A Hundred Years Ago
THE " SPECTATOR," APRIL 4TH, 1829.
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Mr. Burnett has just publishod, an, engraving, by himself,from his picture of the " Shipwrecked Family " ; which is very, effective for- the most part., though the grouping is too deficient in hannonY to make it easy to embrace the whelp -subject- without an attentive examination. As the subject is one that speaks directly to the heart, the artist could not have been too simple in his treatment of it; The error, however, has afforded him scope for a greater variety of character ; and he has need it in this way to considerable advantage, particularly in introducing the little episode in the background, where the youth is occupied in examining the state of the wreck through a telescope. AO an engraving, this plate disPlays spirit, and is executed with -a rme 'breadth that - makes the detail' very effective. There might, perhaps, have been given a -more relief to the shipwrecked foreigner ; though, by the subject being divided into two parts, it is possible that such. an effect might give too great a- prominence to the man at the expense of the interest which rests npon the females:
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