22 DECEMBER 1832, Page 20

At the City Conversazione on Thursday, a very fine portrait

of Paganini, by Mr. GEORGE PATTEN, was exhibited: It is not merely the best likeness of the Signor—it is the man himself. The picture is a half-length, of the size of life, and is powerfully painted, in a bold and masterly style, with elaborate finigh, and a rich deep tone of colour- ing. The head and face are especially admirable. It only wants some of the fire which lights up the face of the " God of the Fiddle" when he is playing; and which the painter could only catch at the moment.