The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-04-29 00:00:00

EXHIBITION.

SOMERSET 11(tUSE.
on Sentliv 110 tin-Members of the Royal Aca
.InT cave thrir,an.ineal.dinner3t
.Somerset. House,
iitratory to rho P7bltc Exh•bition of their works
Tt stras' fife most numerous and splendid
~... ever witnessed upon any similor
A:nong the company of err,
Ho R nal Hethines toe Prince of Wales.
qt and liewv,set.
Stotford, arid Douglas.
T --Spenerr, St. Vinreat, Dannumih,
Arks-
u.girdge. Bridgwater, T.--sex, Etotewur, anitDantley.
Fluteden. and Castlereagh.
Amherst, Mulgearc.
R, ..sle,S.onentlie,Hawkri,loury and Watvinghie
w.g,,,..,-Eturtisrn, Winchester, Lincoln, and London.
The Rem of woom,
Leice.ter, Bank., H. Engle6e4d, W. Seen, sad
14”ine. W.
..m....Eny, Windham, Grey, T. Hope, Angerstein,
Sieith, &nil, C. Long, G. Rose, A Afinestey, and Grewille.
Dr Borney•
After dinner, Non dohs. Domino, was sung by seve-
ral professional Gentlemen.
The President, Mr.
TWMISKT, then gave,
God rase the King was snag, verse and chorus.
The Primo: of Wales.
The Glee of Nail, Neer of Britaawiek, was sung by
Notts Goat. ,stenos, VAUOIII4II. albd SaLa.
The Navy and Army
best Bulwarks.
Ile R,A.teave and Llendemen who have honoured the
loyal Aetiology with their presence.
Mr. J. B. Sara's celebrated Duet followed, and
• was received with great applause.
Ma) Fattener in this country cherish painting. sculpture.
and architectum, to rival that ptaud elevation they attained is
ancient Gutter, and micro Italy.
Glee—Gloriosa Apollo. •
The Royal Society.
The Society of Antiquar;am.
The Prince of Ws Les called for the glee of " Te
tic old lonely Life and Pleasure.
The Society of t.rts, Manufactures, and Commerce.
Glee—Swett Thrath, by Master Kstsissa, and
Messrs. Goat, Niet o, and SAL(.
Th.: Pions of A.
Gle!--The Mighty Conluernr.
At nine o'clock the Chairman left die (tail..
His Mospa. f, the Quitxtr, and Patscasses, in
cna.equence of the fatigues of last week, did not
come to town to view the paintings, as usual, pre-
vious to opening of the rooms for the gratification
of the onialic curiosiej.
The eshibition Is highly creditable to the arts of
this counuy. aPhough it is almost deprived of what
wed to constitute some of its most prominent at-
tractions. namely, the drawkgs of WKST a lA. and
TUUMEII. The last of those has not exhibited any
this year, and the first has only one dr.iwing,
bat it L. of very .uperior excellence ; and, for the ab-
ase« oft .i.er works of the sir class, which might
have been e-.pected from him, he has amply corn.
passted be two very highly finished, chastely co-
l. tired, classically composed historical picturts:
the snejecfs are, The Erptat!Jn cf Orates, and the
f•eertStiatisa of Helen and Pert'. after has defeat ir
r.T..lass. They a:e painted for Mr.THOM • s Hors,
. ;whops en the correct taste of that gentleman

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he President has some pictures of great tra.rit,
particularly the hi • 4 at tie Tarsi of and
Ant, .kcinial Inc A mate to ArhiPet.
L ',EL IS 111 We SUreeSSfill than on any for-
.. , occasiie ; his Poe, ail of Mr. Hoare is, HS our
• . his b-st picture; but all of them are so
that doubtless the opinion of the public will
.e divided as to their comparative excellence.
Setae a has a very beautiful small picture of
Pr.the, and 3VUOLaT a very spirited sketch, the
subject Wee.
Hors- c Dwirsit ef Mr. Jerrie:here is a
beautiful F;aute t and his Piro, f V Ain. Mamas,
and Child is is Ms best manner.
OPIE and Noreettcors have each a Portrait of
Yea' Betty $ they are very different from each
other ;and, as both acr geed, we will make no invi-
dious comparisons between them.
Ories best head is a Portrait of Dr. Edward Clarke.
Sees, who of late has &Anguished himself as a
Poet, has an excellent Brad of Mr. Herbal,
and other works of considerable merit.
DANILLL has a large Pidure with a great number
of figures, which, though entirely out of his usual
stile, is executed in a wry that adds credit to his
professional character.
THOMPSON'S Parr( of the Both is a beautiful idea,
but very weakly painted.
BEECH has several Portraits which deserve great
praise.
Owes's Piastre is very elegantly designed, and
rented with great delicacy.
/ PHILIPS and CLARKE are very respedable, but
we do not discover any improvement since last year.
Lou turnouts; has two spirited Pidures of The
Idrottreg the Troops in Egypt, and The Battle of Alex-
tPahta.
Cst.corr's picture possesses very considerable
merit ; the sky is beautifully painted, and the water
and figures arc touched with great truth and spirit.
We think it the hest landscape in the exhibition.
Nis drawings, although they have some claim to
our attention, are very inferior to his Pidure.
GI LPIN ha% a most excellent Picture, Partretiti of
tb, ni fie Prince's Herres. It is painted with gre it
spa-% and s,-ith every attention to nature.
hcr.ias, the younger, has two Pictures, Views
on ph- Lahr% which do him great credit. •
I. mina's Drawings are very like, and very
nicely elteCll,ed
The crayon Portraits of Mr. J. R. 01111TH post
less considerable nature and originality:-
The Drawing of the Bar of Penes, New South
Wes, by W. Wesratt., a brother to the ACA,IeMi.
L 414), is finishes!, with great attention to the charac-
ter of the country, its trees, shrubs, &c. If the
a-hole were lighter, the effect would be much im-
roved. The revue of figures in the foteground
sr better than any t)sek' we have noticed in any other
landscape in the pratent Exhibition.
These are en:my-lather works of very considerable
Rieric, which we shall hereafter notice.

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