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MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF THE FINE ARTS. 
The Loan of all new Prints and Communications of Articles of Intelligence are requefied. | 
iG has been truly faid that gséat occa- 
. fions call forth great exertions > the 
death of Lord Neffen has been fo univer- 
fally felt, and his character is held in fuch 
reverential refpect, that moft of our emi- 
nent artifts either have been or are en- 
gaged in fomething that tends to comme- 
morate the hero, or his atchievements. 
The enumeration of thefe prints we thall 
begin with, as of a defcription in which 
every Englifliman is interefted. 
An Hifforic Engraving of the Death of Lord 
Vifcount Nelfon, Duke of Bronti, Gc. Dedi- 
cated to the King, by W. Barnard. §. Dram- 
mond, pinxt. 
Confidered as a prompt produétion, 
brought forward on the {pur of the occa- 
fion, this print is entitled to a conderable - 
portion of praife. The painter, whofe 
talents we have had frequent occafion to 
Notice with approbation, has been, we are 
told, an board the Viétory fince her ar- 
rival, to collect AUTHENTLC materials 
for a large pi€ture he is now engaged in 
on the fame fubject. 
Al Defign, in-Commemoration of the glorious Vic 
tories atcbieved by the Immortal Nelfon. Moft 
wealoufly infcribed to the Britifh Nation, by 
the Proprietor, T. Palfer. 
‘We have here a reprefentation of Bri- 
tannia feated on a globe, on which is 
marked, in their refpettive geographical 
fAituations, the great victories atchieved by 
the kate gallant Admiral. At the top of 
the print is a portrait of Lord Nelfon, 
with appropriate ornaments, &c. This 
4s all well enough cenceived, and very 
fairly executed. Asa whole, it formsa 
__ light pleafing print, that bas attained as 
much as the artift attempted. 
Vice- Admiral Lord Vifcount Nelfon, Duke of 
Bronti, Gc. L. F. Abbot, pinxt. W. Bar- 
nard, {culpt. 
This is a very good mezzotinto portrait; 
and from the known fidelity of Abbot’s— 
pencil, may be fairly prefumed to be a 
Mrong refemblance to. the great man 
whofe memory it commemorates. 
The Immortal Nelfon. Engraved in Chalk, by 
Orme, from a Buff executed in Marble, and 
prefented to the City of London, by the Hon. 
sinne Seymour Damer, and now placed in the 
Council Chamber at Guildhall. 
When a woman of family aud fafhion 
ai{plays fo much talent, talte, and fupe- 
riority of mind, as to keep clear of the 
vortex of frivolous and deftructive amufe- 
ments, and does {> much honour to the 
arts as to adopt the practice of a brancly 
that demands a confiderable portion of 
manual exerticn, as well-as mental attain. 
ments, we look wp to her with that re- 
fpect bordering upon reverence, which 
precludes fevere criticifm ; and think her 
produétions have a claim to fome degree 
of exemption from that ftrié&t inveftigation 
with which we contemplate the works of 
men who devote their whole lives to the 
practiee of what they: have adopted as 
their profeffions. However, let it be con- 
fidered in what point it will, the buit is 
fkjlfully managed, and well executed, and 
the print bears a fine refemblance to the 
other portraits of his Lordfhip, but might 
have been rather more foreible. 
Mr. Ackermann has publifhed the fol- 
lowing prints on the fubjeét of the funeral,. 
which muft at this time be extremely ia- 
terefting. 
A Perfpettive View of the Grand Funeral Car, 
which carried the Body of the much-lamented 
Lord Nelfon, from the Admiralty to St. Paul’s, 
in grand Proceffion, on the gth of Fanuarys 
1806. By N. Heideloff. 
The coffin, ftripped of its velvet pall, 
and placed on this funeral car, is fup- 
ported upon a platform covered with 
black cloth, and feftooned with velvet 
richly fringed, decorated with three ef- 
cutcheons on each fide, between which 
were inf{cribed the words San JoseF, and 
L’Or1ENT, on a crown of laurel and 
palm ; and on the oppofite fide, the words 
TRINIDAD and BuCENTAUR; the center 
feftoon has. the word TRAFALGAR, in 
gold, &e. The body of the Car is aw 
imitation of the hull of the /iéory; its 
head towards the horfes is ornamented 
with the figure of Fame ; the ftern carved. 
and painted in the naval ftyle, with the 
word Victory under the lanthorn. The 
coffin placed on the quarter-deck, with its 
head towards the ftera, the pall at the 
head of the coffin, and the Englifh jack 
pendant over the poop. The canopy is 
formed from a farcophagus, fupported by 
four palm-trees, covered with black vel-- 
vet, and-richly fringed. On the cornice 
in front is infcribed NILE 3,en the right 
hand ‘fide the motto, Hofte Dewidio Re- 
guievit; behind the word TRAFALGAR, 
and on the other fide of the motto, Palmam 
