At Burlington House.--Real treat. No. 6. Portrait of CHARLES DIBDIN, the
Nautical Poet and Songster. Painted by Sir WILLIAM BEECHEY, R.A.
Appropriate, a "_Beechey Head_."
No. 11. "_Girl Sketching._" By Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A. Everybody knows
that the sun stood still for JOSHUA; here you may see how, for Sir JOSHUA,
the daughter stood still.
No. 36. Our old friend, "_A Chat round the Brasero_." By PHILLIP OF SPAIN,
_i.e._, JOHN PHILLIP, R.A. It ought to have been called "_A Good Story_."
No chatting is going on, but the worthy _padre_ has just told them a story
which, like the picture itself, is full of local colour. The _padre_ has
given a "Phillip" to the conversation.
No. 43. "_Portrait of an Actor._" By ZOFFANY, R.A. Who is the Actor? The
Painter we know; but the Actor--? "_Ars longa, vita brevis_"--and "then is
heard no more."
No. 48. Another Portrait of another Actor. By ZOFFANY. Name! Name! Did they
both appear for "one night only"--come "like shadows, so depart"?
No. 75. "_Portrait of a Lady_"--an old lady, but such an old lady! By
REMBRANDT. What a cap! What a frill! What a pocket-handkerchief! Delighted
to see such a specimen of "Old Dutch!" Homely old Dutchess!
No. 78. "_The Fishmonger._" By VAN OSTADE. The fish as fresh to-day as when
it was originally bought.
No. 109. Wonderful! VAN DYCK'S "_Burgomaster Triest_." As the eminent
critic and punster, JOSEPH VON MÜLLER, observed to VAN DYCK, "DYCK, my boy,
thou wilt never paint a better than this _Burgomaster of Triest_ if thou
Tri-est ever so!"
Then quoth my companion, "Come to the BLAKE Collection." Ahem! Into the
Black-and-White Room. Ugh!... "That way madness lies." No more to-day,
thank you.
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BEASTLY SUPERIORITY.--(_Konundrum by the "Boxing Kangaroo," on hearing of
the "Wrestling Lion."_)--What is tamer than a tame lion? Why, of course, a
Lion Tamer.
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