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ROYAL ACADEMY;(CONTIKTJED.) . ' .NO 73* The Expiation of Orestes; R. Westall, R. A.—A beautiful and brilliant piece of colouring i the subject conceived and executed with great spirit and expression. - **lt;. ''No. 75. Hallows E*eu, vide Burns’s Poems; Jv Ibbetson.—This picture contains many interesting small figures, beauiifully made out, and is .exceedingly amusing, and descriptive of rustic maimers ip that part of the country where the scene is laid.No. 76. Loggs-hill, Kent', S. W.'Reynolds.— We are sorry we cannot compliment this picture, as we have done that of Morning.No. 7. by the.same Artist. The heavy .grey of thd sky, and extreme darkness of'the-distant l^ills, injure the effect, of th$ fore-ground,, This tooweconceive mighthave\been . much improved, by one smart, catching.l|ghi;in the center which would have corresponded with the iHu* mination of the figurcs. It. is in a great measure for ; want of such a gleam on tiie fbre-ground/that the ' eye is called off to the harsh clouds-above. .. The whole appears better conceived than studied^ and betrays marks of.haste.No. 77• The Deluge; B. West* R. A.— a grandeur and sublimity in this picture nncom?j^ly : striking and impressive. The drowned figures and snake are aweful indications of the recent devastation , which the overspreading waters have occasioned, The Ark and Raven in deep repose,' anH neax'at^ hand the dove, with the w elcome sign oftheabating waters, in strong and sudden illumipationj are finely contrasted, and present the subject in all its dignity to the attentive eye, which rests with growing interest on the various objects, that so'well combine to characterize this scene of horror.No. 73. Portrait of Master Smith; J. Hoppner,R. A. This is a well coloured picture, and is likethe Artist’s productions in general, a good exaibpie of light - shade, tt is much in the spirit and sty le of the late Sir Joshua Reynolds. . . v \.79. Portrait of a. Lady; Hlt; ThoiRSOn, R» with a quotation— .“ Gaiety’s notalways PbHy, *“ Nor ev’ry owl-like Visage wise.” is a. sprightly figure, suited to the idea conveyed in these lines, and well opposed to the. owl introduced in one corner.' 'No. 82. Portrait of the Right Htpt, C* J. Eo$ i J. Opie, R. A.—A very strong likeness.No. 83. Mary Magdalen, and the other Maty: at the Sepulchre-, B. West, R. A.—We (^pttpt give the same unqualified approbation, to this picture as- to ' that of the Deluge. The angel has a degree pf the-africal violence in his atti'tuje, and his^ Ipok seems better suited to strike terror into p£Sepulijhre, than to admiuisrer^c6ffbl afiOpXtb't he pious women Whom he here appears* points of time referred toand as Mr. West in this i nstMc^-fe^^hc view,# we are incKned^to thipk the Celest^Bcln|^ should be represented as mddlyadnmnishi^ humble Difcciples that thtitV % hbt ifjiere but that he is riseh/^; to cotne and see' the plgcc? : appears to be repulsing them Keep^s-'teOj-' if.intsoduc*d at all, sHduldj$iwdyvh»ve appeared insensible, having 'so merit, become,as dead hen*Aogel top, appear^ .small io.other leg,. -of toY rest Eigrire, ra^S%hittlfore-Shortened,asTnleoded^ythe Painter. ... ''No. j84« Flew) /ram Nature'i W. S^Reynpldi.—' A spirited picture j but here, as in that* of Hill, the Iky is rather violent, and thejdisfai1^^;* too deep a tone.. The fore-grourid is’ not without^ merit, and th^ltgures have a brilliant effect.. ’No. 85.' AC at tage Girl; M. A. Sheep'R.This picture gives a Very intere^ing delineatiqp;,of: rustic character, uniting all the various £xcellenpes whichhave combined to raise the Artist to dcserved eminence in his profession. ,Nb. 86. The Expulsion of Adam and Ewe from Paradise;B. West, R. A.—This picture has a modi'* more agreeable tone of; colouring than the prec^fhg one by the same Artist. The attitudes are wfclicon-ceivpd, and free from that extravagance which we remarked in the angel at the sepulchre. The'effect of the sky is grand, and calculated to illustrate the 'Subject. ... No. 88. Inside of. a Windmill; S. W. Reynolds.-—A close and undoubted copy of Nature, With a ' very clear, srriking, and singular effect, no Way liable to the objection of heaviness, as the twpTast ■ by this gentleman, the parts being well made out, the scene hollow, and the appearance of the distant ‘country through the window, peculiarly well ex-'pressed.No. 00. The Reconciliation of Helen and Paris, after his defeat hy Menelaus; R. Westalf, :R.* A-—An interesting subject. The colouring is remarkably clear and brilliant, and all the parts are well studied. The folds of Helen’s drapery, are,.perhaps, ' rather too strait, and some variety; of tdrtf might . have been advantageous to the Tigure,:prtless Mr. Wes tall dies%nedby the power of contrast, ta sct off to greater advantage the varied position*of the enamoured Paris, whose countenance and action are highly expressive.( To he continued,)
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