local co- 
louring, is very apt to produce that effect, 
and want of breadth is not often the defect 
of piétures painted by the Prefident of the 
Royal Academy. 
The fecond {ubje& of the Three Marys, 
is inthis and every other refpect more judici- 
oufly treated. Itisa fubjeét that Mr. Wett 
has often painted, and, unlefs this al(o is 
injured by the engraver, [Mr. Weft has 
Retrofpec? of the Fine Arts. 
[ Aug. t, 
painted much fetter piftures from it; but 
there is a good {pread of light on it, and 
reprefenting the light as emanating from 
the Angel has a fine effedt. They are en- 
graved in the chalk ftyle, and may on the 
whole be called good prints : butthey have 
not that tafte and feeling which is requi- 
fite to give them a claim to the rank of 
fine works. . 
Ab. Gsldfmid, Ejq. S. Medley pinxt. - F. Bar- 
tolossai fculp. 
In the portrait of this very fpirited citi- 
zen there are no traits of the few. It is 
marked with that chearful benevolence for 
which the original is fo defervedly dil- 
tinguifhed. 
The Right Hon. Genera! Sir Charles Stuart. G. 
Romney pinxt. S. W. Reynolds feulp. Hum- 
bly infcribed to thofe gentlemen at whofe wifk 
the Plate was engraved, by their obliged bumble 
Servant Colnaghi. 
This is an admirably wellengraved mez- 
zotinto, from a very fine portrait. 
The Skepherd’s Meal, and the Cottager’s Famzily 5 
a@ pair of prints, G. Morland pinxt. F. R. 
Smith feulpt. 
We may fay of thefe two engravings, 
as of mcft of the Works of Morland, that 
they are fimple, untophafticated nature, 
and they are extremely well engraved in 
mezzotinto. 
Lady Mildmay.- ‘fF. Hoppuer pinxt. W. Szy 
[culpt. 
“This, alfo, is engraved in mezzotinto, 
and in a ftyle that reminded us of fome of 
the be(ft works of the beft artifis in that 
walk. It is an enchanting portrait of a 
very beautiful woman, with a young 
child. 
The Portrait of the Burten Ox; engraved in 
aqua tinta, froma drawing in water-colours, 
by Edgar Afbe Spilfoury, Machurf, Suffex. 
Dedicated to the gentlemen of ihe County of 
Suffex. : 
The dedication, and all the pomp and 
circumftance of dignity given to this ex~- 
traordinary animal, reminded us of a ftery 
we remember to have heard quoted from 
Joe Miller’s Reports, where it is recorded 
that when a knight of the fhire and his 
lady once called upon one of their tenants, 
the farmer, folicitous to difplay his opu- 
lence, took them into a field in which were 
many very fine cattle; and the lady, ad- 
miring their different fhapes, colours, &c. 
afked him what were their names, which he 
naturaily told her, as Lightfoot, White- 
foct, &c. &c. At length, coming to a- 
cow of more than common fize— Pray 
Jchn, faid fhe, what name have you given 
to this ? Why Madam, replied the farmer, 
({cratehing his head), I called that ot 
Lady, 
