it may be questioned whether the warmth of tint on the infant's cheek, does not partake of the character of sleep, rather than of death. Criticism, however, stands disarmed before a picture of such overpowering beauty. Purchased by J. Atkyns Wright, Esq. M. P. LANDSCAPES. No. 177. A landscape. S. W. Reynolds. ALTHOUGH this painting is rather a bold sketch than a finished picture, it is very spiritedly executed. There are parts in it, especially in the middle ground, which remind one strongly of Gainsborough. The tone of colouring is, however, of too gloomy a cast. Purchased by the Hon. Tho. Brand. No. 189. Windermere. W. Daniell. A PLACID, natural picture. A knowledge of handling is, in some parts, very successfully displayed. The touch is soft, though firm; and the foreground well contrasted with the repose of the dis tant mountains. Purchased by Tho. Hope, Esq. No. 194. A Landscape with Cattle. ALTHOUи this is a very warm and pleasing picture, it wants variety in the composition. The size is too large to admit of such a simplicity of background, terminated by one strait horizontal line. The mountains are rather too remote to produce effect. Notwithstanding, it is a very scientific painting. Purchased by the Rt. Hon. Charles Long, M. P. No. 195. Pigs. James Ward. THE purchaser of this small picture may be congratulated on possessing one of the ablest specimens of the British Gallery. These pigs are, in truth, admirable. The touch is peculiarly firm, spirited, and correct; and there is a breadth and boldness of manner about the painting, which, while they remind us of an ancient master, happily contribute to a just representation of na ture. Purchased by Watson, Esq. Published by LONGMAN, HURST, REES, and ORME, Paternoster Row; J. HATCHARD, Bookseller to Her Majesty, 190, Piccadilly; and WILLIAM MILLER, Albemarle Street. William Savage, Printer, Bedford Bury. |