The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-10 00:00:00

THE Ai?TS.

A School for Painting has long been a desideratum
in this Country. The opportunities of improvement
afforded to young Artists in the Royal .Academy are
confined to the acquirement of Design, and that in
single figures only. In Composition, Colouring,
Chiaro Oscuro, &c. they
,have been left without
any model by which to improve their judgment, or
regulate their taste: It is seriously to be lamented
Oa: the advice of the late Mr. BAnRY on this subje&
was not attended to. That great man urged most

strenuously the
,formation of a ColleCtion of fine,
Pi4ures for the study of our Painters ; and when
thti,'Orleans Gallery was on sale, recomtaended the
purchase of some of the unrivalled productions of
Art, of which it was composed, to serve as a nucleus
for such a ColleEtioa. In this respeEt the Artists of
the Continent enjoy a great.advantage over those of
Great Britain. In the various- German and Italian

States, in Spain, in Holland, and more especially in
France, there are large public assemblages of pidutes,
. to which the. Artists of .those respe&ive countries
have ready access for the purposes of study and imi-
tation. In Great Britain not any institution .of this
nature has hitherto existed, and although. the private
collections of individuals certainly contain some of the
Most valuable pictures in the world, • yet they have
too generally.remained locked up, and nnapproaCh-
able by thosethe most likely to. derive improvement
from their close, deliberate, and 'uninterrupted in
speCtion. We are- happy to• learn that there. are
hopes of seeing thin national reproach' wiped away,
Some of the most distinguished atnateurs in the king-
dom have agreed loccasionally to give up a few of
their best Pictures to be submitted to the free unre-
strained study of our Artists, atxl two of -the rooms
belonging to the British Gallery in Pall Mail have
been appropriated for nearly the last two MontliS to
facilitate the attainment of so desirable an object: --

The following is a list of the Noblemen and (.:T'entle-
Amen who have come forward thus liberally to do
their part towards removing what has hitherto proved
a considerable obstacle to the progress of the Fine
Arts in this Country :

Marquis of STAFFORD, Earl GROSVENOR, Lord
KINNLIRD, Sir FRANCIS -BARING, 'Sir G. BEAU-
:VONT, Right Hon..C.:- LONG, Rev. Mr. CARR, J. J.
.A.NGERSTEIN, Esq. W. SMITH, Esq. P. METCALFE,
Esq. T. BERNARD., Esq. and R. P. KNIGHT, Esq.
The number of Piatires at present is twelity-thiee,
all selea. Among these are the inimitable sketch
by RUBENS, of " St. Bavon received by the Church ;"
The Offering of the Magi ;" " The Adoration of
the Shepherds;" a The Windmill;" " The Cradle;"
and " A Head," by REMBRANDT.—" The Portrait
of Giovartius," by VANDYKE.-The !‘ St. Ursula,"
by CLAUDE LoRRArsE.-7-The " Infant of Spain on
Horseback," by VELASQUEZ.—" Venus chiding Cu-
pid for learning Accounts," by Sir • JOSHUA REY-
NOLDS.—" MTcenas's Villa," by WILSON, &C.,ISZO.
Excellent copies have been made, and are now
making, of some of the piaures.—Mr. HOWARD,
the Associate, has just finished a spirited imitation
of the " Giovartius;"- and has begun one of " The
Adoration of the SbePherds."—Mr. GREEN has done

himself great credit by a fine copy -of SirJOsnuA's
." Mr. SHARPE 'is studying REMBRANDT'S
Cradle," from which same picture Mr. DOUGLAS
GUEST has made a vcry'faithful copy; .and has since
undertaken the arduous task of transferring to his
canvas CLAurrE's beautiful " St. Ursula." Mr. REY-
NaLDS has been painting atiadmirable copy of " The
Windmill," and is now engaged with REmBRANDT's
" Head," which Mr. CHALoiq is reducing to a mas-
terly Miniature. Several younger Painters are busily
and adVantageously occupied. Three fair Artists
also (the two Miss REINAGLES' and MISS HAYES)
have sent their pencils and pallets to the rooms, and
are, employing th en' very successfully.

On the whole we hail the spirit which has prompt-
ed this temporary sacrifice on the part of the distin-
guished individuals above-mentioned, as likely in'its
consequences to be materially honourable to the
country. We trust that their example will be exten-
sively followed ; and as Great Britain already enjoys
a proud pre-eminence in Arms, that, by the libe-
rality of her men of rank and fortune, and :he exer-
tions of her men of genius, she may be placed in the
same gratifying situation of superiority with regard
to those Arts, excellence in which contributes so
much to the glory of a civilized and. refined nation.