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and well finished, but no child could 
possibly carry an iron helmet in the man- 
ner here represented. ‘The fault could 
soon be altered, and would then render 
it an exc feat picture. The effect of 
Mr. Turner’s Sun Rising through-a Mist, 
(269) has a truly ma agical appearance, 
from any of the rooms, the deception 
is so‘wonderfully managed, that the Sun 
seems ready to dart 1ts most piercing 
beams, the pictorial vapour. The rest 
of the pictures are of smaller conse- 
quence, and many of them have been 
before exhibited. The institution de- 
serves every praise that can be bestowed 
on such patriotic exertions, but let the ja. 
hlur artists take this asa wall meant hint, 
which is only elicited by the Getraorn: 
Mary and extravagant prices many of 
them have set on their performances, 
that such condact will again divert the 
current of patronage, which is now ia 
favor of the British school, into the former 
elhannel of the old ase 
Exhibition of Pictures in Needle Work at the 
Linwoid Gallery, Leicester- -square; by, Miss 
Linwood. 
In viewing these beautiful specimens 
of female ingenuity, the mind naturally 
reverts to the best days of the Gobelin 
tapestry: and if is paying our fair coun- 
trywoman no compliment in saying, 
that as works of art, for truth and fidelity 
of colouring, expression, and outline, 
they need not fear comparison with the 
finest of the French performances. 
Considering them in another point of 
‘view, as productions of the needle they 
are the most wonderful performances on 
record, and have opened a new and 
beautiful road for the amusement of our 
females of every rank and fashion. 
Too much. praise cannot be given to 
Miss Linwood for her invention of this 
new style of picturing, 
‘« A Michael’s grandeur and a Raphael’s 
grace.” —ROGERS. 
And for the perfection to Pe she 
(herself the inventor) has, at once at- 
tained. 
There are more pictures than when 
they were at Hanover-square, and better 
arranged; the great gallery is magnificent 
and furnished with much taste, The Gothic 
Room, the Cottage, Ruins, and Dens, 
are so admirably managed, and keep up 
the necessary deception so well, as to 
increase the effect as well as the pleasure 
of viewing thei. In the tasteful soom 
adjoining the galiery, is the celebrated 
Carlo Dolci of Christ Blessing the Sacra- 
Monmnizy Mac. No, 184, 
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Monthly Retrospect of the Fine Arts. 385 
mental bread and wine, and is, without 
doubt, the most valuable copy of that 
fine picture in existence, and would 
make us less regret its loss. To single 
out the best would be but to choose thar, 
whose original was the best, for they are 
ahke excellent. ‘The most striking are, 
Jephtha’s Rash Vow (2), from Opies 
Raffaelle’s Madona, Holy Family (4); 
Sir Joshua Reynolds’s Laughing Guirk 
(18) ; Dogs and Pigs (20 and 21), Mor- 
land; Head of David Carlo Dolci (29 re 
Nativity ion Corregio; Ass and Chile 
dren (42), Gainsborough; Lady Jane 
Gray visited by the Abbot aad the 
Keeper of theTower, the Night before 
her Execution (50), Northcote; and 
Gainsborough’s Cottage Children (St). 
The Architectural Antiquities of Cran Britain: 
_ represented and illustrated in a Szries of Vietws, 
Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Details, of 
various English Edifices, with Historical and 
Descriptive Accounts of each; by Fobn Brit- 
ton ESAs? Kole BL, Publishell by Longman’ 
and Co. 3 ; Taylor ; 3 and the Author. 
The second volume of this useful'and 
interesting work is principally devoted to 
the elucidation of the ancient domestic 
architecture of England. ‘They are 
treated with the usual ability of this 
‘able antiquary, and are fully equal to the 
expectations that were raised by the first 
volume. The present volume is enriched 
by the following, and many other rare 
and beautiful examples of the civil ar- 
chitecture of England:—Audley End, 
Essex ; Holland House, Middlesex ; Ox- 
horough Hall, Norfolk ; Eton College ; 
Henry the VIlth’s Chapel, Wessminster, 
which alone occupies nineteen prints, and 
is the finest illustration of that beautiful 
' Mausoleum extant. The editor, the 
draughtsmen, and the engravers have ac- 
quitted themselves of their important 
task with fidelity and henour. 
Portrait of the Right Hon. Lord Fincastle, 
painted by F. Lonsdale ; engraved by George 
Clint 5 published by Clint. 
This portrait is designed’ in a broad 
-bold style, and possesses many traits of 
character; the engraving is forcible, and 
well finished. 
INTELLIGENCE, 
Bromley has just completed his etching 
from Devis’s admired picture of the 
‘Death of Nelson in the Cock Pit of the 
Victory, now Etaoin at the’ British 
Tnstitution. he proof is one of the 
“finest specimens of the graphic art thag 
has for a Jong time appeared, and pro- 
3 E mise. 
