SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT'S PICTURES.
AMONG the effects of the late Sir GEORGE BEAUMONT, the sale of which is shortly to take place, are a number of landscapes painted by Sir GEORGE, whose attachment to and proficiency in that branch of fine art is well known. They display the taste and skill of the accomplished amateur, and evince a careful study of the best masters. Besides these, there are a few valuable works of ancient and modern art, which adorned the house in Grosvenor Square, and in particular the celebrated bas-relief of the Virgin and Christ, by MICHAEL ANGELO, which is yet in an unfinished state. It is a highly valuable and interesting specimen of that great sculptor's power in delineating the beautiful and graceful in nature, by means of the grandest style of art. We fancy that we perceive evidence of the facility with which he moulded the unyielding marble to the soft and rounded forms of infant flesh ; and it is curious to trace the chisel of the great master in the unfinished portions of the work. Mr. HAYDON'S large picture of Mead's is the most prominent among the pictures ; though there are several others worthy of notice. Amongst the portraits, is a very fine one of the poet COLERIDGE when young ; an admirable likeness, full of intellectual cha- racter.
The Exhibition of Pictures at the Royal Academy, Somerset House, will be noticed in our next Number.
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