. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. , when Governmentbought the collection of John Julius Angerstein, Esq., in1824. This formed the nucleus of our magnificent collec-tion. His gallery, at his house in Pall Mall, had long heldhigh rank among the private picture collectors, he havingtwo Murillos, for which he paid 3,500 guineas. The Dukeof Bridgewaters, the Marquis of Lansdownes, the two, orrather three, Hopes, Lord Radstocks, the Duke ofNorthumberlands, the Duke of Devonshires, and the 25 370 THE NINETEENTH CENTUR Y. Miniatures at Strawberry Hill, were all
. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. , when Governmentbought the collection of John Julius Angerstein, Esq., in1824. This formed the nucleus of our magnificent collec-tion. His gallery, at his house in Pall Mall, had long heldhigh rank among the private picture collectors, he havingtwo Murillos, for which he paid 3,500 guineas. The Dukeof Bridgewaters, the Marquis of Lansdownes, the two, orrather three, Hopes, Lord Radstocks, the Duke ofNorthumberlands, the Duke of Devonshires, and the 25 370 THE NINETEENTH CENTUR Y. Miniatures at Strawberry Hill, were all magnificent collec-tions ; whilst Mr. Charles Townley, at his residence ? inPark Lane, had the finest collection of antique statuesand busts, &c., in the world. These are now in the BritishMuseum. The principal painters of this decade, although numerous,do not represent a school likely to be perpetuated, al-though, as we read them, they are well known ; many arerespectable, two or three are famous. First must comeBenjamin West, President of the Royal Academy, who. DRAWING 1-ROM LIFE AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY —iSoS. then lived in Newman Street : and, indeed, if we look atthe addresses of these old painters, we find them veryhumble compared with the palatial habitations of some ofour modern painters. As a Master, West will never live,he was a respectable painter, but even in his own time, wasnot over belauded. There was James Barry, who was once professor ofpainting to the Academy, but was deposed, en plcin tour,because he could, or would, nut confine his lectures to theirproper subjects, besides being coarse and libellous. This PAINTERS. 37 i made Jiim hypochondriac, and he, besides, became poor—?a position somewhat alleviated by an annuity which wassubscribed for him. He died in 1806. His dwelling wasin Castle Street, Oxford Street. Henry Fuseli lived in Queen Anne Street, East. Hispictures were noted for the extravagance of their concep-tion, and their anatomy ; he delighted in
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