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and are now invited to join it, in order that by the payment of an annual trifle (too small to be named) for their own relief, should they ever happen to require it, their widows and orphans may become entitled, as matter of right, to an annuity for life. On the decease of a member. the widow has merely to state the fact, there is no questioning her as to whether his works were known and esteemed by the public-he must have established that himself while in possession of his powers; she has no petition to present, no interests to secure, no humiliating circumstances to disclose, and nothing to dread from past professional pique or jealousy, because, by the constitution of the Committee, two thirds of it are composed of gentlemen of independent fortune, who are NOT ARTISTS.

That simple fact is a tolerable guarantee for the due application of the public bounty, and happy am I to state, that the finances are in a highly flourishing condition, as the following abstract of the Cash Account and Capital will shew:1822 Dec. 31.

CASH ACCOUNT FOR 1823.

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By Subscriptions received in 1823 469 9 0
By Annual Payment from the Mem-
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By Dividends on Funded Property..376

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937 2 11 DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE YEAR.

To Cash paid Annuities and Gratuities to the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Members

To do. paid for Printing, Stationery, &c.

To do. paid Collector's Salary, Commission, &c.

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ance at Freemason's Tavern
To do. paid for Advertisements and
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Balance in Bankers' hands, 31st Dec. 1823

891 11 2
£45 11 9

To some it may appear the sum paid the widows of deceased members is small compared with the income; but the committee are discharging all the claims that have yet arisen; and as the chief source of the income is contingent and fluctuating, as the rate of interest on money invested has very much decreased, as the members are rapidly increasing, and consequently as numerous claims in all human probability may soon arise, it is hoped the friends of the institution will not imagine the committee act on narrow views, particularly as the annuities have been fixed after much careful consideration. The capital consists of £1750. West India Dock Stock, paying an interest of 10 per cent. per annum, and of £2050. 4 per cent. Government Annuities, both being vested in Trustees.

THE DINNER.

This beneficent Institution was established in 1810. Its object is to afford relief to the widows and orphans of those Artists who are already subscribers to the Joint Stock Fund, which is applied only to the relief of Artists themselves. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg presided, supported on the right by Sir T. Lawrence, P. R. A. and on the left by Sir John Swinburne, Bart. Amongst the company present were many distinguished Artists.

After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, Sir J. Swinburne proposed the health of the Royal Chairman. He said that the favour conferred by that Illustrious Person had been greatly enhanced by the manner of conferring it. The request to preside was quite unexpected on the part of His Royal Highness, and was complied with at once in the most cordial and obliging manner.

After the loud applause which followed the toast had subsided, His Royal Highness expressed his deep sense of the compliment paid to him. He felt that he should stand in great need of their indulgence in the discharge of his duties as their President, but what he might want in skill he trusted he should make up in good will to the Institution. The next toast proposed was "the health of Sir T. Lawrence, the President of the Royal Academy." The Royal Chairman was quite sure he should not be accused of flattery, when he said that the name of Sir Thomas Lawrence must always occupy a high and prominent station in the history of painters. It was gratifying to find too, that the English Artists now gave abundant promise of equalling, if not excelling their old rivals of the Dutch and Flemish Schools.-(Great applause.)

Sir Thomas Lawrence was perfectly sensible that this honour was conferred on him as the representative of that distinguished Body with which he was connected. He could not, however, omit to return his acknowledgments for the kind and gracious manner in which it had been proposed. It had been but too commonly supposed that eleIvated rank and eminent worth were seldom to be found united, and the contrast between the good and the great had been the favourite theme of poets. Happily, however, this antithesis had now lost its force in England, where men of the most illustrious rank gave it the noblest refutation by their earnest and unsparing exertions in the cause of charity and benevolence.

Mr. M. A. Shee rose to give the health of Sir John Swinburne, Chairman of the Committee of Guardians. He warmly eulogised the assiduous efforts of that gentleman in support of the Institution. He was at once the patron and the companion of Artists. He had been led to become the one by the refinement of his taste, and the other by the hospitable liberality of his disposition.

Sir J. Swinburne, after the general marks of approbation had subsided, although he knew how grateful it was laudari a laudato viro, disclaimed for himself the great share of praise which had been given to him. So strenuous had been the labours of the Committee in general, that comparatively little had been left for him to do. Sir John then mentioned two circumstances, which shewed in the most gratifying manner the interest which this Institution had excited. An engraving was about to be executed from Mulready's picture of The Wolf and the Lamb, the whole of the profits of which would be devoted to the Benevolent Fund; and a Gentleman of the name of Wright, of NotThe society at present consists of one hundred and thirty-tingham, had also given up for the same purpose a Life of two members, of which fifty-three are painters, eight sculp- Wilson the Painter, which he had prepared for the Press. tors, four architects, and sixty-seven engravers in all the On The British Institution" being drank, Mr. Watson different styles of that beautiful art, and twenty-eight new Taylor returned thanks. members have been elected since last anniversary. Many have joined the society every year since its first formation, and I have the satisfaction to state that not one has ever deserted it, save and except one individual, who gave up the arts for other pursuits.

His Royal Highness then rose, and said, that it was unnecessary for him to shew how much we were indebted to the husbands and fathers of those for whose relief this Institution was established. It might prove an additional incitement to benevolent effort to recollect, that Genius but

too often overlooked as too terrestrial those things which

(Artists' Class.)

a drawing in outline from the antique, the Silver Palette.

most contributed to advancement in the common business 55. To Mr. H. T. Wright, 52, Great Titchfield-street, for of life. He gave, with earnest wishes for its fulfilment, the toast of " Prosperity to the Artists' Benevolent Fund."(Loud applause.)

The Secretary then read a Report of Subscriptions. Amidst a long list of donations we remarked one from Prince Leopold of fifty guineas.

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On The Committee of Guardians" being drank, Mr. R. H. Solly returned thanks. He observed that the duty would more properly have devolved upon their worthy Treasurer, but he presumed that that Gentleman left to him the mere talking part of the business, while he applied himself to more efficient operations. One striking feature || 60. of this Institution was, that it did not trench upon the spirit of independence which should ever characterise all who were devoted to the Arts. The Artists had themselves provided for their own wants. They asked assistance only to provide for those of the widow and the fatherless. After two or three other appropriate toasts. His royal || 62. Highness retired amidst warm and general applause.

The subscriptions were ample and numerous. Before we left the room they amounted to 6597. Among the subscribers we noticed Prince Leopold, 50 guineas; Mr. Angerstein, 20 guineas; Mr. Peel, M. P., 20 guineas; Lord Gower, 10 guineas; Mr. Cabbel, 10 guineas; Mr. Robinson, M. P. 10.; Duke of Rutland, 107.; Hon. Mr. Agar Ellis, 10 guineas; Mr. Wyatt, 10 guineas; Mr. Forbes, 10 guineas; Lord Tankerville, 10 guineas; Sir T. Lawrence, 10 guineas; Lord Prudhoe, 10 guineas; Messrs. Hurst and Robinson, 10 guineas; Sir J. Swinburne, 10 guineas; Mr. Watson Taylor, 10 guineas; Mr. Smirke, 5 guineas; Mr. Daniell, 5 guineas, and many others.

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Some good glees and songs were given by Messrs. Terrail, Broadhurst, Fitzwilliam, Webb, and Phillips, and Master Smith. Some of the company exhibited their gothicism and ignorance of the manners of civilised society by encoring a glee, and an indifferent and rather vulgar song by Webb. Encores are bad enough in the Theatre, but at a dinner 69. they are an intolerable nuisance, and are never perpetrated but by absolute barbarians.

SOCIETY

POR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND
COMMERCE.

Adelphi, May 26, 1824. The following Rewards, adjudged by the Society, were presented on Wednesday, 26th May, at the King's Theatre, in the Haymarket, to the respective Candidates. His Royal Highness the DUKE of SUSSEX, President.

IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:

(Continued from page 139.)
(Artists' Class.)

48. To Mr. D. Passmore, 6, Salisbury-court, Fleet-street,
for an historical subject in pencil, the Silver Palette.
49. To the same, for a head in chalk, the Silver Palette.
50. To Mr. G. Brown, 198, Regent-street, for an historical
subject in Indian ink, the Silver Isis Medal.

To Mr. S. M. Smith, 43, Great Marlborough-street, for a finished drawing from the antique, the Silver Isis Medal.

To Mr. Edwin Dalton, 7, Aldgate, for a finished draw-
ing from the antique, the Silver Palette.

To Mr. J. W. Solomon, 86, Piccadilly, for a finished
drawing from the antique, the large Silver Medal.
To Mr. J. F. Denman, 32, Cannon-street Road, for a
drawing in chalk from a bust, the Silver Isis Medal.
To Mr. B. R. Green, 27, Argyle-street, for a drawing
in chalk from a bust, the Silver Palette.

To Mr. W. Gill, 16, Wilmot-street, Brunswick-square,
for a drawing in chalk from the antique, the Silver
Palette.

Models in Plaster. (Original.)
To Mr. Joseph Deare, 12, Great St. Helen's, Bishops-
gate, for a bass-relief, from the life, the Silver Isis
Medal.

To Mr. Ed. Edwards, 4, Newcastle-place, Clerkenwell,
for a bass-relief from the life, the large Silver Medal.
To the same, for a bust from the life, the Silver Isis

Medal.

To Mr. E. G. Physick, 23, Spring-street, Montague-
square, for a model of a group, the large Silver Medal.
Copies.

To Mr. T. Butler, 91, Dean-street, for a model of a
To Mr. Frederic Tatham, 1, Queen-street, May-fair,
figure from the antique, the large Silver Medal.
for a model of a figure from the antique, the Silver
Palette.

To Mr. Jos. Deane, 12, Great St. Helens, Bishopsgate,
for a model of a group from the antique, the Silver
Isis Medal.

To Mr. J. Sargeant, 4, Burlington-place, Kent-road,
for a model of a bust, the large Silver Medal.
Architecture.

70. To Mr. R. G. Wetten, 19, Bryanstone-street, for a de-
sign for London Bridge, the Gold Medallion.
71. To Mr. Henry Roberts, Camberwell-terrace, for a de-
sign for London Bridge, the large Silver Medal.
72. To Mr. J. D. Paine, 39, High-street, Bloomsbury, for
a design for London Bridge, the large Silver Medal.
73. To Mr. G. Parminter, jun. 19, High-street, Black-
friars, for a perspective view of St. Paul's, Shadwell,
the large Silver Medal.

74. To Mr. J. B. Watson, Surbiton-hill, Kingston, for an
original design for houses, in Greek architecture, the
Gold Isis Medal.

75. To Mr. G. T. Andrews, 29, Lower Brook-street, for an original design for houses, in Greek architecture, the Silver Isis Medal.

76. To Mr. T. Plowman, Oxford, for an original design for houses, in Greek architecture, the large Siver Medal. 77. To Mr. P. H. Desvignes, 15, Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, for a perspective view of Pancras New Church, the Silver Isis Medal.

78. To Mr. J. G. Welford, jun. 27, South-street, Grosvenorsquare, for a perspective view of a Corinthian Capital, the Silver Palette.

51. To Miss Leonora Burbank, Albany-road, Camberwell, 79.
for a head in chalk, the Silver Isis Medal.
Drawings from Statues and Busts. (Honorary Class.)
52. To Miss S. Cox, 22, Nottingham-street, for a drawing 80.
in chalk from a bust, the large Silver Medal.

53. To Miss Augusta Hamlyn, Plymouth, for a drawing in
chalk from a bust, the Silver Palette.

54. To Miss Di. Laurence, 360, Oxford-street, for a draw- || 81. ing in chalk from a bust, the Silver Isis Medal.

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their grandest compositions, by the intelligent prints, which they have transmitted through the multiplying powers of the copper-plate. The pictures remain on the scites for which they were painted, yet, those who HAVING offered our opinions upon the merits of the have never travelled, comprehend their excellencies, lithographic art, in the last number, we shall now beg expatiate on their superior merits, improve by contemleave to address the readers of the Somerset House plating the grand gusto in which they are designed, Gazette, upon the subject of engraving, generally, and and talk as critically of these mighty works, through endeavour to assist in drawing the public attention to the medium of the prints alone, as though they had made this meritorious, useful, and highly interesting art! a tour to Italy, and viewed all the churches and galleWe have never been able to discover how it has hap-ries in these renowned regions of taste. pened, that the professors of engraving in this country have participated so little in the honors awarded to the other departments of the English School of Arts; for although the genius of Engraving cannot provide the same distinctions for her votaries, that are assigned by Painting to hers, originality of invention, being an attribute indispensable in the one art, and not called for in the other-an attribute of undisputed superiority;|| yet, the honors that can fairly be claimed by a trans-upon these elegant works; yet, such has hitherto been lator, and they have been largely awarded in every civilized age to the ingenious and learned labours of our literati, are alike amenable to many distinguished engravers, for the intelligence and talent which they have displayed, in giving to the world the thoughts of their great prototypes, in the language of engraving.

It is true, that there is a great latitude of paraphrase granted to a literary translator, and apparently but little required of an engraver; yet, there is an extent of perception demanded, in transferring the feeling and intention of a painter, to the copper, as recondite, and abstractedly meritorious, perhaps, as comprehended in the great works of a Mark Antonio, and an Audran, as in those of a Dryden, or a Pope. We cannot be certain that Homer and Virgil would more approve of these imitators of their glorious works, than Michael Angelo and Raphael of the others. To excel in any elegant art, demands an extent of superior faculties, which the wisest philosopher would not pretend to scan, and honours cannot be ill bestowed on those, who transcend all others in their own art, whether it be in the translation of a picture or a poem.

Without contesting the point then, as to its comparative measure of merit, we may safely aver, that the profession of engraving has ever been of incalculable advantage to the general pursuits of the graphic art: indeed, without its aid, a great proportion of the professors of painting in many parts of the world, would know little more of certain illustrious painters of the Italian, and other early schools, than their names. We are beholden to the engravers for the knowledge of

VOL. II.

That there is a general predilection for prints, among the uneducated, is a truth too evident to need enforcing; for so ardent a curiosity is created by the attractions of a print shop window, that even porters with heavy burthens on their shoulders, will stand and gaze at the engravings, with astonishment and delight. How great then, might we reasonably expect would be the gratification of those of cultivated minds, on looking the indifference of the preceptors in our great classic seminaries for every species of works of art, that the young men of rank in England, consigned to the tutorship of these classic professors, even at the universities, pass through the finishing studies of a college, without hearing a lecture on taste, or imbibing a feeling for the fine arts!

We cannot wonder, then, that the highest talent in engraving, as well as painting, cultivated under such a system of apathy for these enlightened pursuits, should have been slow in obtaining that countenance from the great, and consequent general patronage, which was experienced in those countries where the arts, so long before our time, attained to high eminence.

Yet, by the exertions of a few, we are at length approximating to equal distinction, even from the encouragement which has already sprung up under the influence of certain patriotic noblemen and gentlemen, who have distinguished themselves in behalf of living talent, and our native school.

We adverted in a former paper to the fine collection of prints in the Gallery, bequeathed to the University of Cambridge, by the late Lord Fitzwilliam. This Gallery should have been easily accessible to the students of every College; for, with due deference on other points, to those who have asserted to the contrary, we feel assured, that every youth within the University would have become responsible for his companion, in the general preservation of each individual work of art deposited therein, had it been made a condition of admission, that he pledged his honor so to do.

LONDON, JUNE 19, 1824.

But no; every student desirous of seeing the collection, must make application to a master of arts, at least, to attend him thither. This, as we may presume, judging from so narrow, so illiberal a system, has operated as it was intended it should—to a prohibition; for what young man, with the independent notions of a Collegian at an English University, would condescend to apply for such permission, and consent to be thus chaperon'd to the Fitzwilliam Gallery in leadingstrings?

So far from agreeing with the advocates for these conditions, under the pretext of preserving the prints from the injury of rude hands, we cannot refrain from saying, that it argues bad taste on the part of the principals of the colleges, or whoever may have been concerned in framing such restricting regulations. Every facility should be afforded to the students who would pass a leisure hour in visiting the Gallery; for, were a taste for the fine arts generally cultivated at Oxford and Cambridge, it would not only prevent much of that dissipation too commonly associated with the habits of a College, but become the best security for that future conduct, which alone can unite the fine gentleman with the scholar.

Taste, however, is fast spreading, and the elegant pursuits of life are no longer prescribed to the sphere of St. James's or Grosvenor-square. Wealth is widely diffused, and education is not confined to the monk ish notions of the schools. Youth of both sexes are daily becoming more familiar with those arts and sciences which give the last refinement to civilization; and as they advance in intellectual enjoyment, so will society improve, and the mind of youth will not be driven, as heretofore, by unproductive excitement, to seek gratification in dissipation and vice!

By favor of modern courtesy, the galleries of the great collectors are now thrown open, and the lovers of pictures can contemplate the finest specimens of ancient painting at their leisure. Engraving can furnish us with exquisite copies of these works, with all their attributes in perfection, excepting that of colour. But the judicious taste of a master of the calcographic art, substitutes so rich and brilliant a chiaro-scuro, or rather abstracts it from the original which he copies, with so new and superior a perception, that a fine impression from a plate, wrought with consummate skill, possesses that peculiar and intrinsic merit which renders it a new work, and a valuable piece of art. Next to the delight of viewing a gallery of pictures, is that of turning over a collection of fine prints; and the true connoisseur will derive a mental treat from each, exactly proportioned to the sentiment conveyed by the respective performer in each art.

Mr. Cooke's Gallery of Engravings, we almost regard as the commencement of a new era in the English school of Topography. His works from Turner, and those exhibited in his rooms, on the first opening of his plan for the publication of prints, by the Le Keuxs, Pye, and some others of our first artists in the line manner. The beautiful specimens too of engraving in mezzotinto on steel, in the publication so aptly designated Gems of Art, and other specimens recently added to his collection, really make a powerful appeal to national patronage. We have repeated our visits to them of late, and earnestly recommend all our amateur friends, and those who are pleased to countenance our weekly efforts in the cause of art, the next time they spare a morning for a graphic treat, to devote an hour or two to Mr. Cooke's Gallery of Prints, where they may behold examples of English engraving, from the pictures of our own masters, and from those of the ancient schools, which have more of the true feeling of the originals, than have been produced in any works of former times: indeed, they may be termed new features in calcography.

The revival of connoisseurship is at hand. Every well-appointed family is becoming interested in the arts. Exhibitions encrease-all are frequented-and all succeed. The Marquis of Stafford's noble gallery is open; so is that of the Earl Grosvenor's. The nucleus of the proposed National Gallery, (the collection of the Desirous, then, of contributing our best services to late Mr. Angerstein, in Pall Mall) is open too--free to the Messrs. Cooke, for the spirit of enterprise which the public. We are informed that already more than led to the opening of this mart of art,-in respect for thirty thousand visitors have thronged to that exhibi- their professional talent, and that of the other distintion alone! There is a daily increasing impulse for guished engravers, whose names are subjoined, we shali such rational delights; the feeling is becoming na-print a list of the works already published, with the tional; and under the reign of our munificent sove- prices, that the world of taste may perceive that these reign, the arts must flourish! GEMS OF ART, and many succeeding gems, may beThe value of engravings, at such a period, will become the property of the amateur, at considerable less appreciated; for however great may be the increasing cost than one of the least of the original pictures, love of art, the possession of pictures of high price from which they are such admirable copies. must be confined to the few who have their thousands to spare. Original paintings, like original manuscripts, are rare; but the art of engraving and printing can multiply copies. By these inventions the world has become enlightened; for the works of the men of genius of one nation are thereby exchanged for those of another.

The munificence and liberality with which his Majesty, the Marquis of Stafford, the Earl Grosvenor, and other noblemen and gentlemen have supported this independent plan of the engravers, by granting the loan of the finest works, from their respective galleries, cannot be contemplated by the lovers of art, but with feelings of grateful respect. It is by these noble exam

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