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 ft HE general utility of this National Establishment institu¬ 
 ted above Twenty-five Years, for the Promotion of the Fine 
 Arts, and the Encouragement of living Artists, is now uni¬ 
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 which it is founded, the strict regularity with which it has 
 uniformly been conducted, give general satisfaction, the Seller 
 fixing his own price, and the Purchaser having proper time 
 for deliberation, whilst the public taste is gradually refined by 
 the magnificent display of art which is here exhibited* 
 
 A constant succession of Novelty forms a prominent 
 feature in this National Institution, justly esteemed the first 
 Picture Market in Europe; the Collection, at present, boasts 
 a great variety of valuable Productions by all the celebrated 
 Masters of the Briti«li and Foreign Schools. Here may be 
 seen some of the best works of Hogarth, Wilson, Loutherbourg, 
 Gainsborough, Wright of Derby, Pether, Sir Joshua Rey¬ 
 nolds, Webber, Hodges, Morland, Angelica Kauffman, 
 Barrett, Gilpin, Northcote, Smirke, West, &c. &c. And 
 also of Raphael, Correggio, Guido, Carlo Dolce, the Carracci’s, 
 Giovanni Bellini, Titian, Tintoret, Paul Veronese, Giacomo 
 Bassan, Albert Durer, Holbein, Vandyke, Rubens, Snyders, 
 Ruysdael, Wouvermans, Ostade, Teniers, Berghem,Wy n ants, 
 

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 Pynaker, Gasp&r and Nicolo Poussin, Murrillio, Velasquez, 
 Claude Lorraine, dec. &c- The Adoration of the Magi, from 
 the A rundel Collection, lately discovered in an obscure situa¬ 
 tion at Romford in Essex. The Last Supper of Albert Durer 
 from Nuremberg. The Five Senses personified lay Teniers. 
 The magnificent View of Tivoli by Claude Lorraine, the 
 Country School Mistress by Opie, &c. are particularly 
 m commended to the Amateurs and fashionable Cognoscenti. 
 
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 Number one is over the door in the Grand Gallery; but 
 the weekly. chan es that constantly occur , render it im¬ 
 possible to keep the pictures in exact numerical order . 
 
 1 An Equestrian portrait of King 1 Charles the First, as 
 
 large as life. This valuable gallery picture belonged 
 to Sir John Tanburgh the architect, and was placed 
 by him in the house of a nobleman near Croydon, 
 in Surrj^. A chef d’ceuvre of Tandyke 
 
 2 A rich sylvan scene near the Hague, with a Dutch family 
 
 in their cart returning from market. Van Goyen 
 
 3 A view in Holland, cattle in a ferry-boat, &c. Tan 
 
 Goyen 
 
 12 An original whole-length portrait of that celebrated hero 
 
 Charles XII. of Sweden; taken from the life by 
 David Woleast, a Swedish artist, painted for 
 Stanislaus King of Poland 
 
 13 Dutch Boors amusing themselves with cards, &c. 
 
 Hemskirk 
 
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 13 A view on the sea coast with fishermen. Morland 
 
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 M; An elegant bouquet of flowers, insects,&c. Rachel Rujscfs; 
 17 St. Jerome at his devotion, in a romantic solitary land¬ 
 scape, &c. Spagnoletto 
 
 IS'- A collection of fruit delicately finished. Mignon 
 
 &9' The Woman? taken in Adultery . Sebastian del Piombo.. 
 
 a They say unto him, Master, this woman was 
 taken in Adultery, in the- very act. Now Moses 
 in the law commanded us that such should be 
 stoned: bat what sayest thou? So when they 
 continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and 
 said unto them, He that is without sin among you, 
 let him first cast a stone at herd’ For harmony of 
 colouring and variety of expression, this valuable 
 performance has perhaps never been excelled; 
 painted on a very thick plank, and engraved 
 g;l The interior of a DimcIi cottage, with boors smoaking 
 and amusing themselves. Teniers 
 22 A scene from tire Merry Wives of Windsor, Mrs. Anne 
 Page inviting Master Slender to dinner. Smirke 
 28 A Spanish Peasant having emptied his flask, making 
 signs as if he could empty another. Murillo 
 SO A sick lady with her physician and attendant, full of 
 truth and character. Mieris 
 
 B2 A warm pleasing autumnal scene, St. Jerome accom¬ 
 panied by his lion appears at his devotion, kneeling 
 before the cross. Moucheron. 
 
 S3 The conception of the blessed Virgin, from one of the 
 Churches at Seville, a grand gallery picture by 
 Murillo 
 
 36 Alexander the Great and his Physician. The Macedo¬ 
 nian Hero appears languid and reclining upon a 
 couch, holding the medicine which his Physician 
 had prepared, in his hand, whilst the disciple of 
 
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 Esculapius observes the contents of a letter which. 
 
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 Alexander liad put into his hand, accusing him of 
 a design to poison the King: a most interesting 
 subject, and worthy the pencil of Nicolo Poussin 
 37 A small moon-light, true to nature. Sass, landscape 
 painter to the Prince Regent 
 
 49 A view of Corfe Castle, in Dorsetshire : Morland always 
 considered this the most valuable landscape he 
 
 eWr painted 
 
 SI St. John divinely inspired, exclaiming, “ I am the 
 voice of one crying in the Wilderness, prepare 
 ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” 
 West, P. R. A. 
 
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 The Last Judgment. Rubens; being the sketch for his 
 large picture. Bellingham the assassin, the very 
 day he shot the ever to be lamented Mr. Perceval, 
 pointed out the figure in the right hand corner 
 of this picture, as his own portrait 
 
 56 An amorous conversation. Hemskirk 
 
 57 An Ecce Homo. Fandyke 
 
 58 Monks distributing alms. Bramer, the favorite scholar 
 
 of Rembrandt 
 
 63 A happy domestic scene. Hamilton, ll. A. engraved* 
 
 u What is the world to them, its pomp, its plea- 
 sure, and its nonsense, all? meantime a smiling 
 offspring rise^ round, and mingles both their 
 graces.” Engraved 
 
 64 Christ ordering the sick man to take up his bed and 
 
 walk. Domenico Feti 
 
 6§ The youthful Bacchus, ever fair and young; a drawing 
 by Cipriani, and engraved by Sherwin 
 
 59 An exquisite high finished portrait of William Mieris, 
 
 the celebrated Dutch painter, done by himself 
 
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 73 A rural fete, with a variety of figures in a charming 
 landscape. Claude 
 
 n Aland s'->rm, the wind buffeting the trees, the passing 
 clouds, and the gleams of light inconceivably grand, 
 wild and romantic. Salvator Rosa 
 
 77 The mocking of our Saviour, a much admired and 
 valuable performance. Carlo Dolce 
 
 Si King Ahasueras presenting his ling to Queen Esther—- 
 u Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, 
 u in the King’s name, and seal it with the King’s 
 ring: for the writing which is written in the 
 (( King’s name, and sealed with the King’s ring, 
 a may no man reverse.” Esther, Chap. yiii. 
 Ver. S. Carlo Dolce 
 
 S3 A picturesque mountainous scene. Caspar Poussin; 
 
 the weary pilgrim with his dog, the sportsman 
 shooting, a fisherman drawing his net, See, 
 Nicolo Poussin 
 
 85 A warm pleasing landscape with figures. Both 
 
 $7 An interesting portrait of the Venetian Doge Grimfini, 
 who distinguished himself by his superior eloquence 
 and address at the famous treaty of Cambray, in 
 the time of Charles V. Titian is said to have 
 considered this as the best portrait he ever produced; 
 In the corner of the picture he has introduced St* 
 Mark’s Place, with part of the Doge’s palace at 
 Venice. 
 
 3$ An original portrait of the Pretender, painted in 1745, 
 Cooper 
 
 92 View of Richmond Bridge, taken from. Archdeacon 
 Cambridge’s Meadow: the management of the 
 light under the trees has been much admired. 
 Sass, landscape painter to the Prince Regent 
 
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 93 An original portrait of Bellingham the assassin, painted 
 by Jackson, engraved by Scriyen, and certified 
 to be a correct likeness by the Rev. Mr* Furde, 
 Ordinary of Newgate 
 
 97 A pleasing landscape, Diana with her favorite attend¬ 
 
 ant, dog, &c. reposing after the fatigues of the 
 chace. Albauo: formerly in the Choiseul collection 
 
 98 A group of three guinea pigs, one of which appears 
 
 feeding on a cabbage leaf, the character of these 
 peaceable little animals, trite to nature, and en¬ 
 graved. Morland 
 
 100 The adoration of the Shepherds, being the original 
 sketch from which the window of New College, 
 Oxford, was taken. Sir Joshua Reynolds 
 102 St. Joseph supporting the dead body of Christ, St. John 
 and the three Maries attending: Mount Calvary 
 and the three crosses appear in the distance, 
 T itian 
 
 104 A Turbot, Lobster and Prawns. Roth 
 106 The celebrated tooth-drawer of Antwerp, preparing to 
 extract a tooth. Teniers 
 
 108 Portrait of Lady Gresham. Sir Antonio More 
 
 111 A pleasing small landscape, Italian scenery. Claude 
 
 112 Portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham, who founded the 
 
 Royal Exchange, &c. Sir Antonio More 
 
 113 The lialf-moon ale-house, with happy groups of Dutch 
 
 peasantry enjoying themselves before the door. 
 Ostade 
 
 119 The Graces presenting their offerings before the statue 
 of Venus, which stands upon an eh gant pedestal, 
 attended by Cupids: this valuable cabinet jewel is 
 from the Orleans collection, and is engraved, 
 N etscher 
 
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 .121 Hagar and (be Angel, in a grand romantic landscape; 
 
 worthy the pencil of Salvator Rosa. Hodges. Thq 
 elegant figures in this valuable ptoture are attributed 
 to the President of the Royal Academy 
 126 Interior of a Flemish Church : the perspective most 
 admirably managed. Steenwick 
 128 An upright landscape, with a horse, dog and figures. 
 Wouvermans 
 
 136 The holy family, with angels ministering to the infant 
 Jesus. Albano 
 
 138 An upright landscape with horses and figures. Wou¬ 
 vermans 
 
 145 The father of the Curiatii directing the interment of his 
 
 slaughtered sons, after the sanguinary combat with 
 the Horatii. Nicolo Poussin 
 
 146 Dutch boors smoaking, drinking, &c. Teniers 
 
 148 A whole-length Portrait of Mrs. Siddons in the charac¬ 
 ter of Jael, from sacred history. Romney. “Then. 
 Jael (Heber’s wife) took a nail of the tent, and took 
 a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him 
 and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it 
 to the ground, for he was fast asleep and weary ; 
 so he died.” This was allowed, thirty years ago, 
 to be a striking likeness of the above celebrated and 
 accomplished actress. 
 
 150 A beautiful and fascinating view of the Lake of Nemi 
 
 and surrounding scenery, painted at Rome by 
 Jacob More, who has been justly designated the 
 English Claude 
 
 151 A view near Amsterdam, winter scene, with a great 
 
 variety of figures shaking and amusing themselves. 
 Mol inner 
 
 152 The Madona and Child, small. Leonardi da Vinci 
 
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 153 Upon the arrival of Ulysses from the Trojan war, her 
 nurse Euriciea is gently awaking Penelope to ac¬ 
 quaint her of the joyful event. Angelica Kauffman 
 155 Cupid in a pout, his arrows having missed their mark. 
 Guido 
 
 15S Entrance of a Convent, view on the Rhine, upright 
 small landscape. Hodges, R. A. 
 
 160 A view on the Rhine, the Fortress of Ehrenbreifsten in 
 « the distance. Hodges, R. A. 
 
 163 The judgment of Paris. Rubens. This great artist 
 
 repeated (he same subject, with some variations, for 
 the Palais Royaie at Paris 
 
 164 A rich warm cabinet landscape with cattle and figures, 
 
 touched with truth and spirit, the effect sparkling 
 
 and lively. Eerghem 
 
 165 A shepherd with his dog tending the sheep sheltered 
 
 under a hill. Morland 
 
 166 Ci Wilkes and Libertyor, u Covent Garden in ail 
 
 uproar 1” Hogarth.—Churchill, Dr. Rock, Wilks, 
 Charles Fox, and a number of other Bon Vivants of 
 that day, sally forth from a tavern at five o’clock in 
 the morning, overturning stalls, baskets, See. whilst 
 cabbages and turnips fly about in glorious confusion ; 
 one is mounted upon Mother Needham’s sedan chair, 
 beating the reveille with two artichokes, whilst 
 Churchill appears gallantly protecting the ladies 
 169 Gypsies making a lire, a rich sylvan scene. Mor¬ 
 land 
 
 171 Portrait of Miss Ward, afterwards the wife of George 
 Morland, file celebrated artist. She is represented 
 ironing in a rustic dress, the smoothing iron and 
 stand absolutely a deception; painted con ainorc by 
 her husband, and engraved 
 
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 172 Portrait of George Morland the celebrated artist, painted! 
 
 by liis Intimate friend Muller, and allowed to be 
 the most perfect likeness of that extraordinary and 
 eccentric character. 
 
 ^74 Peace beautifully represented by the happy condition 
 of a peasant’s family employed in their several 
 domestic duties : the peasant and his son are reaping 
 in a luxuriant corn field, his aged sire, who is past 
 labour, is seen regaling himself at the door of his. 
 son’s cottage; the variety of poultry, the plumpness, 
 of the dogs, the decent appearance of the family, 
 and the doves hovering over the cottage, are truly 
 emblematical of their peaceful situation. A large 
 manufacturing town with a commodious harbour, 
 and a variety of ships and vessels freighted with 
 different commodities, bespeak the industry and 
 population of the country. Hodges R .A.—see No. 
 pleasing small landscape with cattle and figures. 
 Claude. 
 
 carter with his horses employed in a brick yard* 
 Morland 
 
 191 Charles die 1st. enamel. Roth 
 
 192 King George III. when young ; enamel. Roth 
 
 195 Marriage a-ia-modc. 
 
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 6S ’Tis from hi"h life these characters are drawn.” 
 
 A portly nobleman of high birth, and a worship- 
 fill alderman signing the marriage settlement, while ' 
 the young viscount with perfect indifference is viewing 
 himself in a mirror, displaying his gold snuffbox and 
 glittering ring, the lady equally careless plays with 
 her wedding ring, whilst Counsellor Silvertongue, an 
 insiduous lawyer, appears at her right hand, 
 
 4< Like Satan, whispering in die ear of Eve, 
 
 “ By nature form’d to ruin and deceive.” 
 
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Behold bow Vice her votary rewards. 
 
 After a night of folly, frolic, cards.” 
 
 Wearied, languid and spiritless, from the dissi¬ 
 pations of the night, the modish viscount comes home 
 at noon, and finds his lady just arisen, and seated 
 en dishabille at her breakfast table. A cap and ribbon 
 which hang out of his pocket, occupy the attention 
 of the dbg. The old Steward having brought a num¬ 
 ber of bills for payment, by his countenance forsees 
 the gulpli of ruin opening for the infatuated pair. 
 
 To Galen’s great descendant list—oh list! 
 
 Behold a surgeon, sage, anatomist. 
 
 Mechanic, antiquarian, seer, collector. 
 
 Physician, barber, bone-setter, dissecter.” 
 
 The noble Viscount appeal's here in the apartment 
 of a quack doctor, who had imposed upon him by 
 giving a false bill of health to Betsy Careless, whilst 
 the old Procuress unclasps her knife to defend her 
 character and family surgeon, the enraged Nobleman 
 lifts liis cane, and seems ready to bastinado both the 
 Bawd and the Doctor. 
 
 The new made Countess treads enchanted ground. 
 
 And madly whirls in pleasure’s airy round ; 
 
 To love’s fond tale the fair her ear inclines. 
 
 To Satan’s agent all her soul resigns.” 
 
 By the old Peer’s death our fair heroine, now a 
 countess, treads every mazeof fashionable dissipation; 
 her morning levee crowded with persons of rank, Italian 
 singers, &c. Counsellor Silvertongue, her paramour* 
 seems making an assignation for the masquerade. 
 The contemptuous leer of a black footman who is 
 serving chocolate, is particularly striking. 
 
Her dream of dissipation o’er, 
 
 The bubble pleasure charms no more/ 
 
 Misery ! to madness near allied, 
 
 And ignominious suicide. 
 
 Thy minion’s meeds by fate’s decree, 
 
 Is death—a death of infamy !” 
 
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 The exasperated Peer suspecting his wife’s infidel¬ 
 ity, follows her in disguise to the masquerade, and 
 from thence to the bagnio, bursts open the bed-room 
 door, and attacks the spoiler of his honour, with a 
 sword, but neglects his own guard, and is mortally 
 wounded. The lawyer attempts to escape. Struck, 
 with horror at the fate of her husband she kneels at 
 his feet, and implores forgiveness. 
 
 Forlorn, degraded and distrest, 
 
 The furies tear her tortured breast. 
 
 To poison*—sad resort! she frantic dies, 
 
 And, self-destroyed, the wretched Countess dies 1” 
 
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 The last sad scene is in the house of her father, 
 to which site returned after her husband’s death, and 
 taking the h®rrid resolution of ending her days by 
 poison, she puts it in execution by bribing her father’s 
 servant to procure her a dose of laudanum. Close to 
 the phial upon the floor, Hogarth has judiciously 
 placed Counsellor Sihertongue s last dying speech , to 
 shew that he also received the punishment he so justly 
 deserved. 
 
 These six instructive pictures are the only copies 
 ever taken from Hogarth’s celebrated set of Marriage 
 a-la-mode, in the possession of John Julius Angerstein, 
 Esq. who liberally permitted Mr. Callender, the 
 ingenious artist, to spend several months in his house; 
 
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 that lie might have ample time and opportunity to 
 render them as near the originals as possible* 
 
 205 Susannah and the Elders* Poussin 
 
 204 The celebrated Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, having 
 run her race of dissipation, about to destroy herself 
 by applying a poisonous reptile to her bosom; her 
 female attendants in deep distress, most earnestly 
 dissuading her from the horrid attempt; a picture 
 full of interest and expression. Runcimau 
 
 206 The interior of the Church at Delft, painted' on glass, 
 
 the effect of sun-shine magical to a deception* 
 J ervais 
 
 210 Portrait of Snyders the art hi, in crayons. Vandyke 
 212 A Spanish Peasant filling an air ball* Murillio 
 214 The Madona and Child. Guercino 
 
 216 Architectural ruins in a landscape, with cattle, &c« 
 
 a man milking and his "wife spinning. Karel du 
 J ardin 
 
 217 A tender interview between Romeo anti Juliet 
 
 Rigaud, R. A. 
 
 218 Portrait of the first Lord Conway. Sir Peter Lely 
 
 225 Cupid in trouble and distress. Sir Joshua Reynolds 
 
 226 Head of an Italian Shepherd. Schidone 
 
 250 A beautiful and penitent magdalen. Raphael Mengs 
 
 251 A landscape with figures, dressed in the old school. 
 
 Watteau 
 
 232 Boys playing at blind-man’s buff. Murillio 
 
 2 33 Diana and her nymphs asleep by a fountain. Jordaeius 
 
 of Antwerp 
 
 •235 The Lyclans changed into frogs for insulting Latona. 
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 236 The manyrdom of St. Sebastian* Pietro da Cortona. 
 
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 S51 A coal carrier with his wife and daughter lafcinsr a <r!ass 
 of gin at a country ale-house door, the horses and 
 mule loaded with coal: spirited and irue to nature. 
 Mori and 
 
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 252 The celebrated ship-builder’s wife presenting jewels to 
 her daughter. Rembrandt 
 
 262 A small landscape with sheep and figures. Wynants 
 
 263 Venus combing her hair. Cipriani 
 
 264 A pleasing small landscape with a classifial antique 
 
 gateway. JNesmyth 
 
 265 A spirited boar hunt, with a variety of horses, dogs and 
 
 figures. Artois 
 
 266 Portrait of a Flemish nobleman. Vandyke 
 
 273 A pleasing landscape with a romantic cottage. B. 
 Barker 
 
 277 An elegant antique marble vase, supposed to have 
 belonged to Mecaenas the patron of the fine arts, in 
 the reign of Augustus Caesar, being dug up at his 
 Villa near Tivoli; it is engraved by Piranese, of 
 whom it was purchased many years ago, by the 
 late Duke of St. Albans, who valued it very highly, 
 and brought it to England 
 
 280 A curious model of the isthmus, rock, town, harbour, 
 and fortification of Gibraltar, done in terra cotta, 
 on a scale of two feet to a mile, conveying a clearer 
 idea of this important fortress than can possibly be 
 delineated on a plain surface 
 
 a. TheK iug’s Bastion 
 
 b. The Saluting Bakery 
 
 c. The Prince of Orange’s Battery 
 
 o. The Cavalier and Montague’s Bastion 
 e. The Devil’s Tongue* or, Mouth of Fire 
 F. The Water Port, where the shipping take in water 
 
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 Go The King’s, Queen’s and Prince’s Lines, cut in the 
 solid rock with immense labour 
 
 h. Willis’s Lines 
 
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 i. Green’s Lodge 
 
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 j. The Royal Battery 
 
 &. Rock Mortar, on the summit of the Rock, 1500 feet 
 above the level of the sea 
 Jj. The Signal Tower 
 m. St. George’s Tower 
 N. The Moorish Fort in ruins 
 
 o. Pocoroca Cave, converted into a powder magazine 
 
 p. St. Michael’s Cave, a great natural curiosity 
 
 q. The Devil’s Bowling Green, so called from the irregu* 
 
 larity of its surface 
 
 r. The South Barracks, delightfully situated 
 
 s. The Navy Hospital, a capacious pile, with apartments 
 
 for one thousand men 
 
 t. Europa Point, the southern extremity of the garrison 
 
 u. The Pass of Locust Trees 
 
 v. Fort St. Phillip, the western extremity of the Spanish 
 
 lines 
 
 w. Fort St. Barbara, the eastern extremiiy of the Spanish 
 
 lines, the distance between these two Batteries, 
 about 1900 yards 
 
 x. The Devil’s Tower 
 
 y. The Mill Tower 
 
 z. The Inundation 
 
 382 A man’s portrait, full of character and animation* 
 Rembrandt 
 
 236 Portrait of the celebrated Dr. Mead, in crayons. Coates 
 287 The Madona, Child and St. John, a mo*t valuable 
 
 performance. Raphael 
 
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 2 §0 The holy family with St. Anne, &c. a rare cabinet 
 picture of Ludovico Carracci, from Bologna 
 292 The Presentation in the Temple. Leonardo da Vinci? 
 
 29S A girl with a candle, crayons. Russell 
 299 Sketch for the cieling of a banqueting room. Sir James 
 Thornhill • 
 
 SOI A penitent magdaleh comforted by an angel. Guido 
 302 An original portrait of Gay the Poet. Richardson 
 SOS Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton. Vanderbank 
 
 <<r Nature and Nature’s laws lay hid in night, 
 w God said, let Newton be, and all was light.” 
 
 306 Ariadne asleep, as deserted by Theseus, a most beauti¬ 
 ful piece of sculpture. Canovo 
 314 Judas betraying Christ; a most curious and well 
 preserved specimen of this ancient and valuable 
 master. Lucas Van Leyden 
 
 316 Pope Paul the III. with Sarmoneta de Gaeta, his 
 
 cousin and mistress, with their infant son, afterwards 
 Duke of Parma and Placentia, represented as the 
 Holy Family, with Giovanni Michieli, Cardinal 
 and Patriarch of Constantinople, as St. Francis; 
 Tomaso Donato, Cardinal and Patriarch of Venice, 
 as St. Thomas a Becket, &c. by Giovanni Bellini : 
 a truly valuable historical picture, in the highest 
 state of preservation, painted in 1494 
 
 317 A beautiful and penitent Magdalen. Correggio; this 
 
 interesting performance was purchased half a cent dry 
 ago, by a distinguished amateur during his residence 
 in Italy 
 
 318 Portrait of Grandi, who pretended to have discovered 
 
 the Venetian mode of colouring; a most expressive 
 and animated performance in very happiest 
 time of Opie 
 
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 329 The celebrated Mater Dolorosa. Carlo Dolce 
 
 324 Portrait of the late Mr. Cooke, in the Character of 
 
 Richard the Third, a miniature. Roth 
 
 325 Portrait of General Abercrombie, enamel. Roth 
 
 326 Peter the Great on Horseback, from the Grand Colossal 
 
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 Statue at St. Petersburgh 
 
 327 Sampson and Dalilah. Jan Stein; most admirably 
 
 coloured and highly finished 
 32S Portrait of Snyders the artist. Rubens 
 
 330 A Storm and Shipwreck. Vandeveldt 
 
 331 A young lady’s portrait. Masquerier 
 
 337 A splendid Market of Game. Snyders : containing a 
 great variety of excellent Game : he must be a very 
 fastidious epicure indeed, who cannot discover a dish 
 to suit his palate 
 
 33 S A very tempting Fruit Market. Snyders: even Covent 
 Garden itself in the most plentiful season cannot 
 exhibit a greater variety or a more brilliant display e 
 The Artist’s favourite cat looking from under the 
 table, seems quite alive, and ready to spring out of 
 the canvas 
 
 *39 A stormy dangerous coast, with a shipwreck most 
 terribly and awfully represented. Salvator Rosa 
 310 A grand battle piece, the scene supposed to be in the 
 vicinity of Prague; the numerous squadrons of 
 cavalry charging and manceuvering most naturally 
 represented. Bourguinone 
 
 341 A view of the Campo Vaccino at Rome, with the ruins 
 
 of the Temple of J upiter Stator, the colonnade of 
 the Temple of Concord, a rich pleasing composition. 
 Paulo Panini 
 
 342 The remains of Maecenas’s.Yilia at Tivoli, with other 
 
 antique ruins. Panini 
 
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 The triumph of Hygeia the Goddess of Health, alie« 
 gorically represented. Schultz 
 An Italian sea port, a grand gallery picture* Claude 
 Spanish peasants gathering fruit. Murillio 
 The four Cardinal Virtues conducting His present Ma¬ 
 jesty to the Temple of Fame; a most exquisite 
 performance in silver 
 
 An enamel portrait of Oliver Cromwell. Ro f h 
 A valuable miniature portrait of Chevalier Vanderwerf. 
 Petitot, set in gold 
 
 A landscape and sea coast by moonlight. Petlier 
 A blacksmith’s shop, with a pleasing landscape seen 
 thrpugh the entrance by moonlight. Pettier. Two 
 athletic blacksmiths with their ponderous hammers 
 are seen forcibly striking a red-hot iron. The shop 
 is illumined by glowing iron and the numerous 
 sparks el cited from it, from which a boy seems 
 carcfu ly guarding his eyes; the whole presents a 
 most natural effect of tire light, on a large scale 
 The process for casting a boiler for a steam-engine in 
 Lukin’s iron-foundry, in which a stream of molten 
 iron is seen flowing in the mould. Pettier. The 
 workman and the various apparatus of the foundry 
 most correctly introduced: indeed, so faithfully 
 and deceptively is the peculiar appearance of fire 
 depicted, that the identity of the liquid matter im¬ 
 mediately flashes on the mind, and not its mere 
 imitation by colour, as is usual in most representa¬ 
 tions of that element 
 
 An entertainment with the story of Meleager and Atta- 
 larita, highly finished in miniature. Thicke 
 A curious landscape with the Tower of Babel. Paul 
 Brill. The figures exquisitely touched by Annibal 
 Carracci 
 
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 360 A picasing Italian landscape, the tone of colouring true 
 to nature: from the cabinet of the late Mr. Fox. 
 Gaspar Poussin. 
 
 364 Macbeth the moment before he murders Duncan. Hay- 
 don. u Methought I heard a voice.” Acts, scene2. 
 In the fore ground appear the grooms sunk down 
 and quite overcome with drowsy slumber—in the 
 other corner appears the venerable king tranquilly 
 enjoying a sound sleep, unconscious of the danger 
 that aw aits him. The assassin Macbeth has just slid 
 into the royal chamber, his legs tottering with con¬ 
 science smitten horror, bending one knee as if about 
 to take his last stride, whilst his dreadful wife ap¬ 
 pears in the back ground, urging him on to the 
 bloody deed : the entire composition in faithful ac¬ 
 cordance the a wful relation of the poet 
 
 367 A marriage Festival, Old Frank, the master of Rubens 
 
 368 An elegant correct and high finished model of His 
 
 Majesty’s Ship the Victory of 120 guns, the Flag 
 Ship of the immortal Nelson; rigging &c. complete 
 
 369 Alexander the G^eat visiting the Philosopher Diogenes, 
 
 w ho appears sitting in his tub. Sebastian Ricci 
 
 370 A Storm and Shipwreck represented with truth and spirit 
 
 Tempesta 
 
 71 Head of Boerhave, the famous Physician. Rembrandt 
 
 372 Entrance to an antient castle with cattle and figures. 
 
 Loutherbouvg 
 
 37 3 Dead game. Weenix 
 
 374 Interior of a Spanish bagnio. Palamedes 
 
 383 Portrait of his son. Mieris 
 
 384 A Dutch burgomaster. Rembrandt 
 
 385 A sc hoi Groom, with the mistress instructing her pupils. 
 
 Dusaert 
 
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 386 A monk’s head. Hemskirk 
 
 387 A pleasing landscape with cattle* horses and figures^ 
 
 Old Teniers 
 
 389 A rich architectural scene. Panini; with tlie marriage 
 
 of Cana appropriately introduced by Sebastian Ricci 
 
 390 King David performing on the harp, a general thanks¬ 
 
 giving. Paul Veronese 
 
 394 Portrait of the Pretender, when young. Sir Godfrey 
 
 Kneller 
 
 395 The inhabitants of a Dutch village amusing themselves 
 
 with a galiante show, (See. Van Helmont 
 
 396 The head of a beautiful female, exquisitely finished, 
 
 Rosalba 
 
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 398 A pleasing landscape with cattle, horses and figures. 
 
 Loutherbourg. This much lamented artist has 
 introduced his own and wife’s portrait on horseback, 
 which gives additional interest to this valuable per¬ 
 formance 
 
 402 A view in Holland. Van Goven 
 
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 403 A circular landscape with a sea-port, &c. A most 
 
 spirited and valuable cabinet perforinance by Salva¬ 
 tor Rosa 
 
 405 A bunch of grapes, ripe, transparent and juicy. Rachael 
 Ruysch 
 
 407 The sense of Seeing personified. Teniers. This cele¬ 
 brated artist has introduced his own portrait, paint? 
 ing, expressive of seeing 
 
 407 The sense of Hearing admirably expressed by an old 
 
 man playing the bagpipes, accompanied by hit 
 companion singing. Teniers 
 
 408 Tasting described by an elegant female enjoying a glass 
 
 ©f hock and olives. Teniers 
 
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 409 And old woman with her favourite dog, holding a pink 
 
 to her nose, representing the sense of smelling, 
 Teniers 
 
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 410 The sense of feeling most naturally described by a 
 
 peasant with a wounded wrist, from which he is 
 pulling a plaister, with a very wry face, whilst his 
 old nurse is preparing a fresh plaister, and appears 
 sympathising with her patient. These five valuable 
 cabinet pictures are in the best time of Teniers^ 
 and engraved 
 
 411 A musician tuning his violin. Finished as high as 
 
 Gerard Dow, by Eckles, the pupil of Mieris 
 
 412 The musician’s wife industriously employed in cutting 
 
 out shirts for her htisband. Eckles 
 
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 414 The interior of a kitchen, the cook employed in her 
 culinary occupation. Martin Zorg 
 417 A view ofNootka Sound, with portaits of the natives. 
 
 Webber. This ingenious artist went round the world 
 with Captain Cook, and those who have surveyed 
 the north-west coast of America will allow this to 
 be a faithful representation of the country 
 419 Fowls drinking out of a vase, a curious specimen of 
 antique mosiac 
 
 422 A brilliant small landscape, a bijou of the very first 
 Water. Wilson 
 
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 424 A grand landscape with an approaching storm. Wou- 
 
 vermans 
 
 425 The portrait of a Spanish Admiral. Velasquez 
 
 426 The Last Supper. Albert Durer. ci And he said, '"the 
 
 6 hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the 
 table. And they, the disciples , began to enquire 
 £ among themselves, which of them it was that should 
 £ do this thing.’ This valuable cabinet picture 
 
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 wv painted in the year 1503, as appears by (lie 
 date, and has been justly esteemed the chef d’oeiivre 
 of Albert Durer, who attempted to excel Leonard! 
 da Vinci in this divine performance: in point of 
 colouring and composition, he has perhaps suc¬ 
 ceeded ; it is painted on copper, and in the highest 
 state of preservation: from a private chapel at 
 Nuremberg. 
 
 427 Portrait of the Prince of Orange sitting at a table 
 
 reflecting on the contents of a letter which he had 
 just read. Old Wyck 
 
 428 Napoleon Bonaparte on horseback, as large as life, in 
 
 Ms consular uniform, painted in 1801 by North cote. 
 The late Gen. Paoli, Moris. Otto, Gen. Andreossi, 
 Laurlsion, and many other competent judges have 
 all pronounced this portrait to be the most striking 
 likeness of the Corsican tyrant; the horse is painted 
 from a Flemish charger belonging to the Duchess 
 Dowager of Leeds. The Princess of Smolensk©, 
 widow of the victorious General Kutusoff, is now 
 the proprietor of this picture, which must soon be 
 forwarded to St. Petersburg!! 
 
 429 The Miraculous Draught of Fishes. Snyders. This 
 
 extraordinary performance belonged to the unfor¬ 
 tunate Louis XVI. King of France, and contains 
 almost every species of sea and fresh water fish most 
 admirably painted. 
 
 430 Portrait of Nell Gwynn. Lee 
 
 431 The Origin of Painting. Wright of Derby. Venus 
 
 the Goddess of Beauty is here represented as the 
 inventor of Painting; Adonis having returned 
 fatigued from hunting, falls asleep in an Apartment 
 
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 adjoining Vulcan’s workshop, whilst Venus appear* 
 tracing the Profile of her favourite upon the Wall, 
 from the shadow occasioned by the light of a sus¬ 
 pended lamp 
 
 433 Penelope, the chaste and faithful Wife of the sage 
 Ulysses unravelling her web. Wright of Derby. 
 Her son Teleioachus reposing, a statue of her absent 
 lord, and his trusty dog; a night scene, inimitably 
 represented. 
 
 433 The lady in Comu^ a beautiful romantic Landscape 
 by moon-light. Wright of Derby. 
 
 43i The School Mistress instructing her Pupils, the chef 
 dTeuvre of the late Mr. Opie, 
 
 437 The Crucifixion by the younger Murillio, from a 
 
 Convent in Salamanca,. St. Alaesius, St. Ignatius, 
 Blessed Virgin, St. John Regis, St. Francisco 
 Xavier, St. Stanislaus, St. John the Evangelist, . 
 three Martyrs, and St. Francis Borgei Duke of 
 Candia, are represented worshiping the crucified 
 Jesus, 
 
 438 A pleasing small Landscape with Venus instructing 
 
 Cupid. Polemberg. 
 
 439 Tobit with his dog in a small Landscape. Polemberg 
 
 440 Portrait of a Pious Abbess. Cornelius Jansen: as tree 
 
 a representation of nature as the pencil ever produced 
 
 441 A Swinish Family. Morland : this extraordinary Artist 
 
 stands unrivalled as a Pig Painter, and this picture 
 may be considered his finest production in that line; 
 it was painted for his brother whom he has designated 
 upon the picture a H. White Morlaud, Pig dealer.” 
 444 A Moon-light scene, view in Holland, highly finished* 
 Solomon Ruysdael, 
 
 415 Eight small Italian Views circular. Decree 
 
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 44T Portrait of Mr. Skirwin the celebrated Scotch Artist; 
 
 by himself in b'ack chalk. 
 
 44S A Covey of Partridges. Elmer. 
 
 449 A Brace of Pheasants. Elmer. 
 
 451 A Scene in Coinus. Howard, R. A. 
 
 452 A Sea Piece in Miniature after Teniers. Thicke. 
 
 454 An high finished Portrait of the Duchess of Cleveland* 
 
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 Sir Peter Lely 
 
 456 The laughing boy. Frank Hals 
 
 462 Portraits of the unfortunate Earl of Strafford and Earl 
 
 Mou itnorris his Secretary. Vandyke 
 
 463 A grand magnificent landscape, Norwegian scenery, 
 
 with water-falls, saw-mills, romantic wooden bridges, 
 &c. Ruysdael 
 
 464 A valuable gallery picture with the history of Jupiter 
 
 and Ganymede; from the palace royal at Paris. 
 Rubens 
 
 465 The Adoration of the Magi; supposed to have been 
 
 stolen from the A rundel collection; and secreted 
 many years in a small house near Romford in Essex, 
 Completely disguised, where it was lately discovered, 
 and restored to its pristine brilliancy, and wonderful 
 effect. This valuable performance has been visited 
 and admired by many hundred of our principal 
 connoisseurs, some of whom have attributed it to the 
 ’ pencil of Rubens, whilst others with greater dis¬ 
 cernment and critical knowledge, have considered 
 it the united production of Rubens and Vandyke 
 
 466 u The Smugglers defeated.” A romantic view on the 
 
 coast of Sussex, with a smart rencontre between a 
 small detachment of Dragoons and a band of 
 Smugglers, in which the former are completely 
 
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 victorious. Sir Francis Bourgeois: this animated 
 performance is engraved, and esteemed the chef 
 d’oeuvre of the departed knight 
 A chearful pleasing landscape, with figures bathing and 
 amusing themselves; Italian saenery. Zuccarelli 
 View of Tivoli. Claude L orraine. This magnificent 
 landscape is justly ranked among the very finest 
 productions of this great master, it is engraved, and 
 stands No. 81, in Libra Writ at is 
 An original whole-length portrait of King William III. 
 Sir Godfrey Kneller. 
 
 Alexander the Great with his friend Hephestion, 
 introduced to the family of Darius. Pompeo Battoni. 
 This interesting gallery picture formerly belonged 
 to Frederic the Great, King of Prussia 
 An high finished cabinet landscape, Dutch scenery, 
 by moon-light. Solomon Ruysdael 
 An original whole-length portrait of Queen Mary, con¬ 
 sort to King Wi'liam III. Sir Godfrey Kneller 
 A valuable landscape and figures with architecture. 
 Claude Lorraine 
 
 A superb galiery picture, with the Virgin, Child, St. 
 John and angels, containing nearly twenty portraits 
 of the family of Periti, in Italy. Paul Veronese 
 Lobsters, fruit, insects, &c. most exquisitely painted. 
 Mignon 
 
 A pleasing landscape, highly finished. Wynants. 
 The sportsman with his dog, travellers and figures 
 fishing by Wouvemians, a valuable composition by 
 these two great masters. 
 
 The first interview between Marc Anthony and Cleo¬ 
 patra after the bat fie of Act sum; enamelled on China. 
 Laffert: from Flesham’s picture 
 
478 The Adoration of the Magi. Holbein. A very curi¬ 
 
 ous specimen of the earliest period of oil painting; 
 mentioned I y ford Orford in his anecdotes. 
 
 479 Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh painted whilst that great 
 
 man, was under sentence of death in the Tower. 
 Sir Anthony More 
 
 480 A beautiful madona. Carlo Dolce 
 
 481 Jacob and Rachel at the well; a chearful composition. 
 
 Leseur 
 
 482 A warm sparkling landscape, with figures cattle, mules, 
 
 sheep, goats, &c. Pynaker: from Baron Nagel’s 
 collection 
 
 4S3 Portrait of a young Flemish Nobleman, Vandyke. 
 
 484 A Dutch washerwoman, highly finished. Potter 
 
 485 A skirmish of cava rv. Paroce 
 
 486 Interior of a Dutch aleliou e. HennkAk 
 
 407 The garden of Eden, with our first parents, animals* 
 &c. Paul Brill 
 
 488 ' A curious view of Ranelagli House, Chelsea college in 
 
 the distance, with portraits of laird Raneiagh, Sir 
 James and Lady Thornhill. Hogarth 
 
 489 A view of the ruins of the Colliseum at Rome. Viviano 
 
 490 A grand landscape with a cascade. Gasper Poussin 
 
 491 Portrait of Jussieu the famous French botanist. Girard 
 392 Portrait of Dr. Thornton. Harlow 
 
 493 A beautiful drawing of the egg plant. Henderson 
 
 494 Portrait of Tournefort. Greuse 
 
 495 The sacred Egyptian lotos. Henderson 
 
 496 The Queen Plant. Ditto 
 
 497 Portrait of the Rev Dr. Milne. Russell 
 49S The dragon arum. Henderson 
 
 499 The beautiful white lily. Ditto 
 §00 Portrait of Dr, Rutherford. Raeburn 
 
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 501 The hirsute, or maggot-bearing Stapelia. Henderson. 
 
 502 The artichoke flowered silver tree. Ditto 
 
 503 Portrait of Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq. the celebra- r 
 
 ted botanist. Russell 
 
 504 The blue Egyptian water lily. Henderson 
 
 505 The Indian canna. Ditto 
 
 506 Portrait of Professor Martyn. Russell. 
 
 507 Portrait of Dr. Thornton. Ditto 
 
 508 The great sun-flower. Henderson 
 
 509 The quadrangular passion-flower. Ditto 
 
 510 The sacred Egyptian bean. Ditto 
 
 511 Hyacinths. Edwards 
 
 512 Fruit, &c. Van Os 
 
 513 A spirited skirmish of Cavalry, in a pleasing landscape. 
 
 Wouvermans 
 
 514 The halt of an army, a poor woman mourning over the 
 
 body of her husband, &c. Wouvermans 
 
 515 The fox committing sad havoc amongst the poultry; 
 
 a valuable production by Snyders 
 
 516 The death of the stag; a grand picture. Snyders 
 
 517 Venus reclining; a miniature. Thicke 
 
 518 The Muses fostering the infant Shakespcar. Ditto 
 
 519 A Madona. Ditto i 
 
 520 Cupids amusing themselves with their arrows. Ditto 
 
 521 Portrait of Sir John Moore. Ditto 
 
 522 A fortune-teller. Ditto 
 
 523 An exquisite high finished miniature of the blind 
 
 fiddler. Hopkins 
 
 5&4 Portraits of Henry VIII. and Anne Bullen ; e&quki;ely 
 
 finished. Hopkins 
 
 525 Danae in the golden shower. Shelly 
 
 526 Girl with a candle. Skalken 
 
 §27 A portrait of Charles!, curiously pa nted on g 7 ass by 
 a Chinese painter 
 
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 A curious Chinese mirror, with birds 
 
 Cicero impeaching Cataline. Hamilton 
 
 The guardian angel. Pietro da Cortona 
 
 View of a lake, &c. La Porte 
 
 A valuable whole-length portrait of Cardinal Mazarine. 
 Bourdon 
 
 An high-finished landscape. Ruysdael 
 
 A curious antient map of Naples, with Mount Vesuvius* 
 the bay, &c. painted in oil. Monti Soro 
 
 A valuable whole-length portrait of Queen Anne. Sir 
 Godfrey Kneller 
 
 A most beautiful small bouquet of flowers, insects, drops 
 of water, &c. Mignon: exquisitely finished 
 
 An high finished Landscape, Dutch scenery ; by moon¬ 
 light. V anderneer 
 
 A striking likeness of Molyneaux, the black Boxer. 
 Drummond 
 
 An whole-length portrait Of Linnaeus the celebrated 
 Swedish Botanist, in his Lapland dress, collecting 
 plants in that frozen climate. Hoffman. This pic¬ 
 ture was painted for Gronovius, and is the only 
 original portrait of that botanical luminary in the 
 united kingdom 
 
 The guardian angels. Sir Joshua Reynolds : engraved 
 
 The Horrors of War: Russian scenery, a desolated 
 country, a city deserted and in flames, bridges 
 broken down, ships wrecked and on fire, commerce 
 and every other comfort destroyed, vultures instead 
 of doves are seen upon the smoaking ruins of the 
 once smiling cottage; even the stern bombardiers 
 and pioneers, inured to war, bloodshed and plunder, 
 seem moved with the extensive scene of misery 
 and desolation with which they are surrounded. 
 
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 Hodges, R. A. the figures by Stothard, R. A.— * 
 engraved.—See the Companiou, No. 174 
 512 The Madona, Child, St. Joseph, and St. John. 
 
 Pellegrino Tibaldi. This great Master has been 
 generally allowed to possess more of the true spirit 
 of Michael Angelo, than any other Italian artist, 
 uniting at the same time, the colouring of Titian, 
 with the grace of the divine Correggio 
 
 543 A battle piece. Cuyp. A valuable and high finished 
 
 production of this rare master 
 
 544 A curious harpsichord and spinnet, united in the same 
 
 case, by the famous Ruckers of Antwerp, in 1625. 
 This ancient instrument belonged to Sir Peter Paul 
 Rubens, the celebrated painter, and is allowed by 
 some of the most eminent musicians to possess a 
 very rich agreeable tone; and being old and seasoned 
 would keep in tune for years if properly quilled. 
 On the side of the instrument appears the following 
 motto, <£ Hsec si contingant mundo, quse Gaudia 
 celo:” and on the end these words, “ Acta Probant 
 Virum”. On the inside of the lid, Rottenhamer 
 has painted a beautiful group of the nine muses 
 with various musical instruments, exquisitely finished 
 
 545 St. John preaching in the Wilderness, with a great 
 
 variety of small figures, listening with great atten¬ 
 tion. Julio Romano 
 
 546 Interior of a stable, very small. Karel du Jardin 
 
 547 A grand romantic view of the Isthmus of Corinth, with 
 
 the, ruins of the Temple of Neptune. Robert. 
 Painted at Paris for Count Stadion, formerly Am¬ 
 bassador from the Court of V ienna 
 
 548 A picturesque magnificent scene, view on the Rhine, 
 
 near Schaufifhausen. Robert. Painted also for 
 
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 Count Siadion, and companion to the preceding 
 picture 
 
 549 The port of Genoa, a brisk gale, the agitated water 
 
 and motion of the vessels admirably represented. 
 Bonaventure Peters 
 
 550 An elegant garland of flowers. Segers. In the centre 
 
 Venus nursing Cupid. Polemberg ’ ' 
 
 551 The last Supper; A brilliant coloured picture by Old 
 
 Frank; the composition in imitation of Albert Durer 
 
 552 A valuable landscape, a lady with an umbrella, &c. 
 
 Wilson 
 
 553 The Adoration of the Shepherds; a chef d’oeuvre of 
 
 Giacomo Bassan. This picture has been considered 
 equal in merit and composition to Annibal Carracci, 
 and certainly superior in brilliancy of colouring 
 
 554 The Judgment of Solomon; the real mother of the 
 
 bring child earnestly pleading her case, the attitude 
 and expression true to nature. Gavin Hamilton 
 
 555 The com binn. Morland 
 
 556 An alabaster incense urn, curiously wrought. Volpato 
 
 557 A pair of elegant alabaster urns. Volpato 
 
 558 A Knight of the Bath. Dubois 
 
 559 A Russian Captain of Basquiers fully accoutered, with 
 
 his troop in the back-ground. Dighton 
 
 560 The remains of the Temple of Jupiter Stator, and other 
 
 Ruins at Rome. Breemberg. A choice cabinet 
 picture, painted on copper 
 
 561 Flemish Peasants playing eards. Le Nam 
 
 562 The last Grand Boxing Match between Crib and Bel¬ 
 
 cher, at Epsom, with portraits of the combatants, 
 seconds, bottle holders, pugilistic amateurs, &c. 
 Eglington 
 
 563 A curious piece of Engraved Glass. Venetian 
 
 564 A pleasing Landscape. Barrett. The horses, asses, 
 
 cattle, figures, &c. in the most spirited time of Gilpin 
 
565 
 
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 Ylew near Southampton; beautiful scenery, Barrett, 
 The cattle and figures by Gilpin 
 
 566 View of a River, boats, a family cart, cattle, figure^ 
 
 &c. De Konning 
 
 567 Portraits of the King of Persia, ius principal Officers, 
 
 &c. painted at Ispahan 
 
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 April, 1814. 
 
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