FINE ARTS.
BUST OF WILBERFORCE.
WE have seen a bust of WILBERFORCE, modelled by Mr. JOSEPH the sculptor, who was the companion of the venerable philanthropist for several weeks previous to his decease. It is a very striking and characteristic resemblance. It is no tumid piece of flattery, but a bold and fiiithful identity. It has what most modern busts want, a strong individuality. Not only is the benevolent character of the original vividly expressed, but the peculiar look of the eyes, denoting that quick perception of the ludicrous which marked his character. Had WIL- BERFORCE not been equally benevolent in his private feelings as in his public actions, he would have been a wit and a satirist. The form ar.d marking of the forehead remind one of STERNE.
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