SCHARF has completed his series of Six Views of the
Zoological Gar.. dens, which are stitched up in a wrapper characteristically pictured. In addition to the four we previously noticed, there arc the Chim- panzee—which is just now the most interesting object—and the Camels and their house.—a very picturesque view. The subjects and the points of sight are judiciously selected, and the different buildings and animals are very accurately delineated. The animation of the scene on a fine day, when the gardens are thronged, is also well represented; though the atmosphere is somewhat misty, and the sun-light of the coldest ; and some of the visiters, moreover, have phizzes of comical good-nature. But these prints ought not to be examined too closely: when we have so few artists who can sketch populous scenes at all tolerably, we should not be fastidious with homely sketches which have the great merit of being faithful pictures of the several localities,—espe- cially when we see how TURNER and other eminent artists people their landscapes.
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