and the whole possesses an equal degree of merit withi former similar subjects by the same artist.

Of the next picture, No. 25, (A Summer's Evening in the South of France,) by the same master, we cannot speak so favourably; the colour is certainly much too glaring; we will not, however, pronounce that Mr. L. has not seen such a sky in nature, but we must assert that it is an ill choice, and highly prejudicial to the picture.

31. A Lady of Quality. I. HOPPNER, R. A.—A very beautifully coloured picture, and painted with great spirit and taste.

36. Lord Lowther. I. OPIE, R. A.-This picture is painted with great force, but there are other works of this master in the present exhibition, which, in point of colour, we prefer.

48. Earl St. Vincent. Sir W. BEECHEY, R. A.— The chief merit of this portrait consists in the likeness, which is certainly very striking. There is a crudity in the colour not usual in the works of this artist.

53. Western Gate of Firoz Shah's Cotilla, Delhi, East Indies. T. DANIELL, R. A.-The subjects alonę of this master's works are in general a sufficient recommendation. The present one is peculiarly interesting, and very happily treated.

60. Right on. T. Grenville. I. HOPPNER, R. A.Mr. Hoppner must assuredly add much to his good name from this portrait. It is a truly fine picture, painted with great spirit, and the character and expression are admirable.

68. Una. From Spencer's Fairy Queen. R. WESTALL, R. A. -This must certainly be ranked among the best of this master's productions. There is great sweetness of expression in the face of Una, and an elegance and simplicity in the design of the whole figure. The landscape is solemn and grand, and highly appropriate to the subject, and the Lion is painted with great spirit.

69. Mrs. C. Cotton and Son. W. OWEN, R. A.This picture will do Mr. Owen great credit. The mother and child are grouped in a very interesting manner, and the delicacy of the colouring is really beautiful.

74. His R. H. the Prince of Wales. I. HOPPNER, R. A.-There is a very strong resemblance in this

portrait, and the whole of the picture is well coloured, but froin some cause, perhaps from the disposition of the robes, there is an apparent defect in the drawing of the figure.

81. Cremhila, the widow of Sivril, shews to Irony, in prison, the head of Gunther, his accomplice in the assassination of her husband. H. FUSELI, R. A.-Mr. Fuseli may always fairly claim the merit of originality, and sometimes merit of another kind; but in the present instance we inust observe, that his picture is deserving only of the same remarks which apply to many of his other equally extravagant productions.

82. Lord William Russell's youngest Daughter. W. OWEN, R. A.-This is another very successful effort of Mr. Owen's, but we think the colouring rather too cold.

87. A Bacchante sleeping. R. WESTALL, R. A.-We consider this picture as one of the greatest ornaments of the exhibition. The luxuriance of the foliage, and the splendour of the whole scene, form an excellent contrast with the Una, its companion.

We were much charmed with the appearance of sunshine in this picture, although the nymph is herself in shadow. The bright and deep-toned effect of the whole is admirable, and the introduction of a variety of foreign birds gives wonderful life and spirit to the picture.

88. Lady Sarah Bayley. M. A. SHEE, R. A.-In this picture there is a good resemblance of the lovely original, and the whole is finished with considerable care; but here our praise must end: the figure is ill drawn, there is a variety of colours in the drapery introduced without much taste, and the general hue of the picture is of a common kind.

93. His R. H. the Duke of Gloucester. Sir W. BEECHEY, R. A.--This is a strong likeness, but the picture possesses no other prominent qualities either good or bad.

101.

Portrait of a Gentleman. M. A. SHEE, R. A.This is Mr.. Shee's best work in the present exhibition; and for the colouring of the head, and the firmness of the pencil, is entitled to considerable praise.

102. The Jummah Musjid, at Murata, East Indies. T. DANIELL, R. A.-This is another highly interesting

subject, and painted with great delicacy and beauty. The principal feature is an admirable specimen of Mahometan architecture.

103. The late Lord Thurlow. T. PHILIPS, A.— An excellent likeness of the venerable and lamented nobleman. The colouring is rich and sober, but the general effect has somewhat too much of the school of Kneller.

113. Edinburgh Castle. W. DANIELL.---This is a favorable view of a very interesting subject. The hues in the picture are various and natural, and the whole possesses a very pleasing effect.

115. Chess-players.-Portraits. I. NORTHCOTE, R. A. --A well coloured groupe; but the countenances of the players are entirely devoid of any of the various expressions which this interesting game excites.

122. A Sutler's Booth, with a little Camp in the distance. P. I. DE LOUTHERBOURG, R. A.---With many beauties this picture possesses some defects. The penciling is free and tasteful, even where the forms are objectionable: this remark is particularly applicable to the figures, among which is a boy well painted but glaringly deficient in proportion. The groupe of tired horses and sleeping dogs is excellent.

123. Right Hon. C. Long. I. HOPPNER, R. A.--A very fine portrait, in likeness, colour, and effect.

135. A Blacksmith's Shop. I. M. W. TURNER, R. A.--In this picture, art is certainly carried to a very considerable extent; to succeed in rendering such a scene so highly picturesque, must be attended with no little difficulty. There is a great variety of appropriate formst managed with infinite skill; and had the characters and expressions been sufficiently defined and varied to be equal to the colouring and effect, we should have pronounced it a perfect work.

136. View in St. Alban's. W. MULREADY.---This is the work of a very promising young artist: the effect is extremely natural and pleasing, and the lofty shadowed Saxon tower forms a fine contrast with the humble and bright cottages in the fore ground.

139. Flora unveiled by the Zephyrs. R. WESTALL, R. A.This picture combines two distinct branches of the art, which we have rarely or never seen united.--

The flowers are touched with infinite spirit and truth, and would have done credit to the best painters of the Dutch school the Flora is very finely drawn, and the action of the figure is highly elegant and graceful. Mr. Westall has also displayed equal taste in designing the groupes of Zephyrs, and in the appropriate variety of their action. The general effect of the whole is wonderfully rich and harmonious.

147. The Blind Fiddler. D. WILKIE.-Mr. Wilkie has this year perfectly answered the expectations which were excited by the exhibition of his first picture. The various groupes in his present work are distinguished by a strong and natural diversity of character, action, and expression; and every object in the picture is selected with great taste and good sense.

This picture, Mr. Westall's Flora, and Mr. Turner's Blacksmith's Shop, are placed in a line, and afford a very striking example of the great variety which is a prevailing character of the English school; and it may with truth be asserted, that no other age or country has at the same time produced three pictures so entirely distinct from each other, and each so excellent in its peculiar

way.

154. His Majesty. I. NORTHCOTE, R. A. We believe this is the first time His Majesty has sat to this artist, and we must certainly allow it to be a good likeness. The figure and the horse are spirited, but the latter, which is very well painted, is too small for the size of the royal personage.

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161. His R. H. the Duke of Gloucester. I. OPIE, R. A.-This is one of the best portraits from the pencil of this justly celebrated and lamented artist. painted in a bold and decided manner, but there is somewhat of coldness and want of harmony in the whole, which he would probably have altered had he lived to see it in its present situation.

162. Sun rising through Vapour---Fishermen cleaning and selling Fish. I. M. W. TURNER, R. A.-The general effect of this picture is soft, harmonious, and beautiful; it does not possess quite so much vigour as we have observed in some other of this master's works, but it has a great deal of very excellent colour.

168. Girl at the Spring. W. OWEN, R. A.-This is a very beautiful little picture, and derives its principal charm from the effect of the colouring, for we observed that the action of the child is not suited to the nature of its occupation.

175. Paul and Barnabas. B. WEST, R. A.—This spirited composition was designed for one of Mr. West's great works at the chapel at Windsor. The colouring is rich, deep, and harmonious, and the whole composition in the happiest manner of this master.

162. The Earl of Buckinghamshire. Sir W. BEECHEY, R. A.---This is indisputably the best portrait we have seen of this master: the likeness is excellent, the action easy and natural, and the effect of the whole at once sober and forcible.

194. Sketch of a Monument for perpetuating the Memory of the late Lord Nelson. B. WEST, R. A.--It must be a subject of infinite regret that the object of this beautiful design is not likely to be carried into effect. The idea of uniting three branches of art in a monument is novel to us, but some of the finest pictures of Rubens and Vandyke were painted for similar purposes, and there is great reason to believe that it was a custom in the most refined ages of Greece. The whole of Mr. West's composition is highly classical and chaste; even the enlarging of the figures of Neptune and Britannia as deities is justified by the practice of the ancients, although the importance of the hero of the subject is in consequence reduced.

206. Lord Nelson, when Second Lieutenant of the Lowestoffe frigate, Captain Locker, going to take possession of an American Letter of Marque, during a strong gale of wind, and a heavy sea, the First Lieutenant having returned, and declared it impracticable. R. WESTALL, R. A.

211. Lord Nelson, when commanding the Captain, of 74 guns, with a broad Pendant, R, W. Miller, Esq. Commander, in the Action off Cape St. Vincent, Feb. 14, 1797, receiving the Sword of the dying Spanish Commodore, after having boarded the San Nicolas, followed by Lieut. Barry, and Capt. Pearson; they immediately after boarded and took the San Josef. R. WESTALL, R. A. 218. Rear-Admiral Nelson, when in his Barge, with