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rectness, both in drawing and engraving, 
that has appeared for some time, and 
must have been a laborious undertaking 
to Mr. Elmes. : 
Of the literary department, Mr. Phillips 
has written the memoir of Romney con 
amore with the feelings of a painter, and 
has proved he can use the pen as excel- 
Yently as he does the pencil. Mr, 
Bona’s account of the historical picture 
tg learned, and the whole of this depart. ° 
ment is. exeeuted with much professional 
skit and research. .The promise of the 
works m hand for the succeeding Number 
bids fair to equal, if not surpass, those 
already published. 
» Statues and Pictures in the University 
ef Oxford.—We gladly embrace this op- 
portunity of a sert of recess in the arts to 
callthe attention of the lovers and patrons 
of the fine arts to the various colleetions 
af fine antique statues, valuable pictures, 
and other useful, nay indispensable studies, 
to the. artists, which are at present in 
England. Those in the British Museum 
are well arranged for the purposes of art, 
as well as shewing them to the best advan- 
tage, but the facility of aecess\to artists 
are either not sufficient, or not properly 
understood by them, for they certainly 
are not much studied from by artists. 
A series of papers in the manner of a 
deseriptive catalogue of them was begun 
in this Magazine some months ago, called 
the “ Dillettanti Tourist,” which explained 
them, as far as it was carried on, in a 
manner that might have called public 
atéerition to them, had it been continued. 
Some farther observations on the proper 
method of suffering artists to study this 
invaluable collection, as well as on the 
truly.splendid one of Lord Elgin, shall be 
resumed on the next leisure month, 
. The intention of the present remarks, 
35 to call the attention of the patrons of 
the fine arts, to the extraordinary oppore 
tunity this country possesses of form a 
poble university of art. Of what London 
possesses is well known, but it is to the 
fat present useless) collections at Oxford, 
that we bey attention. In the picture 
gallery are many valuable originals and 
useful copies. In an apartment on the 
north side of the schools are the celebra- 
ted Arundel marbies. In the Logic and 
Moral Philosophy School is the large 
and valuable collection of marbles, sta- 
tues, bustos, &¢. which were for many 
years at Easton, the seat of the Earl of 
Pomfret, and which were presented by the 
iate Countess of Pomfret to the Univers 
sity; this collection consists cfacany 140 
pieces, of extraordinary beauty and value, 
Monthly Retrospect of the Fine Arts. 
[Sept. 1, 
In the Radcliffe library are two of the 
most splendid Roman Candelabre in 
Europe ; they were found in the ruins of 
the Emperor Adrian’s palace, at Tivoli. 
In most of the colleges are one or more 
valuable historical pictures by the best 
masters, and excellent portraits in abun- 
dance, particula:ly Christ-church. ‘They 
have also copies of the cartoons at Hamp- 
ton-court by Sir James Fhornhill, but as 
the Royal Academy has also a set by the 
same hand, much stres$is not laid on these. 
Of the necessity of establishing an Uni-= 
versity there caw be nc doubt; but of 
the proper mode of doing it, of the means 
to form a large colleciion of useful studies, 
of its proper endowment, &c. mucis must 
be left to mature deliberation. This is 
intended but as a hint that the materials 
for the formation of the grandest museum 
and university of art, perhaps in Europe, 
is within the reach of the legislators of , 
Great Britain. 
INTELLIGENCE, 
In our last Number it was stated that 
Mr. Thomas Hope had purchased Dawe’s 
picture of Andromache and Ulysses, fur _ 
200 pounds instead of 200 guineas, 
British Institution for promoting the 
» Fine Arts in the United Kingdom.—This 
patriotic society, with a view to ascertain 
the effect of a gradual increase of pre- 
miums, have determined to add to those 
announced on the fifth ef Apmil last, a, 
third premium of 200 guineas; they have 
therefore given notice in the publie pa- 
pers, andin their usual way, (superseding 
their former notice of the fitth ef April 
last) that the three following premiuins 
are proposed to be given for the pictures 
of artists of, or resident in, the United. 
Kingdom, painted this present year, and 
sent to the British gallery on or before the 
fifth of January next. 1st. For the best 
picture in historicai or poetical] composi- 
tion, 200 guineas. 2nd. For the next 
best picture ‘in historical or poetical 
composition, 100 guineas. For the next 
best picture, in the same classes of come 
position, 50 guineas, The directors re- 
serve to themselves the power of withe _ 
holding either of the premiums if they 
think proper. Any picture may (if other- 
wise worthy) be exhibited for sale in the 
gallery, for the respective benefit of the 
artists. No artist will be entitled tomore 
than one premium in the season. Mr. 
Graham, the secretary to the institution, 
will give any farther information, if re= 
quired. 1 . 
Mr, Wilkie is in a slight degree betters 
but his works are stil! ata stand, from his_ 
continued indisposition, 
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