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have the body of Heétor, from a defign 
of J. S. Copley’s, which -was publifhed 
fome time ago. 
The moft ftriking part of Mr. Hamil- 
ton’s-defign, is a very fine Etrufcan bor- 
der on the edge of Priam’s very ample 
robe. The engraving is in the chalk 
manner, and on the whole good. 
FSobu Hsavifide, Efg. Surgeon Extraordinary to 
the K Sir Wm. Beechy, R.A. pinxit. 
ing. 
W. Soy feulpe. 
Tt is giving this portrait very high 
praife to fay that it is worthy of the ar- 
tif; for, in that branch of the art, Sir 
William has 2 well-earned and well- 
founded celebrity. Itis very well defign- 
ed, and engraved ina very good ftyle. 
In confequence of .a late duel, which 
mui be in the recolleétion of every one, 
Mr. Heavifide became a. very general 
fubje& of converfation; and, we fuppofe 
that it was in fome meafure in confequence 
of that converfation, another portrait of 
that gentleman has been Jately engraved 
in mezzotinto from Zoffanii : which is the 
beft likenefs we cannut judge, but Mr. 
Zoffanii’s portrait of him is fairly an 
Iron. Man. 
Herbert Mayo, D.D. late Refor of St. George's, 
Middlefex. L. ¥. Abbot pinxit. C. Picart 
fealpt. 
This portrait is not a mere tracing 
of the features, but a delineation of the 
~ mind; at is well-marked, and admirably 
engraved in the chalk manner. 
Her Grace the Duchefs of Redford. _ Ded‘cated 
by Permiffion to his Grace Fobn Duke of Bed- 
Sort, Ge. Fobn Hoppner pinxit. W. Ward, 
feulpt. 
A very fine portrait of a very fine wo- 
man. The drfign is conceived with great 
tafte and fimplicity, and it is charmingly 
engraved in .he mezzotinto manner. 
The Marchionefs of Exeter. Dedicated by Per- 
' miffion to the mofi noble Henry Marguis of 
Excter. T. Lawrence pinsit. S. W, Rey- 
nolds feulpt. 
This portrait. is the fame fize: as the 
foregumg, and admirably adap'ed for a 
companion print. Wich telpect to the 
engraving. it is in that fuperior fiyle with 
whico Mr. Reynolds’s mezzotintos are 
almot invariably marked, , 
Sophia Counte/s Zamovfkey born Princefs Carton 
. typi... LJavey delt.. Agar jculpt. 
Another beaut:ful portrait of a very 
beautiful woman, defigned- with unccm- 
Retrofpeét of Fine Arts, 
* Venus 
[Jan. 1, 
mon tafte, and exquifitely engraved. The 
drawing was made by Ifabey, of ‘Paris, 
_and the charaéter beams with fimplicity 
and elegance; Mr. Agar -has preferved 
the fpirit of the original in ‘his very maf- 
terly'engraving. The lady is now with 
her hufband in London, and the portrait 
is confidered_by all who have feen hez, to 
bea very ftriking refemblance. 
~ It is publifhed by Mr. Ackermann, whe 
has alfo juft compleated his book of 
Military Evolutions from Gefner’s very 
fpirited defigns. The whole fet confifts 
of thirty prinis, price feven guineas, de- 
(criptive of Marching, Attacking, Re- 
treating, Advancing, Storming. Fighting, 
Skirmifhing, and Killing. It comprifes 
the various modes of fighting in various 
countries ; and at this critical juncture, 
when the whole natios is armed in defenge 
of every thing that is valuable to them, 
muft be peculiarly interefting, and would 
be a proper, and, it may be added, an ufe- 
ful, decoration to all the barracks in the 
kingdom. We have not now room to 
enter into a ¢ritical examination of their 
varicus merits, but fhall endeavour to 
refume them ina future Re‘ rofpect. 
Clay and Scriven have juft publifsed a- 
pair of very beautiful prints from two of 
Weftall’s pigtures. The firft is 
and ber Doves. Engraved by E. 
Scriven, biftorical Engraver to her R. B, the 
Princefs of Wales. The Second, an Infant 
Bacchus, from the original Pasting in the 
Poffeffion of R. P. Knight, Efq. 
Mr. Weftali’s delineations are. almoft 
invariably marked with tafte and fpirit. 
In his beautiful drawings from Milton 
(in the Shakefpeare Gallery) where the 
{cenery laid js in the garden ot Eden, the 
figure of Eve blends with her beauty that 
ineffable grace and in ate modefty which 
belongs to the charaéler,; and, the Jux 
uriant back ground teems with yout 
<¢ Flowers worthy paradife—which not nice 
art, . 
In beds and curious knots, but nature boon | 
Poured forth profufe, on hill, and dale, and 
plain.” ; 
The figure of Satan, in the fame feriess. 
is marked with unconquerable {pirit, and 
towers with majettic — ride. ie 
When this artifl takes bis fubjeéts from 
the heathen mythalogy, the chara€teriftie 
marks are attcutive'y di criminated, and 
generally appropriate. ‘To this may be 
added, that he knows his own forte, and 
generally felects fubjetts fuitable to his 
powers 
