Vandyke's _Duchess de St. Croix_ has been cleverly copied by Mr. Boden
and Mr. Faulkner; the latter gentleman has well imitated the color and
the beautiful finish of the original. Messrs. Frisk, Child, Howell
and M'Call have likewise made clever copies of this _chef d'oeuvre_
of art. Many bold efforts have been made to copy Hobbima's large
_Landscape_; Mr. Laporte's is the most complete, though not quite
spirited enough in the handling. _The Spanish Gentleman_, by
Velasquez, has engaged the pencils of numerous artists, though they
have not all been so successful as could have been wished; Messrs.
Inskipp, Frisk, Morton and Child have produced the best _fac similes_.
The _Lime Kiln_, by the younger Teniers, has been carefully studied
by Mr. Gill, &c.; and Messrs. M'Call and Morton, have executed the
finest studies from _Innocent X._, by Velasquez. _The Embarkation_,
by Claude, is extremely well imitated in Mr. Cartwright's copy; and
the _Virgin and Child_, which is one of Julio Romano's best works,
has met with due attention from Mr. Farrier, and others. Mr. Novice
has executed the only copy from DeHooge's fine picture--_A Dutch
Family preparing for a Walk_; and Messrs. Foster and Earl display
considerable talent in their copies from the _Landscape and Cattle_,
by Cuyp. Other admirable works by Guido, Rubens, Bassan, Ruysdael,
Vanderneer, and Canaletta, have met with a host of imitators, from
whose talents we may anticipate, at no distant period, pictorial
excellency of the first order. I should discover a want of gallantry,
and, indeed, be most unjust, were I not to say that the ladies, in
nearly all their undertakings, have exerted their utmost to excel;
those especially, who have executed copies in water colours deserve
the highest recommendation.

G.W.N.