17 DECEMBER 1831, Page 21

At the second meeting for the season of the City

of London Artists 'and Amateurs Conversazione, at the London Coffeehouse, Ludgate Hill, on Thursday evening, we had the gratification of looking over the pencil sketches made in Venice, Prague, Dresden, and other Continental cities, by PROUT during his last tour ; some of which have been engraved in the Continental Annual. They are wonderful examples of the skill with which beautiful effects, combined with mi- nute fidelity of form, are produced by means of the black-lead pencil only. There was also an unique set of chessmen, designed and model- led by FLAxmAx, consisting of exquisitely beautiful figures in various attitudes and costumes ; which realized all that we could fancy from the union of grace and quaintness.