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formance; but an upright landscape, be- 
ing a View of the Devil’s Bridge, No. 
Q71, was perhaps never excelled. No. 
238, St. David’s ealace, South Wales, 
is also of the first rate merit. Indeed, 
it would be invidious to single out many 
of this gentleman’s performances; they 
are all excellent. He has about thirty 
pictures. 
Mr. J. Varley tes upwards of fifty ; 
but many of them are small, and of tri- 
vial subjects : many, however, have great 
merit. But we do not think it a happy 
choice to imitate Poussin in water-co- 
lours; though considered with that al- 
lowance, they have great merit: but 
surely it is better for an artist to culti- 
vate his own genius, and study nature 
with his own eyes, than to try these 
hazardous experiments of adopting the 
judgment of another, ' for want of confi- 
dence in one’s own, are very dangerous, 
Angelica Kauffman was an ardent>ad- 
mirer and follower of Poussin, and the 
consequence was, a sameness in all her 
works. 
The drawings of Mr. J. Cristall have 
very high merit. His Girl sitting at a 
Cottage Door, No. 188, is conceived 
with a finer taste than any thing of the 
kind in the exhibition. Some of his other 
drawings, though they have a fine effect 
at a certain distance, would perhaps be 
more complete if they would bear a lit- 
tle nearer inspection. No. 302, Has- 
tings’ Fishing Boats cowing in, unites 
strength with delicacy, and is a very 
sweet little production. - Mr. Cristail has 
about eleven pictures; and, from his 
well known talents, it is needless to say, 
that, notwithstanding the above obser- 
vations, they have more than common 
claims to the attention of the connois- 
seur. 
Mr. Heaphy has thirteen pictures, 
which are most exquisitely finished; but 
there is in most of them an excessive 
tendency to local vulgarity, which it is to 
be wished Mr. Heaphy would correct. 
No. 100, The Poacher alarmed. The 
game in ‘this drawing is painted with an 
accuracy and delicacy that is truly ad- 
mirable. No. 129 and 145, Studies of 
Game, are wonderfully fine. No. 241, 
is the best of Mr. Heaphy’s pictures that 
has a human figure in ct 
Exhibition of the associated <r tists in aus 
colours. 
This is the first Exhibition of another 
Society, founded on the same principles, 
but by no means in hostility to the for- 
va 
Monthly Retrospect of: the Fine Arts: 
[May 4, 
mer. ‘* The rapid advance which this class 
of art has had, made its power of reach- 
ing greater excellence, if judiciously em- 
ployed, and the propriety of separating 
drawings in water-colours from the imme- 
diate contact of those produced with 
other materials, were probably the mo- 
tives for forming the first Society. The 
same opinions, the same feelings, led 
to the association of the Artists, whonow, 
for the first time (as a distinct body), 
submit their werks to public inspection.” 
In this Exhibition there are many ex- 
cellent productions by Pococke, Reina- 
gle, J. Smith, &c. &c. which we have not 
room this month to notice, in the manner 
they deserve; though we were sorry to 
see that there was such a dearth of His- 
toric pictures, and those that there are, 
do nét in general rise above mediocrity. 
This Exhibition is at the Great Rooms, 
No. 20, Lower Brook-street. Here we 
find Mr. Wood, Mr. Green, Mr. Robert- 
son, Mr. Bane, jun. Mr. Chalon, Mr. 
Huet Villiers, Mr. Laporte, Mr. Owen, 
Miss Emma Smith, Mr. Watts, Mr. Wil- 
liam Westall, Mr. Wilson, &c. as asso- 
ciates with a ‘long list of exinbiens! who - 
have many of them selected most beauti- 
ful subjects, but none perhaps so much 
distinguished by most refined and exqui- 
site taste as those by Miss Emma Smith. 
The British Gallery, Pall-mall. 
The munificent patronage which the 
English Artists have experienced since 
their works were exhibited and disposed 
of at this Gallery, desérves to be re- 
corded as a noble feature in the charac- 
ter of the present age. Nearly one 
fourth of the pictures (forming the pre- 
sent Exhibition) have been already dis- 
posed of. Among these are the Fruit 
and Flower pieces, by Hewlet. ‘These 
two performances have been purchased 
by Thomas Hope, esq. and Captain 
Agar, and have brought the Artist little 
short of one thousand guineas ! 
The Oriental Field-Sports (just com- 
pleted), dedicated by permission, and 
under the immediate patronage of his 
Majesty, and bis Royal Highness the 
Prince of Wales; lis Royal Highness the 
Duke of York, the Hunourable the Couit 
A Directors of the East India Coinpu- 
pOee. 
rites long projeeted work of The W7/ 
Sports of India (by Captain Willinnre 
son and Samuel Howett), exhibiting a 
novel and curious natural history of Hin- 
dostan, is just completed in twenty num- 
bers, at 2is, each, © Published by Ed- 
ward 
