We have received two etchings and three mezzotints published by
Mr. R. Dunthorno. "The Homeward-Bound Pennant" has the special interest of having been etched by the artist himself from his picture of " H.M.S. Nelson' Coming up the Mod way." It is a striking example of marine art. The man-of-war is being towed by a diminutive tug, so that all the delicate tracery of tho masts and rigging is displayed. One cannot help thinking what a loss to art it will be when the old-fashioned ship shall be definitely displaced by the modern " steam-kettles." Those are but as sign- posts compared to trees, objects almost equally beautiful, whether under the "full sail" of summer or the " baro poles " of winter. The other etching is executed by Mr. F. Sternberg, after Mr. C. P. Jacomb Hood's find picture of " Pauline." The manipulation of the satin drapery, which is made to shimmer in wonderful fashion, is noticeably good. The throe mezzotints are Mr. G. F. Watts's allegorical picture of " Love and Life," mezzotinted by Mr. R. S. Clouston ; "A Sussex Down," by Mr. Frank Short, after a sketch by Constable, a not very intelligible piece, the figure on the left seeming to stand up to the, knees in what looks like corn ; and "The Mouth of the Thames," also mezzo tinted by Mr. F. Short, after the picture by Turner. The locality is somewhere, beyond the Nom In the distance, on the south, the Kentish coast is seen receding towards the North Foreland, with an occasional glimpse of white cliffs. Something like a " half-gale " is blowing, the shipping havo their topsails furled, and there is a broken, angry sea. The effects of the light and the waves are very finely given.
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