Wilkins, Mr. Nelson column at Yarmouth reviewed, 511. Worcester porcelain, 337. Wolsey, Cardinal, 6. Wright, of Derby, 21. Yarmouth, Nelson column at, reviewed, 511. Ciceroni, 539, Chapel at, 540. n. York Cathedral, Antiquities of, 489. review of ditto, 611. Zincke, 18, Zoffani, works by, 281. Zucchero, 7. London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. TRANSACTIONS AND OCCURRENCES OF XVI. ROYAL ACADEMY. -Election of two Academicians, 177. Public Funeral of Mr. West, 177. Election of a new HAND, SELECT INTELLIGENCE RELA- Valuable presentations to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 198. Works of Messrs. Sharp, Charles Heath, Dod- well, H. Moses, Inwood, Landseer, and SirThomas Lawrence, 199, 200. Diction- ary of Architects &c. 201. Wilkins's picture of the Battle of Hastings, 201. Paintings by Hogarth, 201. Works of Messrs.Sharp, Linton,Behnes and Rossi, 209. Egham new Church, 209. Lectures at the Academy, 210. Works of Signor Lupton's Poacher detected, 216. Por- trait of Thos. Moore, Esq. by Burnet, 216. The dead Soldier, by J. Heath, 216. The drowned Fisherman, by J. Heath, 217. Portrait of Thomas first Lord Clifford, by Scriven, 217. Illus- TO CORRESPONDENTS. The article signed Philographicus, complaining of a charge recently made against a respectable class of artists and engravers, was composed, corrected, and had nearly gone to press: but a counter-article has been received, saying the whole matter is referred to three artists of eminence, and that a satisfactory explanation will shortly appear. It was therefore conceived but proper to take it out for the present, and, if such explanation be not satisfactory, the article shall certainly appear in our next. The comparison between architecture and literature, and the account of the newly invented siderographic plan, in our next. Hortensius Tickle has not sent his promised reply. Mr. Fuseli's lectures, and other important articles, are postponed to our next from a want of room. ANNALS OF THE FINE ARTS. "I am no prophet, nor the son of a prophet; but I will venture to predict, that if ever the ancient, great and beautiful taste in painting revives, it will be in England."- RICHARDSON. ART. I. Some Experiments and Observations on the Colours used in Painting by the Ancients. By SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, L.L.D., F.R.S. TO THE EDITOR OF ANNALS OF THE FINE ARTS. MR. EDITOR, -I have accidentally met with the following most admirable paper in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society for 1815. It appears calculated to be of the greatest use to artists; and the name of the celebrated author must give additional weight to the result of his experiments. It will be well if the painters will attend to his sound advice about ochres, dark reds, and earths. The great Greek painters, says Sir Humphry Davy, like the most illustrious artists of the Roman and Venetian school, were probably, however, sparing in their use of florid tints in historical and moral painting, and produced their effects rather by the contrast of colouring, &c. &c. than brilliant drapery. But I ought not to anticipate, Mr. Editor, and must conclude by hoping Sir Humphry Davy |