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1814.] Water-Colour Exhibition-British Institution.

THE SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN
WATER COLOURS.
THIS society, which was formed, as we
understand, for the purpose of giving
due emphasis to an interesting branch of
art that was lost in the blaze of Somer-
set House, where water-colours, however
beautiful, harmonized so badly with paint-
ings in oil, has this year deviated from its
original and legitimate object, and has
mixed with its own exquisite productions
various pictures in oil. We intend this
as no reflection on the paintings of Mr.
HAYDON and other artists; but we should
have preferred to have seen them in the
great competition of that branch of art
at Somerset House, Had there been
any difficulty, in the Water-Colour So-
ciety, in covering their walls with fine
subjects in their own line, then some
arrangement with Mr. CRAIG, who di
vides the public by a separate exhibi.
tion of his own rare productions, would
have given to the collection in Spring
Gardens a more appropriate claim to the
attention and admiration of the public.

This tenth annual Exhibition of draw ings in water-colours is as brilliant and interesting as any former one, and will afford unmixed pleasure to every visitor. The interiours of Messrs. MACKENZIE and PUGIN are so exquisitely finished, and convey so accurate a notion of their originals, that an American need not make a voyage to Europe to see the beauties of our cathedral architecture. Mr. UWINS has also recorded the cere. monials of the commemoration at Oxford in a drawing which commands general admiration. Our commercial glory is honoured by the pencil of Mr. CRISTALL, and our naval prowess by that of Mr. Pocock; while Messrs. Glover, Varley, Fielding, Smith, Barrett, Clennell, Dinsdale, Hills, and Scott, delight every eye of taste, not less by the perfection than the variety of their powers.

We think Mr. HAYDON's great picture of the Judgment of Solomon out of its proper place in this room; yet as a performance it rauks among the best pictures of the British school, and proves that Mr. Haydon ought forthwith to be enroll ed among the Royal Academicians. We avoid particular criticisms, because many of our readers cannot see the objects, and those who can, will and ought to judge for themselves. In regard to Mr. Hay don's picture, we confess we never saw a design of this subject which pleased us; and the cause is perhaps to be re. ferred to some association connected with the subject itself, for the drama is evidently worthy of pictorial powers. MONTHLY MAG, No. 255,

437 The difficulty of relieving or disposing of the front or central figure of the stiff ma gisterial person of Solomon, is probably one of the causes; and if we might sug gest to the next artist who paints this subject, we would advise that instead of placing Solomon in the front and centre, they would place the child and mothers in the centre, and the judge on either hand. Mr. Northcote has the same subi ject in the exhibition of this year, unequal in all respects to Mr. Haydon's picture, and he too has placed the judge in the same ungraceful and unpictorial position.

BRITISH INSTITUTION

FOR PROMOTING THE FINE ARTS IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM.

THIS useful and public spirited establishment, founded June 4, 1805, and opened January 18,1806, and of which the King is patron, the Prince Regent vicepatron and president, and the Marquis of Stafford deputy president, was founded for the purpose of exhibiting the works of masters to the rising generation of painters, for their emulation and imitation. In pursuance of the plan which they originally proposed, the directors have adopted those measures which appeared to them best calculated to facilitate the improvement, and lead to the advantage of the British artist; and with this view they have set before him many examples of painting of the foreign schools which appeared to them capable of affording instruction in the various branches of art; but in offering specimens for Study, they have not forgotten the works of the eminent men whom the British school has produced.

Those of SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS dis played last year at the British. Gallery, gratified every lover of the art; they exhibited the most brilliant glow of colouring, and the most fascinating combination of fancy and of taste; and proved that England is a soil in which the polite arts will take root, flourish, and arrive at a very high degree of perfection. If further proof were wanting, it would be found in the varied productions of the masters whose works are exhibited at this time to admiring multitudes.

HOGARTH adopted a new line of art, purely English; his merits are known to the public more from his prints than from his paintings: both deserve our attention, His pictures often display beautiful co louring as well as accurate drawing: his subjects generally convey useful lessons of inorality, and are calculated to im

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prove the man as well as the artist: and he teaches with effect, because he delights, while he instructs. It has been said of him, that in lis pictures he composed comedies; his humour never fails to excite mirth, and it is directed against the fit objects of ridicule or contempt. The powers of his pencil were not perverted to the purposes of personal attack; the application of his satire was general, and the end at which he aimed was the reformation of folly or of vice.

Many of the works of WILSON will be Contemplated with delight-few artists have excelled him in the tint of air, perhaps the most difficult point of attainment for the landscape painter; every object in his pictures keeps its place, because each is seen through its proper medium. This excellence alone gives a charm to his pencil, and with judicious application may be turned to the advantage of the British artist. The merit of his works is now justly appreciated; and we may hope that since the period of his decease, the love and knowledge of the art have been so much diffused through this country, that the exertion of such talents may never again remain unrewarded during the life of him who possessed them.

The pictures of GAINSBOROUGH, as well as those of Hogarth, were drawn entirely from English nature. Among his portraits, some will be found in this exhibition to possess considerable merit, but his fame will rest chiefly upon his other works; in his fancy pictures, his choice was peculiarly happy-the characteristic air of his cottage children, the truth and spirit with which his animals are touched, his just representation of rustic scenery, the force of his colouring, and the skilful management of his light and shade, give a most captivating effect to his works, and place him indisputably upon the highest eminence among this class of painters.

ZOFFANI has been thought to merit the attention of the public on this occa sion, by the industry with which he has eultivated an interesting branch of portrait painting; he may be called the his torian of the stage of Garrick. Those who remember that inimitable actor will be grateful to Zoffani, for the accuracy with which he has recorded all that it was possible to catch of his exquisite but evanescent art. These works will shew the young artist, that if so much may be done by care, industry, and a resolute attention to nature, without any peculiar degree of taste, or power of imagination, how much may be accomplished by the

active exertion of minds more bountifully gifted.

It is not proposed to point out particu larly the various beauties displayed in the works of these eminent artists. It is sufficient to touch upon the most promi nent; the painter who studies them will discover many other excellencies which Ite may turn to his advantage: neither are the productions of these masters selected as objects of servile imitation, but as affording hints, and encouraging attempts, which are likely to lead to improvement. The present exhibition of those four mas ters, while it gratifies the taste aud feeling of the lover of the art, may tend to excite animating reflections in the mind of the artist-if at a time when the art received little comparative support such works were produced, a reasonable hope may be entertained that we shall see productions of still higher attainment, under more encouraging circumstances.

The directors flatter themselves that their endeavours have not been unavailing even in the short period which has elapsed since the commencement of this establishment. The annual exhibition of the present year evinces considerable im provement among the junior artists: they trust that improvement will be progres sive. It is the anxious wish of the direc tors to give publicity to the eminent works of the British artist-to be justly appre ciated, such works must be generally seen; their introduction into our public halls would be highly desirable; and the admission of proper scriptural subjects into our churches, would surely, while it promoted the art, advance the purposes of religion. The fame of the deceased. artist would thus be perpetuated, and the living artist would be prompted to make, more strenuous exertions.

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3d. For the best landscape, one hundred guineas.

The directors reserve to themselves the power of withholding either of the premiums, if they think proper.

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New Publications in May.

sion, will not exclude it from competition for the premium.

Any picture painted for such premium, may (if otherwise worthy) be exhibited for sale in the Gallery next winter, for the benefit of the artist.

No artist will be entitled to more than one premium in the season.

ILL

489 -No pictures purchased by the directors can be intitled to a premiuin.

It is not expected that any artist should give notice that his picture is sent in for the premium, as the competition will be equally open to all the pictures that may be in the Gallery.

NEW PUBLICATIONS IN MAY. Communications of New Books and Titles are solicited.

ARCHEOLOGY.

LLUSTRATIONS of Northern Antiquities, from the earlier Teutonic and Scandinavian Romances, being an Abstract of the Book of Heroes, and Nibelungen Lay; with Translations of Metrical Tales, from the old German, Danish, Swedish, and Icelandic Languages; with Notes and Dissertations, royal 4to. 31. Ss.

Number I. of the History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury; Illustrated by a Series of Engravings of Views, Elevations, Plans, and Architectural Details of that Edifice: also Delineations of the Ancient Monuments and Sculpture; by John Britton, F.S.A. In medium 4to. 12s. imp. 4to. 11. to correspond with the Architectural Antiquities; a few copies in crown folio, 1. 11s. 6d. and super-royal folio 21. 28. to class with the new edition of Dugdale's Monasticon,

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

The First Number of Barry and Son's Catalogue of Rare, Curious, and Valuable Books, now on Sale at No. 21, High-street, Bristol.

A Catalogue of Books for 1814; contain ing many scarce and curious Articles, which are now on Sale, for Ready Money, at the Prices affixed, by John Kaw, bookseller, "Ipswich. Part I. 1s.

BIOGRAPHY.

Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century; comprising Biographical Memoirs of Wm. Bowyer, printer, F.S,A. and many of his Learned Friends; an incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in this Kingdom during the last Cen. tury, by John Nichols, F.S.A. Vol. VIII. 11. 7s. with Seven Portraits.

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, with Biographical and Historical Memoirs of their Lives and Actions; by Edmund Lodge, esq. Lancaster Herald, F.S.A. Part I. folio.

A Translation of the First Part of the Memoirs, &c. of Baron de Grimm, for the Years 1753 to 1770. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 8s. CHEMISTRY.

The Chemical Guide, or Complete Companion to the Portable Chest of Chemistry; containing full Directions for making and hang all the different Texts or Reagents

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Old English Plays: being a Selection of such Plays of the early Dramatic Writers as are not to be found in Dodsley, or any later Collection ; containing the Tragedy of Dr. Faustus, by Marlowe, the Tragedy of Lust's Dominion, by the same; the Comedy of Mother Bombie, by Lyly; and the Comedy of Midas, by the same; with Notes and Biographical Prefaces. Vol. I. 8vo. 12s-royal paper 11.

Arminius, or the Deliverance of Germa ny: a Tragedy; by Chas. Knight, foolscap 8vo. 4s.

The Woodman's Hut; a Melo-Dramatio Romance, 8vo. 2s.

EDUCATION.

The Expeditious Arithmetician, or Pre ceptor's Arithmetical Class Book: containing Six separate Sets of Original Questions to exemplify and illustrate an important Improvement in the Practice of teaching the first Five Rules of Arithmetic; by B. Danby and J. Leng, of Hull. 7 Parts. 12mo. 78.

Proceedings of the Glasgow Lancasterian Schools Society, at a Meeting held on the 31st of January, 1814: with Illustrations and Remarks; by Jos. Fox. 8vo. 3s.

The Promoter of Expedition and Ease; Copper-plate Cyphering Book, with the 3L3

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Prosodia Græca; sive, Metrorum Græcorum, per Regulas et Exempla Expositio. In usum Studiosæ Juventutis. Pars I.Also Part II. a Dissertation on the Versification of Homer, and the Use of the Digamma in his Poems; to which is subjoined the first Book of the Iliad, with Notes illustrative of the Rules of Versification; by Geo, Dunbar, F.R.S.E. Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh. 8vo. 5s. New System of Teaching the Art of Writing; by J. Carstair. 8vo. 128.

FINE ARTS.

Thurston's Illustrations of Lord Byron's Poem of the Corsair, Royal 8vo. 5s. 6d.

Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, with Additions, arranged so as to render it highly useful to the Arts and Sciences, particuJarly to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Morbid Anatomy; annexed to which are Examples, selected from wellknown Objects in the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdom; by Patrick Syme. 8yo, 14s.

GEOGRAPHY.

Practical Essay on the Diseases of the Absorbent System; by William Goodlad. 8vo. 78. 6d.

Veterinary Medicine and Therapeutics; by W. Peck. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

An Essay on Medical Economy, comprising a Sketch of the State of the Profession in England, and the Outlines of a Plan calculated to give to the Medical Body in general an increase of usefulness and respectability. 6s.

MINERALOGY.

An Account of the Basalts of Saxony, with Observations on the Origin of Basalt in General; by J. F. Daubuisson. Translated, with Notes, by P.Neill,F, R.S.E. and F.L.S. With a Map of the Saxon Erzgeburge, from Petri. 8vo. 9s.

MISCELLANIES.

Annals of the Poor; containing the Dairyman's Daughter, with considerable Additions; the Negro Servant; and the Young Cottager; by the Rev. Legh Richmond, A. M. rector of Turvey. 12mo. 7s.

Rights of Literature, or an Author's Appeal to the Legislature; by John Britton, F.S.A. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Olio of Bibliographical and Literary Anecdotes and Memoranda, original and se

Account of Canada; by David Anderson. lected; by Wm. Davis. 12mo. 5s. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

HISTORY.
Journals of the Sieges undertaken by the
Allies in Spain, in the Years 1811 and 1812:
with Notes; by Brevet Lient. Col. John T.
Jones, Illustrated by Plates. 8vo. 18s.

An Enquiry into the History of Scotland, preceding the Reign of Malcolm III. or the Year 1056, including the Authentic History of that Period. To which is added a Dissertation on the Origin and Progress of the Scythians or Goths; being an Introduction to the Ancient and Modern History of Europe; by John Pinkerton. With a Plate and six Maps. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 168.

The Chronicles of Scotland: published from several old Manuscripts; by Robert Lindsay, of Pitscottie. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 1s. MEDICINE.

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An Essay on the Prevention and Cure of Insanity; with Observations on the Rules for the Detection of Pretenders to Mad ness; by George Nesse Hill. 8vo. 12s.

An Account of Baths, and of a Madeira House, at Bristol; with a Drawing and Description of a Pulmometer; and Cases, showing its Utility in ascertaining the State of the Lungs in Diseases of the Chest; by Edw. Kentish, M.D. 8vo. Ss. 6d.

Results of Experience in the Treatment of Cases of Defective Utterance, from Deficiencies in the Roof of the Mouth, and other Imperfections and Mal-conformations of the Organs of Speech; by John Thelwall, esq. 8vo. 5s.

Treatise on Hydreucephalus, or Dropsy of the Brain; by Jas. Carmichael Smyth, M.D. F.R.S. 8YQ. 68ä

The Spirit of the Public Journals for

1813.

12mo. 7s.

The Edinburgh Encyclopædia, or Dicti onary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature; conducted by David Brewster, LL.D. Vol. VII, Part II. 1. 1s.

Proofs of the Mis-statement of Facts contained in an Attack upon the Fidelity and Veracity of the Author of a Tour to the Grande Chartreuse and Alet. 8vo. 28.6d.

An Essay on Light and Vision, with Directions for the properApplication of Glasses to defective Sights; by John Bywater; 55.

Debates at the East India House, in a General Court of Proprietors held on Wed-, nesday the 23d of March, 1814, for the Purpose of considering Propositions by Mr. R. Jackson, and to discuss a Motion of Mr. Hume's. 8vo. 3s.

Instructions to Young Sportsmen; to which is added a concise Abridgment of the principal Game Laws. Foolscap 8vo. 5s.

The New Drawing Magazine; being a Selection of Lessons calculated to make the Art of Drawing easy, and founded upon the Principles of Geometry and Perspec tive; by James Merigot, Part III. 4to. 7s.6d.

Klopstock and his Friends; a Șeries of Familiar Letters, written between the Years 1750 and 1803. Translated from the German by Miss Benger. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Letters on the Writings and Character of Rousseau by Mad, de Stael. 8vo. 5s.

The School for Good Living; or, a Literary and Historical Essay on the European Kitchen: beginning with Cadmus the Cook and King, and concluding with the Union of Cookery and Chymistry, 12mo. ás,

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NOVELS.

New Publications in May.

Love and War: an Historical Romance; by Alex. Stiven. 12mo. 12s.

Morton, a Novel; by Marg. Cullen, Author of Home. 3 vols. 12mo. 18s.

The Scotchwoman; by Antony Fred. Holstein. 3 vols. 12mo. 15s.

The Vaults of Lepanto, a Romance; by T. R. Tuckett, esq. 3 vols. 12mo. 15s. The Victim of Intolerance, or the Hermit of Killarney, a Catholic Tale. 4 vols. 12mo. 11.

PHILOLOGY.

Analysis of the Formation of the Radical Tenses of the Greek Verb; by Geo. Dunbar. 8vo. 3s.

Anecdotes of the English Language: chiefly regarding the Local Dialect of London and its Environs; by Sam. Pegge, esq. F.S.A. The Second Edition, enlarged and corrected. To which is added, a Supplement to the Provincial Glossary of Francis Grose, esq. 8vo. 12s.

Rabenhorst's Dictionary of the German and English Languages: in Two Parts; by G. H Noehden, LL.D.Ph.D. square 12mo. 11. 1s.

POETRY.

A new Edition of Klopstock's Messialı; by the Rev. Thos. Raffles, of Liverpool. 3 vols. 12mo.

The Exile of Elba; a Poem on the Annihilation of Napoleon Bonaparte's Dynasty. 8vo. 3s.

St. Elians, or the Cursing Well: a Poem in Five Cantos; by Charlotte Wardle. 8vo. 6s.

The Regent and the King, or a Trip from Hartwell to Dover; a Poem. 8vo. 2s. Bonaparte: a Poem; by Lord Byron. 1s. 6d.

A Song of Triumph; by Wm. Sotheby, esq. 4to. 2s. 6d.

The Commemoration of Reynolds, in two Parts; with Notes and other Poems; by Martin Archer Shee, esq. R.A. Foolscap

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Eighteen Hundred and Thirteen; a Poem, in Two Parts; by Mrs. Grant, of Loggan. 8vo. 8s.

Moonshine consisting of Remarks in Verse on various Subjects, and on Part of England and Wales. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 1s. Poems, or Miscellaneous Metricals; by P. Taylor. 12mo. 6s.

Christian Conqueror, or Moscow burnt, and Paris saved. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

Poems of Thomas Gray, with Critical Notes; by the Rev. J. Mitford. 8vo. 18s.

POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY. Observations on the Effect of the Corn Laws, and of a Rise or Fall in the Price of Corn on the Agriculture and general Wealth of the Country; by the Rev. T. Ra

441 Malthus, Professor of Political Economy at the East India College. 8vo. 2s.

Observations on an intended Proposition to the Legislature, in regard to a new ar rangement, as to limiting the Price of Corn; by Thos. Strickland, A.M. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

Of Bonaparte and the Bourbons, and the Necessity of rallying round our Legitimate Princes for the Safety of France and that of Europe; by F. A. de Chateau briand. 4s.

A Letter on the Corn Laws; by the Earl of Lauderdale. 8vo. Ss.

The Speech of the Hon. Baron Hepburn, of Smeaton, on the Subject of the Corn Laws; delivered in a numerous and respectable Meeting of the County of East Lothian, held at Hadington, on the 3d of March, 1814, and published at the Request of that Meeting. 8vo. 2s.

THEOLOGY.

The Fourth Book of Wonders, being the Answer of the Lord to the Hebrews; by Joanna Southcott. 8vo. 18. 6d.

The Fathers of the English Church, or a Selection from the Writings of the Reform ers and early Protestant Divines of the Church of England. 8 vols. 8vo. 4l. 18s. 6d. Sermons; by the Rev. Archibald Alison, LL.B. 8vo. 12s.

Free Thoughts upon Methodists, Actors, and the Influence of the Stage; by Robert Mansel. 8vo. 98.

A Selection of Psalms, from the Old and New Version, as sung in the Parish Church of Whitchurch. cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

The Claims of Dr. Priestley in the Controversy with Bishop Horsley restated and vindicated, in Reply to the Animadversions of the Rev. Heneage Horsley; by Thomas Belsham. 8vo. 4s.

The Influence of Bible Societies on the Temporal Necessities of the Poor; by the Rev. Thos. Chalmers, Kilmany. 1s.

TOPOGRAPHY.

The History of the Town and Port of Dover, and of Dover Castle: with a short Account of the Cinque Ports; by the Rev. John Lyon, minister of St. Mary's, Dover. 2 vols. 4to. 18 plates.

A History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge; including Notices relating to the Founders and Eminent Men; by G. Dyer, A.B. Illustrated by 32 Engravings. 2 vols. 8vo. 21. 2s.-royal 31. 3s.

The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and other Vestiges of former Ages. Together with Illustra tions of remarkable Incidents in Border History and Tradition; by Walter Scott, esq. Part VII. 4to. 10s. 6d.

The Plymouth, Plymouth-Dock, and Stonehouse, General Directory for 1814. 18mo. 28.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

Voyages and Travels in various parts of the World during the Years 1803, 4, 5, 6,

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