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7. 4 Lard Storm tv;th an overturnd Waggen,Cfc.—
I'. J. DILLOUTHERBOUBC, LA.—
.Every part of this
.ieture is painted in that firm and vigorous style
which distinguishes the productions of this veteran
trtist. It is also,marked with alt the distinguishing
Aarticularities of his style. A mechanical ruggedness
of fore-grouid, and uniformity in the foliage of his
taxi, and a kind of metallic glitter in his sky ; the
Istribution of the several parts is, however, extremely
grand, and the scenic effect is magical. With respect
the overturned waggon, it appears absolutely im-
possible
that any *carriage could travel on such a road
Ind not be overturned. No need of a storm to acce.
*rate the mischief.

22. SAillerall. Boats Crew retovering an Anchor.—
M. W. TtatNEtt, R.A.—The sea is here represent-
as. m a very agitated state, while several large
lips appear unaffected by its motion. The masses
light and.shadow are grandly disposed in this Pic-
ire, and the waves-and clouds are well delineated,
It the water is not transparent, and the general effect
cold and chalky.
58. Romeo contemplating Juliet in t4e .117onufnent.—H.
CtiELI, R.A.—Whatever of ideal excellence the de-
igns of Mr. Fuseli may be thought by some to pos.
:ss in general, we can see nothing either of the sub-
imity or the beauty of Shakspeare in this picture.—
the passage quoted in the Catalogue, Romeo

-" 0 my love ! my wife'
" Thou art not conquceil; Beauty's ensign yet,
" Is crimson in thy lips, and in thy cheeks."
..meo is made to see all this, but the spectator of
picture is not. The lady is a very homely piece
mortality, and is surely most strangely disposed as
fuse deposited in a sepulchre. The effect produced
the artificial lights is good, but the colouring is
that. leaden hue which prevails through the works
Mr.
157. Portrait of his Royal Ikliness.the Prince of Wales.
T. Pommes, R. A.—This is a cold inanimate
teness, and every part of the picture, though the
distribution of the subordinate objects is not bad,
wants mellowness and relief. It appears to have
been painted by guess, or from a bust of the Royal
personage.
17. .df Landscape with a Waterfall, an Evening after
,ain.—P. J. DE LOUTHERDOURG, R. A.—As ar
ele-
ental painter, Mr. Loutherbourg has not an equal.
le water, earth, and air, in this landscape, are laid
with all the truth of colouring which so fascinates
when contemplating the tablet of Camera Obseurth
ie artist has rendered his canvass the very speculum
Nature ; but the most admirable part of the exe-
rtion of the picture is the misty glow that pervades
exhibiting the effect of the dispersing vapour, oc-
iioned by the exhalation that succeeds a summer
ewer. The colouring throughout fresh and exhi-
mating.
31. Inside of a Cottage, near Bladfiool, Lancashire.
•R. Wesia Lt., R. A.—A beautifully finished pie-
tre, without having the appearance of being servilely
inted in detail ; but which rather brings conviction
the mind of the spectator, that the artist possesses
well digested knowledge of natural effects. Lt pie-
r& potsisi.
'O. Portrait of Lord RISING.—An ad-
irable likeness of the original, and one of the best
'cuted Pictures in regard to colouring, that Mr.
711 g has turned from his easel for several }'ears.
.19. The Bard.—B. WEST, R. A.—This picture,
m the situatiox it occupies in the Grand Saloon,
magnitude, but chiefly from the name of the ye-
,ablco artist by whom it is painted, demands an
'y nntice. The figure here delineated, that of
y's Bard, displays grandeur of design in all its
:s, whether we consider its poetic attitude, the
.e poetic expression of its features, or the rich flow
fripery with which it is enfolded. • There is also
at sublimity in the arrangement of the several
'ordinate agents of the picture ; the rocks, clouds,
and much felicity of thought in the kind of alle-
y conveyed to the imagination by the bird of prey
rering over his victims, through the mirky atmo-
2re that shrouds the horizon. The head of the
bard is nearly the same which we have often seen in I
the. President's productions ; brit it appears that of
an inspired person, and the colouring of the whole
picture is suited to the dignity of the subject. There
is throughout a fine breadth of light and shadow,
tembined with a due harmony in all its parts.
123. The Cut Fiver.—D. WILXIE —Another bean-
tifully-executed picture, by the young artist who has
so rapidly reached the summit of professional excel-
truce, as the delineator of domestic nature. It exhi-
bits a little boy, who, fired as it were with an early
emulation'of his country's fame, had been occupied
in constructing a Lilliputian navy, a part of which
is seen afloat in a pewter wash-hand bason ; and in
the course of his patriotic labours, had cut his finger
with the only tool he possessed, a case-knife. An
elderly' woman, ap.parently his grand mother, is
squeezmg out the blood and dressing the wound,
while in his face we behold the combined expression
of agony and rage ;. the former produced by the ope-
rations of his doctress, and the latter by an attempt
made by his mother to wrench the Itnife from his de-
termined gripe. Every object in the apartment, that
of a cottage, which is made the scene of this simple
drama, is finished with an admirable attention to
minutia, and the local colouring of every part is
con-ectly beautiful: If a single defect is to be found,
it is in the squatty form of the figure of the venerable
dame. This abridged stature of some of Mr. Wilkie's
;figures before had occasion to mention.
'29. The Rent Day.—Same Artist.—This picture
has been painted these two years, but was never be-
fore publicly exhibited: it represents three several
groups of tenants assembled in a landlord's parlour,
for the purpose of paying their rent on quarter day.
One of these groups surrounds the table of the Ste-
ward, and every fact is made expressive of some grie-
vance, which there appears little hope of getting
re-
dressed. Another party is more satisfactoeily en-
ged in conversation ; this is, however, not a little ,
hsturbed by the -violent cough of a valetudinarian :
in the -Centre is placed a very interesting figure of a
woman,
which fiwrns a pleasing contrast to the rus-
ticity of the surrounding characters. The third
troupe is occupied in the substantial enjoyment of
estinq and drinking, at a table well supplied with
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