FINE ARTS.
CHALON.9 portrait of the Queen has gained for Lim the appointment of Portrait Painter in Water Colours to her Majesty; an honour that his rank in this branch of the profession eminently entitles him to. No artist is so happy in treating female costume as CHALON ; but he has something better than taste in millinery and in the "making-up " of a picture to boast of,—though this may have contributed materially to his success as a fashionable limner. His likenesses are forcible and striking, and hove an sir of ton that may be characteristic of most of his sitters : this, however, is apt to degenerate into affectation,--a fault that the artist has nevertheless avoided in his portrait of Queen VicroniA, and we hope will eschew in others also. Blill NES has been appointed Sculptor to the Queen. He is known chiefly by his busts and statues,—.indeed there is little encouragement for anything else ; but in this class of artists he is among the foremost of the day. His statue of Dr. BAnttruTers is now erected in St. Paul's, where it is seen to due advantage—especially- under the light of an afternoon sun ; and it looks infinitely better than it did in the Exhibition. It has au air of dignified simplicity, and the likeness is characteristic and animated. The attention is attracted in the first instance to the head; the rest of the figure being subordinate in the ensemble. This is a rare merit in statuary. The modern dress, with the professor's robe over it, looks graceful; and the figure is distinctly shown underneath without violating the truth of costume.
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