PATTEN'S PORTRAIT OF PRINCE ALBERT.
AsarnEit " authentic" likeness of Prince Albert, to procure which the artist made a journey to Gotha, has this week drawn crowds of visiters to Messrs. Ilonesox and GRAVEs'S, in Pall Mall; where the picture has been exhibited, previous to its being engraved. It is an oil- painting, the figure half-length, and of the life size. The Prince wears a Prussian uniform ; and in the background are seen the Palace at Gotha and the Protestant Church. The face is shown in a front view, and the expression is agreeable : its lineaments differ slightly from those of Mr. Ross's miniature, the nose being Roman rather than aqui- line, the eyes more gray than blue, and neither so large nor so brilliant as in LANE'S lithograph : the moustache, too, is less formidable. Mr. PA'TEN'S execution is forcible and clever : the colouring struck us as being opaque, and the handling too smooth ; but it hardly challenges criticism as a work of art.
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