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Newspaper
Champion
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 21, 1816
Page
3
The review praises Miss Mraay for simple style and emotional touch in Polly at the Beggar's Opera, hopes for public favor, and notes Mr Horn’s tasteful Arbaces singing but criticizes his nasal tone. Mr Ysaacs pleases, while Mr Broadwunst disappoints.
From The Italyn, the speaker recalls a departed beloved as not lost or mute. The poem depicts the lingering presence in dream, waking moments, and memories. The narrator dwells on the beloved's enduring beauty, smiling spirit, and guiding influence across sleep and dawn. The verses personify the spirit as a continual, gentle companion.
An antiquaries view on the wounded warrior statue once in the Ludovisi collection and now in Rome. The piece, often miscalled the Dying Gladiator, may depict a barbarian rather than a Roman. Evidence cited includes facial features hair collar and historical uses of collars by Gauls Parthians and others.
In a vigorous defense of rustic and local landscape painting, the writer challenges a June 1816 critique of the Somerset House exhibition. He argues for judging art by its own merits and sources, defending Flemish Dutch models and local scenes against calls for refined classical composition, and praises artists from Poussin to Turner while warning against narrowing taste.
The article debates whether a statue’s collar resembles Roman torques and armillas, noting Sabines wore bracelets on the left arm and inscriptions granting torques to soldiers. It cites a Roman medal showing triumphal regalia, but cautions the piece’s hair and features must still support a Roman attribution while praising antique sculpture.
The Duke of Cambridge arrived from Hanover and traveled via Berlin and France to Dover, landing Wednesday. Princess Mary and the Duke of Gloucester marriage is delayed until his arrival. The Princess Cuanzotte did not accompany Prince Lroroth to the Queen's Palace. Her Royal Highness is better but remains in her room.
A gentleman eloped with a seventeen year old heiress near Tuwsnipee Weis around nine am on Saturday. They fled with a chaise, pursued by the mother and a friend two hours later. Meanwhile a gasometer robbery near Westminster yielded corked bottles of air. A duel between a barber and a coach office tout over a waiting maid ended with two shots, one grazing the barber’s coat. The Amsterdam Price Current notes English princes bonds at 20 percent with accrued interest.
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