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Monthly Retrospect of the dine Arts. 
1908.] 
Nitrous acid moderately concentrated 
being boiled in this substance converts 
it into a fat oil equally soluble in alcohol. 
The author concludes from his expe- 
riments that this peculiar matter must 
be considered as distinct from all other 
vegetable or animal substances. 
BAVARIA. 
The King of Bavaria has published an 
Ordonnance, by which every child within 
his dominions who has not attained the 
age of three years, shall be vaccinated 
before the 1st of Jul y, 1808, and every 
infant born in future within his dominions, 
shall undergo the same inoculation within 
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three months after its birth, Heavy pe- 
nalties are inflicted on the neglect of this 
decree, and inocw’ation for the small-pox 
1s prohibited undey pain of imprisonment, 
ITALY. 
Signora Lewa Penpenti, of Como, who 
in the year 1806, ae a gold medal 
for her Improvements in the Spinning of 
Amianthus, has succeeded in making with 
that fossil, a paper well calcalated for 
writing and printing, and which is not 
liable to the action of the elements, 
Some specimens of printing upon it have 
already been made, but only in a small 
way. 
MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF THE FINE ARTS. 
The Use of all New Prints, and Communications of Articles of Intelligence, are requested. 
The Right Hon. Charles Fames Fox, Ge. En- 
graved by F. Ss Engraver to bis R. H. 
the Prince of Wales, from a Bust modelled, 
&c. by Nolickens. Published by Ff, Young, 
Charlotte-street, Fitzroy: square. 
Tbe Right Hon. William Pitt, &c. Engraved 
by F. Ye oung from another Bust, by the same 
Artist, and tke same Publisher. 
ILBERT Stuart, the American paint- 
er, who, with many strange eccen- 
tricities, 13 an admirable por trait-painter ; ; 
Gilbert Stuart would, in all cases that 
he wished to excel, have a mask taken from 
sthe face that he “intended to paint. ‘By 
‘this method, he thought he got a more 
marked indication of the shapes of the 
bones, than he could by confining him- 
self to copying the face only. Se that as 
it may, certain it is that from whatever 
cause it arose, such were his best por- 
traits, and we may very safely add, that 
in point of distinct and characteristic re- 
semblance, it will not be easy to find 
portraits by any other artist of this coun- 
try, that can be put before them. Ele- 
gant taste, splendid colouring, skilful 
eontrasts of light and shade, and some 
other ef-ceteras, are another considerati- 
on; for, in these respects, it must be ac- 
knowledged his dehneations are not en- 
titled to so high a’ class; so that in most 
cases, his portraits of females are interior 
to those of his men. In the cases re- 
ferred to, a mask from the face was the 
first part of the precess in modelling the 
bust; whether this was done, or was not 
done in the above busts of these two 
great statesmen, we do not know; how- 
ever, whether it was so, or was not so, 
the prints are accurate resemblances of 
the originals, well engraven in mezzotinto, 
and will bear a respectable enough rank 
with other portraits of their different par- 
ties, with whom they ‘vill naturally be 
classed in furnishing a room. 
Sir Fokn Smith, F-R. "8. Lite: 
W. Bad. sculpt. 
Holborn, 1807. 
The above portrait is a full length, and 
well enough engraven in mezzotinto, and 
to the friends of sir John Smith, will un 
questionably be interesting and gratify- 
ing, and pass extremely well as a good 
handsome furniture print. As a work 
of merit, we are fearful it will not support 
any very distinguished rank among the 
capital productions which a good judge 
selects for his porte-folio. 
No. I. of the British Gallery of Engravings, from 
Pi Mites of the Tealian, French, Flemish, ae 
English Schools, now in the possession of th 
Kin, , and the Noblemen and Gentlemen a We 
United Kingdom, with some Account of each 
Picture, and a Life of the Artist, &e. By 
Edward Forster, A.M. F.R.S. aad 8:A, 
Chaplain to bis Grace the Duke of Newcastle. 
Tbe first number of this contains, $. 
A Magdalen, by Ludovico Carracci, en- 
graved by Anker Sinith, from a picture in 
the collection of Vhomas Hope, esy. 5 
2. A view of Rome, by Wilson, engraved 
by Middiman, from the collection of the 
Varl of Dartmouth. 38. Vandyke, as 
Paris, by Vandyke, engraved by UL. Schiae 
yonettl, ons the collection ae Henry 
Hope. esq.; 4. Christ im the storm, by 
Rembrande, engraved by¥Fittler, trom the 
collection of Henry Hope, esq. 
This publication, from the foregoing 
speclipen, gives every promise of being 
superior, 
Abbot, pinkte 
Published by Cribb, 
