NEW PRINTS.
Two out of the five engravings that we have just unrolled, are from designs by E. T. PARRIS,—namely, " First Affection," and the por- trait of Lady Blessington. Mr. Pamirs dresses up his pictures in so ornate a style, that we can no more find fault with them than with the last new plate of fashions in the Court elfayazine. To this class of beauties belongs the pretty-featured young lady, seated in a Gothic porch, with her work and her bird beside her, clasping a letter to her bosom, and with an engaging turn of the head seeming to "own the soft impeachment." Le PTON has engraved it in mezzotint very nicely ; and if it. does not realize the idea of a "fiat affection," it makes a very handsome print. The portrait of Lady Blessington, too, which pos- sessed no charms for RR, has evidently captivated the public, for it not only formed the frontispiece to the Book of Beauty, but here it is engraved in mezzotint, by GILLER, on a larger scale,—with the same smooth and solid amplitude of bust and bustle, and, if any thing, a more doll like prettiness of mouth and smoothness of cheek than in the small eqraving. " Cottage Musicians " is one of W. KIDD'S homely pictures of rustic life ; in which the artist's aim at least is praiseworthy. A father is solacing himself after his day's work with music ; accompanying his own voice on the fiddle,. his childree joining lustily in chorus. The subject is pleasing, and treated with simplicity—two great recommenda- tions. The features of the group are too hard and set,—a common fault in Mr. Kilns's pictures ; but the difficulty of representing persona singing makes even partial success meritorious. The candle-light on the faces is effective, and gives the scene reality. " Attack of a Baggage-waggon at Naseby," designed and etched by HENRY AIELLING, is intended .AS a companion-print to one of the " Retreat of a Baggage-waggon;' by the same artist. Like his first work, it is a spirited sketch, full of movement and bustle; and though the etching is more elaborate, the drawing of the figures is still too im- perfect. The horses are the best : Ouch action is capital.
The Eighth Plate of INsenre's " Studies from Nature," is a hand- some female face, with an open and placid look ; but having too strong a family resemblance to some of its predecessors both in character or face and its style of treatment.
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