249. A Scene on the Rhine, with a Float of Timber. R. Freebairn. SUPERIOR to Mr. Freebairn's large picture; where the effect is weakened by too minute a finish. The present is a beautiful little bit of landscape; the water and boats are happily touched. Purchased by Edward Rogers, Esq. 253. A Landscape. S. Drummond. THIS may be called a stiff and sombre painting, but there are parts about it extremely well executed. A depth of shadow, and freedom of handling, render it no uninteresting picture to the connoisseur. The figures in the foreground are well conceived and executed. 255. A Landscape. S. W. Reynolds. WHAT, some will remark, can there possibly be interesting in this dull composition-where clouds, smoke, and dust, are all indiscriminately convolved! I answer, much: an astonishing freedom of pencilling, and considerable knowledge of the chiaro oscuro, may be disco vered in this picture. To a young beginner it is full of instruction. the Distance. 259. A Landscape, with a Waterfall in B. Barker. UNDOUBTEDLY this is, upon the whole, a fine picture; the background, in which a cataract tumbles from a lofty mountain, losing itself in mist, is the best executed feature in the landscape. The foreground, especially the cattle, wants force, because nature has not been accurately studied. The cows are not happily executed. Purchased by Sir Oswald Moseley, Bart. 265. A Landscape with Sheep. C. Cramer. A VERY beautiful little picture. The shepherd's boy, the cattle, and particularly the back ground, evince much taste and accuracy of observation. Purchased by the Marquis of Stafford. 269. A Landscape with Cattle, from Na ture. VOL. II. B. Barker. THIS is much superior to the preceding picture of Mr. Barker: and may be called a grand and beautiful composition. Purchased by E. Loveden Loveden, Esq. M.P. 270. A Landscape and Figures, from Gesner's Death of Abel, Rich. Corbould. ON close examination this will appear to be a scientific composition. The branches of the tree, so prominent in the foreground, are touched with a freedom and force truly admirable: and though nature seems to put on, in this region, a sombre hue, she apologises, by the magnificence of her productions, for the want of harmonious tints. The figures are very interesting; and the atmosphere is well managed. Purchased by Lord Ribblesdale. 274. Interior of a Wood, P. Reinagle. THERE is an air of solitary grandeur about this picture, which cannot fail to interest those who are fond of retired and solemn scenery. To the left, in the fore ground, a stag is quietly grazing: the only animal exhibited. The trees are touched in an artist-like manner. 279. Scene on the Banks of the Jumna, near Delhi. T. Daniell. A MAGNIFICENT composition in the usual style of this celebrated artist. The tone of colouring is tender, and the whole scenery seems to be a happy representation of nature, 287. Civita Castellana. R. R. Reinagle. A VERY beautiful and classical composition, somewhat in the style of Zuccarelli. The landscape seems true Italian. Mr. Reinagle is forming his taste on very correct principles, and successfully exhibits, to the eye of an Englishman, the trees, mountains, and rivers of Italy. The tone of colouring is warm but natural. Purchased by Viscount Ashbrook, |