1806.] 
face, his ain, bis. manner, and. indeed 
_every thing relative to him becomes-an 
object of aniverfal inquiry; and to, do 
justice to the prefent race of artifts, they 
are tolerabiy. expeditions in’) gratifying 
public cutiofity. If inal) cafes they pro- 
duced prints fo well entitled to.ar ues 
as that mow. under confideration, timy 
would be well employed, for it is a very 
{pivited and animated portrait, extremely 
well engraved in mezzotintot 
Mr: Tomkins. Sir Fofbua Reynolds, pineh a 
Turner, feulpt. irons Meffrs. Bey- 
aell.and Co. a 
The portrait from which i thistpr! ne was 
engraved was.ore. of the lait that rhe late 
lamen:ed Prefideat of the Royal Academy 
painted, and it may be fuitly clafed 
among the belt portrai's he ever painted: 
We have beet told that he beliowed upon 
it more than his. ufual portion of labour 
and that Mr. Tomkins fat many, very 
marly times to him befote this great paint- 
er was fatished with hig ows performance. 
The print is eograven in a ftyle worthy. 
of the original, 
A View oF the Port Bis oe quit b Part of 
its Flotilla. Publifoed by R. Ackermann. 
This is One of the mof clear and dril- 
liane prints that we have ever fcen, The 
rude piece of rock on the finifter fide is 
forcible; the figures on the narrow fore- 
ground. before the. water aré in the man- 
her of Callot, and..extremely well-draywn 
and {pirited; the flipping, and hills in 
the diftance, are very weil imagined 5 and 
above all,:the clouds arid beams ofthe cat 
beautifully refle&ted upon the water, have 
a mioft picturefque effect. Great atten- 
tion has been paid to render it correct as 
poffible; we have been informed that the 
d.iginal defign was madé on the {pot by 
Bongeau, and afierwaids wrought ue to 
its prefent effec by a young artift of the 
name of Wantheir.. The engraving; 
which, as we have before obferved, 1s 
eminently bright and tranfparent, was 
madé "by Bluck.. 
Mr. Ackermann has alfo puitilithied a 
medailion (the fame'defign as’ one of the 
plates on Lord Nelfon’s.coffin) of Britan- 
nia and Neptune riding triumphant on the 
- ocean, drawn by fea- ee ec. * Alfo 
the firft number (which is BPH ing) of a 
work entitled the 2afons, ss a 
Garden; being a fele€tion ae the mott 
beautiful flowers that bloffom at the four 
feafons of the year 5 defigned with «great 
tafe, and beautifully coloured from na= 
tere; comprifing 4 treatile, with-infiruc- 
tions for drawing and paimting: flowers, 
MonTuuy Mac., No. thas 
fenibly Retrofpet? of the Fine Artsi 
545 
which will be found extremely rane 
Rudents of that arti) By P! Henderfon. 
He hes aifo given Propofals for'puh 
lithing an interior perlpeAive view Of thar 
very b beautiful aecient: Fpecinven of Got hic 
architectute, Weltiinfler Fall)’ as ft'R: 
peared at the tiie of Ltt ‘Meljile’s 
trial, when there were affémbled all the 
Princes, the Lurds Spiritual and Teripo~ 
ral, &c. Se. Fe willbe atctnbat tbe by 
a brief hiftorical aecoudit of the t bork A; Lines 
and remarkals lé o¢curfences which Hate 
ha ppen red in it) ‘up to this tal) of whith 
will be given an ‘ab@sady witha bidgta~ 
ph ical fketch of his “Lorcihip’ ps if c. " 
ves Wor th. Weft) Viet oF. the Cp dral ae 
Wells, deawn ar @ 3 ee: dby 7. Buckler 3 en- 
‘“graved by F.C. Lewis. Price t/, 3s: Albin 
and il. 138.60. cbledrad: Poblib:d Fune 
1806, by F. Buckler, Bei madly. 
A complete, fet of the views of the» 
thedrals of this country has long een a a 
defideratim in the arts, The. few, puints 
of the kind ate almoit folely confined to 
the antiquary, and in many cafes their 
principal. value is derived from their {care 
city. We are happy to fee that Mra 
Buckler has embarked in ‘this. under tak. 
ing, and has completed more than half of 
the drawings, which have heen fuecef 
fively « exhibited at the Royal Academy 
and have done great credit to. hits tafie and 
extreme accuracy. OF thefe drawings; 
five are engraved and publifhed, viz. Sa= 
Ifburys Chichefters, Canterbury, York, 
and Wells. He hag alfo iflued propofdty 
for publifhing that of Wincheter; and 
others are in preparation, Of thofe al- 
ready publithed, it is but juitice to {ays 
sh perfpective is accurate, the general 
e& brodd and fimiple, and the /oui-en- 
jens highly intereiting, Subicriptions 
ave taken by Mr. Buckler, Befmandley 4 5 
Mr, Burdon, Winchelter ; and Mr. oly 
lins, Sali fbury., 
Mr. John Thomas Smith, 36; New 
man ftreet, propates to publi ith by fubs 
fetiption 
Four geometrical Rebrefentatioas of Guil bie Archi- 
teflure, by. an eminent. Architect, who fous 
al d in the Deginning of. the fixteenth Century 3 
biting the Principles on which the Gothic 
f Cath edi: “ls, in this and otbor Countries are cone 
; ira fed, ard . denicnfrating and confirming 
hoje Principles, , by. ibe Injlance of a uery cen 
letrated auind beautiful Edifice of that Kind 
abroad... The Plates engrauen. by fdr, Sinith, 
z and a Leticr-prefs Explauationj.azdion Aco 
count yf tha Author, by Foba ws ri 
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