The National Register.
London, England, 1816-05-05 00:00:00

ROYAL EXHIBITION.

On Saturday teat the Royal Academicians gave their annual
Diener ; at w hich the following Princes, Noblemen end Gen-
tlemen were present, viz.
Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Kent, Cumberland, and
Sussex; the lord Chancellor, Archbishop of York, the Speaker,
Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor, Lord Chief Baron, turd Chief
Justice Gibbs; the Russian, Prussian, Netherlands, Spanish, Portu-
guese, Danish, American, Bavarian, and Wirtentherg Ambassadors;
Dikes of Somerset, Argyll, and Malian]; Marquises. Stafliml. Lans-
downe, Camden; Earls Morton, Mulgrave, Bathurst, Carysfort, Bess-
borough, Essex, Upper Ossory, Grey, Lauderdal., Cowper. Lonvdale,
Harcourt, Gower, Cassillis Limerick Westmorland; meows Pal-
merston, Melville, Castlereagh; Cords Ellenborough, Rivers, F.
Campbell, Dunstanville, Holland; Bishops of London. Salisbury.
Carlisle, Oxford; the Field Officer in waiting; Right Honourables
N.cholas Vansittart, Charles Long, G. Rose, ......111.iskison, sir W.
S: nth, Sir J. Banks, the Lord Mayor, J. M•Mahon; Hon. A. Phipps:
Sirs G. Beaumont, A... Hume, J. I.eicester, 11. Engletield, T. Bernard,
J. St. Aubyn, W. Elford, T. Baring, J. Swinburne, S. Homily;
Messrs. R. P. Knight, .1. J. Angerstein, W. Smith, G. Hihbert, H.
Blokes, R. Clark, R. H. Davis, W. Fawkes, E. Swinburne, J. P.
Kemble, B. Long, J. Symmons, S. Rogers; Reverends H. Carr,
Archdeacon R. Markham; Mr. Alderman Birch, the Attorney and So-
licitor General, Master and Warden of Dulwich College. es-c.
The company a xpressed the most lively approbation of the
pruFress which the Arts hail made, as exemplified in this Ex-
hibition, which, for satiety of subject and works ofmerit, is
superior to any of our late,pei haps of any former display of the
powers of the English School. N e are prevented by the influx
of important matter from going into the exaniisiation of the
Picture s, which we intended. 'the spectators will be delighted
to see the general tune of good taste and of ability that distin-
guish the Artists, and there. are some works of superlative
merit. The Royisl:Acadeinicians maintain their title to public
favour, by clorts the most honourable to their skill.
The titino4 number of trictiires allowed to be exhibited by
an academician is eight. Sir W. Berchey has this molter, all
ru portraits; so as G. Dawe, Sir T. Lawrence, and W. Owen ;
Iloward lisle five, and Phillips six. Sir W. Iteechey'a are por-
traits of the Bishop of Chester, Lord Hill, Lady Berwick. Mist.
Vernon, Lady Ben:aril, the Duke of Sussex, Lady Owen, and
the lion. Captain Peachey.. Dawe has Portraits of a No-
bleman (which we instantly recognise to be that of the Earl
el Limerick t, of Miss O'Neill, the picture w hick was pri-
vately viewed &wing the lain summer; of the Archbishop of
Tnam, of the Hon. S. E..Eardlev, NMI of two Ladies and a
Gentleman. !Inward hiss five' those of Mrs. Leigh, and of J.
Leich, Esq. the late Sheritfof London, of Dr. (Actinic, of .stra. A.
Jones. and a Brother and sister. Sir'l'. Lawn net has portraits of
J. .1. Am:erste-in, Esq.. the Bishop of London, the Bishop of
Durham, the Marchioness of Staihird, the Duke of York, Lady
N 'grans, Itl4or Gen. Sir 11-Torrens, Mid Canov:y the cele-
lardttli Italian Sculptor. Northeote has those of Mrs. J. Ca-
throne, Somerset, Herald, and sonic gentlemen and lathes.
Gwen hag painted the Earl of Cessillis, the Duke of Grafton,
B. Lomr, • Mrs. Elision. Sir L. W. Holmes, Baer. my.
H. Clive, and the Rev. P. Pett, P.D.; and -Phillips, has por-
traits of Mrs. Baldwin, Sir H. Engletield, Bart. C. Lyell, Esq.
Count Platod, the Indian Chief, called Major Norton, and W.
I.lrmid,
'l' lie venerable President has the mythological subject of
'l-:mops; and G. atsou has a Pot trait of the President him-
self, a s cry pod Mrs. Pope is a large and fine com-
position of 111..akeei ut Viewers flout Nature, than which we
.-a..-•!y,:,rer Ics.B auy trill% wore brautitielly or elective-