The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-05-08

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MIX. VESTS PICTURE OF THE DEATH
| OF LORD NELSON. ags
HORACE boaaed OF his Lyrics, that he had pro-
uuccd work ere Perea-iar, aiiing than metal :
fhe eoTpar'ion s no longer iua for nothing can be
more lating than the art Of engraving It LONG
er the Poet only that can immor,aize grea. men,
the Painter aifo tranfaits more than hi. own name
70 inurity, The IS dug from the earth TO be amp
ca with the riches eFhis genius, and the be part OF
ms ioni pervades the whole earth accompanied with
the living forms OF heroes and ofages. Na;ioss cree
monuments and 'run'phal pillars to their great men,
out II 10 tins ART 10 infinite in It's multiplication and
competence, that hould give greatness its belt
eN"enoe; an exiitsnce not confined the erea OF
Town or the corner OH cathedral, but prelent 70 ali
countries and to all ages. Crowds may run tn lee p
monument ereaed 70 the great NELSON, the newt
papers may talk of IL for week, and it may exil
,"r TWO or three centuries, known only the uha-
infants OF the CRY in which it is ereced lay whom at
length it will be totally forgotten. There is mt
one man IN hundred in this city who knows any
.ns OF the monument erected to tho memory of
"oLfE,in Weitmin.Eer-Abbey but who does rot
know" what nation does mot admire the engraving
reprelent'ng the death of that gallant General from
the picture by Mr.. WE.ri If marble monnr,.n,
only were RATED to the memory of NELSON, few
years night obterate its remembrance il has obI
'eratea the remembrance OF the monument of WoLFr
Out the lame great artil who has r,mo-,sl;Zcd
the gallant WOLFE has alto given eternity TO NE1.
son. Inc Picture painted by Mr. Wesr on the
''e'o'io"s Death OF cur Hero, and deigned for the
engraving OF Mr. Heath, is intended as companion
to the Victorious Death of Wolfe, and no oompsni
on could be more fuitahe both the Heroes yv.r.
nngh'nmen, bots were victorious over the French
aho o"tn died IN the hour of victory pottsri,y will
ice IN thee pictures the military and the naval glory
oil hn2 land, and they will be doubtful % b;ch 70 adj
flNnff t',
"ne ''0"' 'ne fleroes who could immortal;ze their
country or the artih who could immortaize them.
Lord Mellon is Represented by Mr. Wen &c lyi,o on
the quarter deck OF the Pi70y with his head thrown
oacx on the breat OF tine Chaplain and his ewes raft
ca 20 7saVcn in an attitude of dgnified pety, and
CONSEQUENCES OF glorious defer, his hand Is extended
70 MS heroic Captain. who precs to his boon, and
announces from paper the victory over ,he cop,h;,
ed fleet, and the number Of ,hps take, -. ,r;,,-
c'Pai Surgeon AFFIXED bv his Mates is repd.rino hi;
ava to the admiral, and covers the fatal wound with
hlood-itained handkerchief Behind this pripcin,I
group and on the left of his Lordfip fiands feh,i
circular group OF Leutenants, who contemplate will
men, ana manly iorrow their dying Chief. AT his
LordfhPs feet all ntrerid failor ipreads the Sp,p;f
hag and behind the faisr an Officer is ul entering
the pc'ure with the French Gag hung loolaiv on his
ARM hat i,arss back with claiped hands on behohipg
the iituaton OF the admiral On the rivht of the ad
iniral advances group Of youthful AGidGniproen|
ana Others exuiting in the victory, which is repre-
QECrneu iaps o
the enemy, and the rained fate Of their hip. but
their Joy il checked by the Surgeons Mate who Zee.
ne approach of death in the EIeros ceuntenance-
Between this grorp and the bafe OF the nj enre ~
two lail"rs, tripPed to the waa, bearing Down to
the cockpit wouaded young Midlsipman, who
retches out ms hand towards his Lordnli in token
OF his aiteetionate and lan adieu near km in tbs
lame huation is wounded iailor who bends forward
towards MS admiral with claped hands forg-tIul Of
ms own caiamity. BY thcfe figures at the extremity
OF he picture lies the dead body of the heroic cap
tam OF Marines, whole faithful fervant overwhelmed
WIN iorfow is IN the at OF rafting his matters arm
and contemplating his corps with melancholy an.c
ton. Another iaor and the feryant of / ori NIL
ION secretary behind this group are carrying off
me BODY ct that much-reipe9ed gentleman under
the direction OF Marine Officer Elevated in the
back ground is ieen the fips poop, where the ma
rne ioider' ere hring into the enemy ihips: on the
poop appear two wounded Lieutenants of marines
one OF whom Imported by two folders 10 deCcendH
ing the ePs: on the left the Signal Lieutenant with
his attending Nldihipmen is bringing down from the
maintoPn,al-head the fgnIl of clofe action. which
was d' played during the battle but is now about to
be !u5!ituted by the igna Of anchorage the Ian or
der of Lord Melton the Matter of the ibip cJoCs b
IS giving his orders TO the Qnarter-Malter and n
The navigating ieamen, and near him lies the teIegra
pho hgnai made by his Lordhp's orders b,ror. the
battle, that glorious hgnal which exhibited 70 the
ani'nated feet the memorable fentence, Ea1iani
t*5f7f s7r 71a 10 10 bis duty J" The retiring and
d'!:aut Part of the picture is filed with the confuon
and terror of BATH, with volumes of rn1oke and the
shad!y lightning of cannon here with a horrible
deieent lall the iPting MATS pouring the to,naa
men headong into the deep: there the n,aieNic f;p,
are blown uP or fcattered into ruins it is the pc
ture Of Cray,
There confuGo1, Terror's child,
Ccah9 fierce, ard Ruin wild,
Agony, that pants for breath,
DeiPar, and houourable Death
he competition is entirely epic, the groups form,
animated eplOdes, each has an intereft of II.
yet each h'ghens tie great and general irerea: ali
the great epic Paions are difplayed the pathetic,
III s ia OF the younc and the heroic in the feeble
nei' OF death, and in the pity of the furroundinp
crew; the fublme, in the grandeur of battle and IN
tie oxidation of victory. The eha-a6lers of IN. he
foss e"ud not be rpreieutei with more hapviners for
:"e -css are al Portraits they have all te diyeGty
AID 1.-The iirnnes of true E0gliih countenance, and
the variety OF the kenefys prevents that uniformity
on feature which marks What is called the manner ri
even lie sreateA artGs. All the(e countenances
i,Tesrs i'll theaisves, have ALTO an intereG In the
reese no man de, figure is oarelclsiy or ay
VARY placed IN is ftuaon, there Is none OF that 0i
i'!e lnI sreioiue character which niTsns t5s gro,-
InEs oil .ht,riOr 2rts if fnure is r,,otio,eS I. l.