WOOD.

PSYCHE.

PSYCHE, the beauteous yet unconscious rival of Venus and the involuntary bride of the young God of Love, was conveyed, by command of that omnipotent Deity, to the Island of Pleasure, there to accomplish her mysterious destiny. Aware, from the tenor of the Oracle, that a supremely powerful though invisible intelligence controlled all her actions, an indefinable dread pervaded her imagination, and the obsequious Zephyrs, whom Cupid instructed to waft his elected bride to the bowers of bliss, found her overwhelmed with vague apprehension and dismay. Their first endeavours were directed to dispel the groundless terrors of the lovely maiden,

And then as Cupid will'd, with tenderest care
From the tall rock where weeping she was laid,
With gliding motion through the yielding air

To Pleasure's blooming isle their lovely charge they bear.

Mrs. TIGHE'S, Psyche.

In transferring this incident to his canvass the painter has successfully seized the spirit of the elegant and ingenious allegory. A graceful composition skilfully displaying the most pleasing forms of youth and beauty, sustained by correct and careful delineation, and a scientific combination of colour, and light and shade, merited, and has obtained, the gratifying meed of public approbation.

It is the production of a young Artist rapidly rising in his arduous profession, and is the property of-Whiting Esq. of Maida Vale; it has been engraved for one of the embellished annual publications which have been recently so fashionable.

COPLEY.

MORT DE LORD CHATHAM.

On rapporte que la fin de ce grand homme d'état fut avancée par l'anxiété qu'il éprouva lors des débats qui eurent lieu au sujet de la guerre d'Amérique. Le 7 avril 1778, une discussion animée s'éleva dans la Chambre des Lords; lord Chatham, prenant le plus haut intérêt à la question, se lève tout ému pour parler une seconde fois; mais sa voix expire sur ses lèvres, il s'évanouit; on le transporte chez lui dans un état complet de faiblesse, et il mourut le 11 mai suivant.

Copley a représenté l'orateur supporté à sa gauche par le duc de Cumberland; près de lui est le duc de Portland, les comtes Temple et Shelburne; le vicomte Mahon soutient les pieds du lord. Devant lui sont le comte actuel de Chatham, et ses frères Guillaume et Jacques Pitt. Dans le groupe qui forme le centre, se trouvent les vicomtes Dudley et Ward, le comte de Dartmouth, lord Amherst, le comte de Sandwich et le comte Gower. A gauche, on voit les évêques de Peterborough et de St-Asaph. Le lord-chancelier Bathurst est debout devant le sac de laine; lord Mansfield est assis près de lui. Derrière ce dernier, Markman, archevêque d'York, cause avec le baron Skinner. Près du trône, sont le procureur et le solliciteur général, Thurlow et Wedderburne, les lords North, G. Germaine, etc., etc. Le groupe de droite se compose du duc de Richmond, tenant un rouleau de papier, du marquis de Rockingham, et des comtes Spencer, Fitz-William et Besborough.

Ce tableau, plein d'intérêt et peint avec soin, fut présenté au gouvernement anglais par le comte de Liverpool. Il a été gravé par Bartolozzi.

7 pieds 4 pouces, sur 9 pieds 4 pouces ¦.

COPLEY.

DEATH OF LORD CHATHAM.

THE death of this eminent Statesman was probably hastened by his anxiety on the subject of the American war. — On the 7th. April 1778, an animated debate ensued in the House of Lords; Lord Chatham took a deep interest in the discussion, and had risen to speak a second time, when his voice suddenly faultered and he fainted, he was conveyed to his house in a state of exhaustion and died May 11th.

Copley has represented the fainting Orator supported on his left by the Duke of Cumberland, near him are the Duke of Portland, Earls Temple and Shelburne : Viscount Mahon supports Lord Chatham's feet; beyond him are the present Earl of Chatham, and his brothers, William and James Pitt. The prominent group near the centre is composed of Viscount Dudley and Ward, Earl of Dartmouth, Lord Amherst, Earl of Sandwich and Earl Gower. On the left are the Bishops of Peterborough and St. Asaph. The Lord Chancellor Bathurst is standing before the woolsack; near him is Lord Mansfield seated; behind the latter nobleman, Markham, archbishop of York, is conversing with Chief Baron Skinner. In the space near the Throne, are the Attorney and Solicitor general, Thurlow and Wedderburne, Lords North, G. Germaine, etc., etc, The group on the right of the foreground consists of the Duke of Richmond holding a roll of paper, the Marquis of Rockingham, and Earls Spencer, Fitz-William and Besborough.

This interesting and carefully painted picture was presented to the British Nation by the late Earl of Liverpool. It has been engraved by Bartolozzi.