WITH "THE OLD MASTERS."
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!"