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1783, No. IV. ROYAL. ACADEMY: Mr. West. The performances of this artist are as follow . No. 16, Design for the east window of St. George’s Chapel Windsor, c. 63, Portrait of his Majesty. 62, Oliver Cromwell ordering the mace to be taken away, when he expelled the Long Parliament. ee g3, Gen. Monck receiving King Charles Hi. on the Beach at Dover... The first of these works is indisputably the best; the Resurre@ion is well conceived ; «the Three Maries are in favor of the artist’s ability in composition ; the peed of the Apostles is also well expressed. .. The portait of his Majesty appears, as if it had been painted from any figure, on account of the awkward disposition of the arms’ and drapery ; and, by reason of thecarlet tinge on the complexion, one would conceive it had been chewed through the medium of lained gias.~— Had the yeomen attendants in the background been brought forward enough, this unnatural hue might have been ascribed to the reflection from their very-coloured doublets, and the ef fect been called a refinement in the science. The historical subjec of Oliver Cromwell or dering the whare to be taken away is not so well in design as execution, it being finished in his usual file of neat pencilling. The figure of Oliver carries with it an air of determina tion; but it wants’a characteristic violence. We are told by Hume, he ‘* stamped with his foot,’? as a signal for the soldiers to enter, when that memorable dissolution took place; he should therefore have been represented in that act as the one most favorable to the sub ject. The surprise of the Speaker is not ex pressed strong enough; there is also a defect in making Sir Harry Vane remain covered at the moment he is exclaiming again Cromwell’s roceedings ; the countenance is thereby con cealed, and the expression of the features in a great measure lof. The companion picture, on the subject of King Charles being received on his landing General Monk, is infinitely preferable, in point of compo sition, as well as propriety; the countenance and attitude of Moz are very fine; but Caries, making every allowance for his situation, has too little mayery in his appearance for a King. The boy, in the foreground, who has hold of the women, is out of all reasonable proportion, and seems like one of the race of dozens. Mr. Cooper. Mr. Copley’s portrait of Lord Mansfeld is an admirable performance: the likeness is very strong ; but there is rather too much vigour in the complexion for his Lordship. GUIDO.
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