16 JUNE 1832, Page 20

NEW PRINTS.

An artist named LFXASSEUR has been attempting to portray in li- thography the attitudes of the new dancers Brugnoli, Heberle, and Samengo ; but he has miserably failed. The fact is, that it requires the grace and facility of movement to carry off the bad effect of the ar- tificial and angular attitudes of the ballet : wonder as much as admira- tion contributes to our enjoyment of the impossibilities achieved by these artistes. But the draughtsman makes both figures and attitudes seem unnatural. Even CHALON'S Sketches of Taglioni were only clever failures : the dress is alone sufficient to spoil the line of the figure. SCHARF, whose prints of the Coronation, City Feast, and other crowded scenes, are well known, has published a lithograph of the Fancy Fair, lately held at Mr. Penn's house in Spring Gardens, for the benefit of the Charing Cross Hospital. It is a representation of that of the previous year ; but the arrangements of both being similar, the actual scene would be the same in its general features. This in- dustrious and talented artist has likewise given us a portrait of the gigantic Whale, whose tent has been pitched on the vacant ground at Charing Cross, from whence it is shortly to be removed ; the exhibi- tion having by this time closed. Besides the view of the skeleton, which is drawn with scientific accuracy, there is one of the enormous fish entire, as seen when it was first caught; and there are also two little vignettes on the same plate, showing the interior and exterior of his habitation. It is really an interesting print. This artist's practice in drawing anatomical and geological subjects, has rendered him peculiarly well qualified for his task; which he has performed admirably.

H. B.'s shafts are still directed against Reform. He represents Earl Grey and John Bull as Don Quixote and Sancho,—a palpable hit in the opinion of the Anti-Reformers : but the picture is not com- plete without the windmill—Wellington. "The New Reform Coach" going down hill, is a good idea also. The drag-cha'n has come off, and is lying in the road; and Wellington, passing by, directs the attention of Brougham, the guard, to it: but the vehicle pursues its dangerous speed along the narrow and winding descent; while the King, who is inside passenger, looks out, as if not quite satisfied of the prudence of Grey, the coachman. John Bull, on the roof, with his back to the horses, appears quite at ease; and O'Connell, beside him, flourishes a shilelah ; while .Althorp, in front, appears somewhat apprehensive, and Durham sits resolute on the box. It is a clever drawing of a coach and horses ; the cattle are particularly well sketched. The scene at Epsom, before the Derby, has capital portraits of Sir James Graham, Lord Althorp, the Dukes of Richmond and Rutland, and Mr. Stanley.. The fencing-bout between the gouty Lords Holland and Wynford, with their crutches, is amusing without being in the slightest degree offensive. Indeed, this good taste (hitherto quite unknown in a cari- caturist) is a peculiar feature of H. B.'s sketches : and if a want of cayenne in the satire and of richness in the humour be sometimes felt in his works, the deficiency is atoned for by the almost fastidious deli- cacy of his pencil.