29 AUGUST 1840, Page 12

MODEL OE HOBART TOWN. feet to dney

AN extensive model of Hobart Town,noi:tis to/fletbsiesarlelaocfe attnrdenotIsy one inch, with two small moving panora are now exhibited at the Sul101k Street Gallery, by Mr. G. Pxcx, the ingenious artist, who was occupied four years in constructing the model.

The effect is very striking. On entering the room the snow-crowned summit of Mount Welli»g ton first attract the eye ; which then descends to the undulating ground at its base, over which the town is spread, The houses resemble those of an English watering-place, but they are more widely scattered the streets, sixty feet wide, intersecting each other :a right angles, alai every house having ample garden-ground at the back. This gives the place an airy, cheerful, and rural aspect; ;mil thoneb at first it :mobs to lessen the importance of the buildings by diminishing their arparent elevatiou. a little reflection soon conyinejs yon that they are of ale ordinary of those in provincial towns in thi it count re. The churches appear to most advantage, on account of their spire; ; but the Covernment-houtt:e and some private dwellings are handsome buildings, though without any architectural pretensions. It requires a knowledge of the fact, however, to faney the latle puddle of 0 real water " a magnificent natural harbour, capable of tioatiog vestmls of the largest size up to the side of the quays. With all the disadvantages attending the literal minuteness of a model—the number of' little parts that are obtruded on the attention at once preventing any thing. like a grand and impressive whole—there is no mode of representing the entire of' an actual reality So distinct and demonstrative : it presents a mass of facts ii it palpable shape ; giving not only the agprepate, but all the details of which it is composed. A picture represents the scene front one point of view only ; in a model, von see it. in every direction : you traverse a place as you would trace as plan in a map, and survey the inequalities of the ground as if you were actually going or el' it, Ii ow satisllictory to those \V ho have friends and connexions in Hobart Town, to see the situation and appearance of the very houses where they dwell, and thread the streets of the town and the different places where they resort The houses are principally stuccoed ; but many are of red brick, some of stone, and others of wood : the roofs even of the churches tire almost all of " shingle," or weather-boarding, though they have the appearance of slate ; only one or two buildings are tiled. The streets—the longest, Macquarrie Street, is a utile and a half in length—look longer from their straightness; and if bordered with trees would form fine promenades. The outskirts, and what is called the West-end of the town, also are pleasant ; and the general impression is that of homeliness, comfort, and prosperity. That a town of' I 2,:11 II inballitauts should have sprung up in fifty years, and have it. the:Ore6 1111d other places of amusement at the very anti- podes to the country that furnished its inhabitants, is no longer matter for surprise. The two panoramic views, though very slight and having no preten- sions as works of art, serve to illustrate some of the characteristic features of the scenery ; and that of Hobart Town assists in realizing the idea of the place by presenting such It general picture of the sur- rounding country as the eye would receive at a passing glance; the shores are richly wooded, and pleasingly diversified in form. The appearance of' I:Iydney, however, cannot fairly be judged of from the view, which is insufficiently sketchy.