The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-04 00:00:00

SPITALFIELDS DISTRESS.
T • a MEETING of the SPITAL-
FIELDS and BETHNAL-GREEN DISTRESS
ASSOCIATION, held on FRIDAY, the 30th of Ja-
ithatT, 1829,
Mr, JUSTINS, Upper Warden of Christ Church, in the
Chair. •
The distress and tloom becoming every day more appal-
ling,( upwards of Thirty Thousand poor individuals being
now Wholly out of employ, and enduring the greatest pri-
vations) the. Committee again most respectfully and ear-
" neatly appeal to the kind sympathy of a generouS Public, to
alleviate the sufferings of so numerous a body of their in-
dustriotis fellow-creatures.
The Committee venture to solicit the charitable and
. powerful assistance of those talented individuals who con-
duct the London Press, in giving publicity to the, present
• philanthropic appeal.
The Lord Mayor haying most promptly offered his
seal(ats co-operation in this laudable undertaking, sub-
scriptions will be cheerfully received by his Lordship, at
the Mansion-botoe ; also by Sir William Curtis, Robarts,
mid Co., and Messrs. Whitmore, Wells, and Whitmore,
bankers, Lombard-street. •
.• Every information will be given by the Churchwardens
of Spitalfields and Bethnal Green, or by the Secretary, at
Lis office, No. 37, New Broad-street, City.
ROBERT BRUTTON, Secretary.

iTHE CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF THE
lIIGHLY-ESTEF,MED WORKS OF BENJAMIN
WEST, ESQ., THE LATE PRESIDENT OF THE
ROYAL ACADEMY; TOGETHER WITH THE
SPLENDID EXHIBITION ROOMS, ERECTED
BY MR. NASH, AT AN EXPENCE EXCEEDING
4,000 POUNDS, AND THE RESIDENCE OF THE
VENERABLE DECEASED, IN N EWMAN-
ST REET.

MR. GEORGE ROBINS has the grati-
, 4-TA fication to announce to the Public, and more
-eopecially those who encourage the FINE ARTS, that it
has been his good fortune to be honoured by the Executors
of the revered and highly-gifted Artist,
BENJAIN WEST,
LATE PRESIDENT OF TIE TIIE ROYAL ACADEMY,
To offer for unreserved competition, on Fatmty and
.L: SATUIMAY, the 15th and 16th days of May, at 12
o'Clock,

= THE UNEQUALLED COLLECTION OF
Including 170 HISTORICAL PICTURES,
of the SUBLIME EFFORTS of his vast and

comprehensive mind.

The great renown acquired by this distinguished °ma-
_ ment of his Art, will necessarily circumscribe the necessity
(.4 going into a very long detail : this is fortunate, inas-
Much as - the appalling difficulty of doing strict justice
Would weaken the humble effort, and thus render more im-
perfect a sketch, that pretends not to give more than a very
feint outline of the brilliant picture, to which a much more
, talented man would feel himself incompetent to do adequate
justice to. In viewing this
. %PLENDID EXHIBITION OF Tor FOUNDER AIM
PATHER or BRITISH HISTORICAL PAINTING,
The nation at large will lament that in times like these,
When the march of intellect and improvement has made
such rapid strides, so groat a treasure as
MR. WEST'S GALLERY
should be left to the hazard and uncertainty of the ham-
, eaer; it was surely not appreciating too highly the English
-taste and liberality to contemplate
• THE BRITISH INSTITUTION AND
NATIONAL GAL LERY
Becoming the depository of this entire Collection, and thus
transinit to posterity a proud record of what could be accom-
• V,i*lled by an Englishman, and in that peculiar artoollich
had itO limg remained in its infancy. It wail by the
generous devotion of his pencil to the noblest aim of Lis
profeseion, that first brought British Painting into direct
association with the Throne, and raised it into an object of
national importance in the mind of his Sovereign. It will
almost partake of the work of supererogation to state, that
*iota the year 1768, Historical Painting was in no wise
encouraged in England, and the immortal West eucoun
•
• lered the trial in fear and trembling : how well he suc-
ceeded Itatire 4:7eptiplits will acknowledges-O,W the pre-
gent wield, his believed, add their concurring testimony..,—.
itor this proud testiniqial of having raised the character
of English Historical Art, the public are mainly indebted
to the kind. tend fostering encouragement of his
LATE MAJESTY, GEORGE TUE THIRD,
Who, in the singleness of his mind, and unbounded libe-
rality, commanded the late President to paint TWENTY-
. VWO PICTUMIS, to adorn
THE ROYAL CHAPEL IN WINDSOR.
Our Present Monarch was graciously pleased to restore to
West's family these precious gems; they include the
QuaLMIE COSIPOsITIoSe,
_ _

. ,
TheMOSES ItECEIVING THE LAWS,
uni
•'I he versal.Deluge and-the Crucifixion of Our Saviour.
'he retnaining 'ones are all appropriate for Altar Pieces.
11.121141 far exceed the limit of an advertisement to meu-
t"fir separately t.ltiP view.: a very few will demon-
strate the treat which is in store for those who have not
been so fortunate as to see them.
CiPHST REJECTED 13Y THE JEWS.

(And fur which 10,0001. ryas refused) was exhibited in
end 240,000 persons were gratified by a eight
9f it-

EATII ON THE PALE HORSE,
Represenfaug openiuz of the first five Seals : the effect
Proposed to be excite by this picture is the terribly sub-
lime, and • its various modifications,
site until lost in the OM,
extremes of pity and horror,—...a sentiment which
Painting had not, until then, attempted successfully to
awaken. This is indeed a chef d'oeuvre ; and the earn.
• 11TnYtie might be safely pronounced on the remaining
_oo Pictures. The space allotted for this purpose is,
however? insufficient, and this imperfect description will
rd by inlreating c 41,44 attention to the following ;-,-•
apalsion of Adunt and' Eve The Overthrow of the Old
The Deluge Beast and Fal Prophet
Abraham and Isaac Telemachus andse Mentor on
Rceurrection the Island
Peter and John Cicero discovering the Tomb
Three Marys of Archimedes
ttle priun o,zrp.ln..t Death of Wolfe
(sob 11. , .
, ',Tooling Mark shotvin the
't• Paul shaking the Viper Robe and Will of C44ar,
Chrl •
st healing.the Infirm
Thus has Mr. West left fi
'enteral succeeding generations, .
r • A T.JBLIIIIE SERIES OF PICTURES,
.44111 Sacred and Profane history, Poetry, and ori•
al fancy, including the greater portion of thelabour of
6 1"g and meritorious life. as
Tilt ONLY LEGACY FOR HIS CHILDREN.
t 1n America, the exhibition of ONM of Mr. West's Pic-
Lui",•--The Healing of the Infirm in the Temple,—(which
Presented to the Hospital of Philadelphia gratuitously),
,I"d4r•ed a 11,1111 sufficient to perpetuate the maintenance of
'ltenty-Eve Pensioners, besides 1,800 guineas to build
r"4l to receive it. To conclude, Sir Thomas Law-
' •eoee,
„ the distribution of Prizes to the Students of
'toys' Aeademy, eulogized the late venerable Pre-
. "'went thus :—" His works were not only superior to
arty former productions of English art, but far surpass-
- I:ontemporary .merit on the Continent—were un-
qusiled 4e any period below the Seim)l of the Ca-
"cei7--ansl he gained celebrity at the rinse of his life, fir
treater than he hall ever before enjoyed, because (almost to
wrgetfulness of deceased greatness) the only popular painter
of his country.
• Descriptive Catalogues, at 2s. 61 each, will be ready
•tvu 1000th, antecedent to the Sale, when the Exhibition
'a ell be opeued ; 'the Catalogues may then be had in the
)(1) ."411,111Cities in -America, at Berlin,- Vienna, Amster-
._ foarat°' and Paris ; in. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Ox-
pj,' z !Ind Cambridge; of T. R. Smith, Feq., Solicitor,
L(MK% _,th.vals Inn; and at Mr. George Robins's Oflicee,

,r the admiration of the Ft.-