FINE ARTS.
THE MEETING OF WELLINGTON AND BLUCHER AT
LA BELLE ALLIANCE.
A picture of this subject by Mr. T. J. Barker, intended for engraving by Mr. Lewis as a companion to the print of the Waterloo Banquet., is now on view at Mr. Moon's in Threadneedle Street. The costumes are stated to be authentic copies from the originals ; the horses are after portraits as well as the heroes ; and accuracy of fact and accessory seems to have been consulted throughout. This will give the engraving value in military eyes, and is a title to credit in all quarters ; but we cannot quite share in thinking it singular that the subject—though it be a cul- minating point in history—should not have received earlier artistic record. Two men taking off hats to each other—whether they be Wellington and Blucher, or such as Dr. Johnson's man, "whose hat was in his hand"— do not constitute the stuff of an historical picture.
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