. Aedes Althorpianae; or, Account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp; the residence of George John, earl Spencer, To which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. oung man is there represented as one of the group of grand-children behind the old men. Bought at Rome, by the presentEarl Spencer. A Farm Yard, by Hondekoeter.—A magnificent and wellpainted picture of various fowl. From the Duchess of Marl-boroughs Collection. A Head of a Woman as Psyche.—A noble specimen of theRoman School. By whom painted is not decided—but no onecan doubt that the artist, whoever h
. Aedes Althorpianae; or, Account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp; the residence of George John, earl Spencer, To which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. oung man is there represented as one of the group of grand-children behind the old men. Bought at Rome, by the presentEarl Spencer. A Farm Yard, by Hondekoeter.—A magnificent and wellpainted picture of various fowl. From the Duchess of Marl-boroughs Collection. A Head of a Woman as Psyche.—A noble specimen of theRoman School. By whom painted is not decided—but no onecan doubt that the artist, whoever he may have been, ranks veryhigh among the great masters of that school. Bought at Rome,by John, first Earl Spencer. A Boys Head. An antique encaustic painting. The inscrip-tion in gilt letters, upon the mahogany frame by which thiscurious tieasure is surrounded, is as follows; An AncientEncaustic Painting, found on the walls of a sepulchral Chambernear Beneventum; first opened for the gratification of Gcor-giana, Countess Dotvager Spencer, and cut out from thence,under her inspection, in 1793, with the pel-mission of FerdinandIV. King of Naples and Sicily. Without such an authentic. s*,-<K» FiT?L-T,n: ^-AFFAEILILE. riililislifil /or ilie / THE DINING ROOM. 11 attestation, the spectator might doubt the genuineness of this ex-traordinary performance; which lias all the freshness and force ofa subject of yesterdays execution. Something like a similar spe-cimen of ancient art will be found in Cayluss Recneil dAnti-quites Egyptiennes, Etrusques, Gr. et Rom. vol. i. p. 153, pi. Lvi. A Descent from the Cross, by Sebastian Bourdon.—Astriking and expressive representation of this awful scene. Thelight, brought to bear wholly on the principal figure, is veryhappily managed. The painter appears to have taken Poussinas his model while composing this picture, and certainly has notbeen unsuccessful in his imitation of him. From the SunderlandColle
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