graved by Woollett and others, not only established his reputation, but produced a revolution in the Art. So that modern dress has now become as familiar in fictitious as in real life; it being justly considered essential in painting modern history.

The engraving from his Wolfe has been often copied in France, Italy and Germany; and it may be said that in this picture the revolution in painting really originated. It would now be reckoned as preposterous in an artist to dress modern personages in Grecian or Roman habits, as it was before to give them the garb of the age and country to which they belonged.

The merit of Mr. West was early noticed and encouraged by the king; who took him into pay with a convenient salary, and the title of historical painter to his majesty. In this situation he has decorated the king's palaces, chapels and churches with most of those great pictures from the English history and from the Old and New Testament, which compose so considerable a portion of his works.

The following catalogue of his pictures was furnished me by Mr. West himself in the year 1802. It comprises only his principal productions in historical painting, and only his finished pictures; without mentioning his numerous portraits or his more numerous sketches and drawings.

The pictures marked thus * have been engraved. The ciphers express the size of the pictures. When the same subject is mentioned more than once, there is more than one picture on that subject.

*

IN THE QUEEN'S HOUSE.

Regulus departing from Rome. *Death of Wolfe.

* Death of Epaminondas.

* Death of chevalier Bayard.
* Cyrus, with a king and family
captives.

*Hannibal sworn when a child. Damsel accusing Peter. Apotheosis of the two young princes.

Germanicus, with Segestus and
his daughter prisoners.

IN THE KING'S APARTMENTS AT WINDSOR.
Edward III. crossing the Somme.
Edward III. crowning Ribemond

at Calais.

The Six Burgesses of Calais before Edward.

Battle of Cressy, Edward embracing his son.

Battle of Nevilcross.
Christ's Crucifixion.
The same on glass for the west
window of the church at
Windsor. 36 feet by 28.
Peter, John and women at the
Sepulchre.

St. George destroying the Dra- The same on glass for the east

gon.

Battle of Poictiers, king of

France prisoner to the Black
Prince.

window of the same church. 36 feet by 28.

The Angels appearing to the

Shepherds.

Institution of the Order of the Nativity of Christ.

Garter.

IN THE MARBLE GALLERY, WINDSOR CASTLE.

Kings presenting gifts to Christ.

Hymen dancing with the Hours before Peace and Plenty.

Boys with the insignia of the
Fine Arts.

Boys with the insignia of Riches.

IN THE KING'S CHAPEL AT WINDSOR.

A complete history of Revealed Religion, divided into four dispen

sations and comprised in thirty eight pictures.

Patriarchal Dispensation.

Death of Jacob, surrounded by 9 feet by 6.

Adam and Eve created.

his sons.

IN THE COLLECTION OF MR. BECKFORD.

Michael and his angels casting
out the Red Dragon and his
angels.

The Woman clothed with the
Sun.

John called to write the Apo

calypse.

The Beast rising out of the sea.
The mighty Angel, one foot on

sea the other on land. St. Anthony of Padua. The Madre Dolorosa.

Simeon with the Child in his

arms.

Landscape, with a Hunt in the back ground.

Abraham and Isaac going to
sacrifice.

Thomas a Becket.
Angel in the Sun.

Order of the Garter, differing
in composition from that at
Windsor.

IN THE COLLECTION OF EARL GROSVENOR.

The Shunamite's son raised to

life by Elisha.

Jacob blessing the sons of Joseph.

* Death of Wolfe.

* Battle of Lahogue.

* Battle of the Boyne.

*Restoration of Charles II.

* Cromwell dissolving the par

liament.

The Golden Age.

General Wolfe when a boy.

IN THE HISTORICAL GALLERY, PALLMALL.

Citizens of London offering the crown to William the Conqueror.

The Queen soliciting king Henry to pardon her son John.

IN DIFFERENT CHURCHES.

Michael chaining the Dragon.
Angels announcing the birth of
Christ.

St. Stephen stoned to death.
Raising of Lazarus.

Paul shaking off the Viper.
The last Supper.

Resurrection of Christ.
Peter denying Christ.
Moses showing the Brazen Ser-
pent.
John seeing the Lamb of God.
A mother leading her children
to the Temple of Virtue.

IN VARIOUS COLLECTIONS.

Lord Clive taking the duany Venus presenting her cestus to from the Mogui.

The same.

Juno.

Rinaldo and Armida.

Christ receiving the Sick. Penn- Pharaoh's Daughter with the sylvania hospital.

* Leonidas exiling Cleombrutus

and family.

child Moses.

The stolen Kiss.
Angelica and Madora.

The two Marys at the Sepul- Woman of Samaria at the well

* Savage Warrior taking leave of King Lear and his daughters.

his family.

Venus and Cupid.

Beggar.

Belisarius and the Boy.

Sir Francis Baring and family.

Alfred dividing his loaf with the * Mr. West and family.

Helen presented to Paris.

Cupid stung by a bee.

Simeon and the Child.

*William Penn treating with the Savages.

A Mother and Child.

Jupiter and Semele.

Petus and Arria.

Venus and Cupid smiling at Europa when Jupiter had left her. Rebecca coming to Jacob.

*

IN THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT FULTON. Ophelia distracted, before the King Iar in the storm. king and queen.

IN MR. WEST'S OWN COLLECTION.

Hector taking leave of his Wife

and Child.

Elisha raising the Shunamite's The return of Tobias.

Son.

The raising of Lazarus.
Macbeth and the Witches.

Return of the Prodigal Son.
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