31INIATURE PORTRAIT OF THE KING.
IVE had an opportunity the other day of seeing a miniature portrait of the King—a three-qua, ter length, painted on ivory—by a young artist named HAMBURGER. The picture, we understood, is not to be ex- hibited; its merits, however, ought not to be passed over. As a like- ness, it is decidedly the best that we have seen of WILLIAM the Fourth; being at once agreeable and characteristic. The head is modelled in a masterly manner: the features of the face are in repose, and yet the look is animated. The execution too is otherwise admirable. It is painted in a broad and forcible manner, resembling more the power and boldness of oil in freedom of touch and brilliancy of tone, than the stippling of miniature, yet as highly finished as can be desired.
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