The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-19 00:00:00

TIIE .GALLERY:

In our last' article respecting this Gailery, tze
some
noticed _ excelleriele,
GARTII,'2IId, ipfloog others,--ofie we oo
not recollect that hehai:receiv.eo due credit ill, lily
orthe numerous" Essays whi't hi eta e hecii
-upon the stihJect of his works—m e 3:lohe tot tit'e
lie • ciothed ("veil g"rosi—
ness, so.ris. to rendgr itylo(,,iF!.lisive to iirltcdrV.

We now turn to the task of otFcring a tees'
marks un the pictures' zif WiLsoN, .IContained-iit
this Exhibition, ot: %vial) there ;Are:about seveAy,
including several . antst' celklyriittd,-•.-
The style of Oils artist is in a peculiar
'chaste, via steel,grand, and intent sting; and hit;
'be:6os of:the most indubitable ot-iginality. " It is
itnpossibie to- contempt:at: these ton,is ape, , and
especially when the subject ite3
in lta y, u:tlz-
out experiencing enh;tioits of. that sublime de-
-scription, Which :it is' the boast of superior
ttt-
lents to have the power .of exciting. Ttie
graceful and easy undulation of line in'• his dis -
tanees, which carry the delighted eyd. tai the ho-
rizon; where' it rests on tin *:trtily celestiat ; the
awful -gram,eur of. his scenery, partaking,ot the
sublimity, without the wildness imit horror
Rosa, and the apprOptAate charatster which.
universally pervades it; • the affecting and beau: iful
introduction of the ruined arch or fallen column;
and all the mouldering glories, of itrchitecture .; th-e
nobteness Of his conceptions, and the co:re:pond,
ing vigour of his execution, tend aliogether to till
the breast of thespectator with wonder and atinti-;
ration.—ln many of these pich,res Italy is rest- •
lised,and, at one glance, we are counted to enter
into all-the great ctiitt powerful feelings which are
awakened; by the reconeeiion of what our carnet'
studies taught uS.,respe:•ting that land of heroes,
that seat of -stupendous. empire
ratsed and luxury overthrew, till it preseutrti
those melancholy scenes, in the represeuta,oh
-of which WILSON SO pre-eatineutly
-They- are fine compositiotts,
,mingling. the tune
liest appearances ,of ',attire, where nature is,
ntkist -beautiful, with- dreary and dark desolation,
and eVeTv•toneiting image. whi•Zt ile-cayioggitn
deur in tite uoblest.works of art „co uld suggest to it
,-classical nhagitiation. thes•e eroatees Ftit
emotion is engeuidereU tuagic 14 the
L'ainter, to which we can ‘t:-ply no other epithet
but that •of "Saciretl." , p

_ .
With' such , a mastery over out pisions, we
are yet itot blinded to some detects in thk
fist.---Many of his Laudscapes of English Views-,
re not congenial to the soil and, clial•tteof Eug-
land. 'They partake too
,nruch sniithern
skies, and lose the character which oug)it to
belong to theta, .to aequire't that of,ttoottivr yw-
ler of the: grolie. There is frequently too mucli
evidence of carelessness in the of e,ven tho,e
subjects which are the highest in point „i" con_
foregrounds are too much neglected.
the ,e petty blemishes,
ception; and, generally speaking,..We ditty observe,
that the
Yet, with
place 4mong' place
I;snr,: .
iuust
still Lie foremost artists
have e big
the last century. Few land-
scape painters,_ ancient or modern, can product!:
so potent an erect upon thOnind, and he will be
handed
.down 'to Posterity not only as an hoo nir
but as a distinguished ornament to
universal schiiol of the Art.

SOUTHAMPTON, JULY Li.--Tice Prince of 1.3
vARI7 proceeded this day from heke to London
in his ttavelling carriage, accompanieil by Count
PtiPpr,NHErm.--,--The SQUth Hants Militia marched
into this town on Saturday last-i as soon as they
had 4ot through Bttrigate, they all took otf r=eir
caps and gave oi• hearty huzza I They are in daily
expectation of being disbanded.—A sei'Lnre of
lace'and silk, to a great amount. has beet' made
by the Revenue Officers of this port