1860. } 
Benjamin Weft, Efg. P. R. A. Engraved by 
George Dawes, from a Miniature painted by 
<4. Robertfon. | 
Among the artifts painted by Vandyke, 
there are many, moft picturefque and dig- 
nified portraits : the air and attitude which 
this great painter gave to his heads, ren- 
dered all of them valuable; but when he 
delineated one of his own profeffion, we 
frequently fee fomething that looks like 
the tafte of the man who fat, united to the 
taffe of the painter. Be that as it may, 
the broad mantle, flowing hair and beard, 
and elevated countenances of manyof them, 
gave high value to that part of his works; 
though fome of them had an air fo fierce 
as to leave fome doubt of their peaceable 
profeffion: they were dignified, and though 
their features were coarfe, they were cha- 
racteriftic. Very different are the portraits 
-of the painters of the prefent day. A large 
number of them fat to Gilbert Stuart, 
the American, who painted them for Al- 
decvman Boydell; and they were afterwards 
exhibited at the Shakefpeare Gallery. 
They were all ftrong refemblances; but a 
fet of more uninterefting vapid counte- 
nances it is not eafy to imagine: neither 
dignity, elevation, or grace, appear in any 
one of them ; and had not the catalogue 
given their names, they might have paffed 
for a company of cheefemongers and 
grocers. The late Prefident of theR. A. 
was depicted with a wig, that fat as clofe, 
and was as tight in curl, as a hackney 
coachman’s caxon,and in the aét of taking 
a pinch of fnuff. The prefent Prefident, 
and feveral others, were delineated as fmug 
upon the mart, as fo many men-mercers, 
or haberdafhers of {mall wares, all of 
which originated in the bad tafte of the 
fitter.—But this is foreign to the purpofe 
of the prefent portrait of Mr. Weft, which 
muft be admitted to be a very ftrong re- 
femblance, and is engraved in a manner 
highly creditable to the abilities of the 
artiit, 
Review of New Mufical Publications. 
SOS 
The Right H. W. Windham. Hopper, R. 1. 
pinxit. S. W. Reynolds jculpt. Mezxzotinto. 
A very fine Portrait, and engraved with 
Mr, Reyneolds’s ufual ability 
Mrs. Young, in the Charaéter of Cora; Ws Hobe 
day pinet. W. Bond feulpt. 
The rage for theatrical portraits has, 
within thefe three year or four years, beea 
on the increafe. This is engraved in the 
chalk manner; of the likenefs, it fo happens, 
that we are not competent to {peak : in 
other refpeéts, is a mediocre performance. 
Groufe-Shooters, T. Northcote, R. A. pinxte 
' G. Dawe, feulpt. Mezzotinte. 
The fubject of this print will to fome 
of our readers be in a degree interefting. 
The artift has treated it in a tolerably 
picturefque ftyle, and it is very well en- 
graved; the effect is rich, and the cha- 
racters well marked and animated. 
Filmer Honeywood, Efg. M. P. Engraved and 
publifhed by W. Sharpes 
This portrait isin the line manner, and 
engraved with a richnefs and vigour of ef. 
feét that is highly honourable to the artift. 
It is greatly to be lamented that the cng- 
lifh fchool furnithes fo few fpecimens of 
portrait, engraved in this nervous and 
manly ftyle. The public tafte has, for 
fome time, been vitiated and mified by the 
infipid monotony of dotted work. They 
have not only tolerated, but encouraged 
and fanétioned, this fantaltic fafhion, fit 
only for fan mounts; yet after all, perhaps 
‘¢ The artift’s tafte the public patrons give 3 
And they who live to pleafe, muft pleafe to 
hive.* 
But the charm is diffolved and the country 
calls loudly on itsartifts to vindicate their 
fame, and produce works that will in a 
degree reftore to the Englifh fchool the 
character it obtained from the labours of 
a Woollet and a Bartolozzi. 
REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
Four Favourite Airs, with Variations forthe Harp; 
compofed by “fchn Baptifie Mayer. 7s. 64. 
HE Aijirs feleéted by this excellent 
maftery on the inftrument for which 
he here writes are, ** God fave the King,” 
an original melody from his own pen, a 
Scotch and an Jrifh air. The variations 
are uniformly pleafing ; and certainly cal- 
culated to place the lovers of the harp in 
an adyantageous point of view. Ir is 
therefore with as much pleafure as jultices 
that we recommend the prefent publication 
to the notice of all pradtitioners on that 
fafhionable infrument. 
Three Sonatas for the Piano-forte, with an Ac- 
companiment for a Violin 5 compofed by Mozarte 
75, Gd 
Thefe fonatas merit a place among the 
beft cf Mozart’s piano. forte compofitions. 
The fubjeéts of the feveral movements are 
happily 
