co-operate with him; having now for many years performed the chief part of the execution of the engravings, to the reputation of which they have greatly contributed, by the exercise of abilities in all respects worthy of their esteemed coadjutor. Their superior talents will, doubtless, ensure to these gentlemen the honour and satisfaction of bringing to a successful termination, which is not far distant, this most splendid of graphic undertakings. The other proprietors were fellow-labourers but a short time. Mr Joseph Thomson, who alone had not been a pupil with the rest, fell the early victim of too ardent a genius; which was inflamed by an impassioned courtship, and a disposition eagerly ambitious of fame.""The next vacancy was occasioned by the injurious effects of too much application on the health of Mr Holloway's nephew, who was at length obliged to renounce sedentary for more active habits." *

As the magnitude and. expensiveness of the work became more and more apparent, the terms of subscription advanced; but such was the modest diffidence of the artists, that additions: were made at considerable intervals, before the price was ultimately fixed at ten guineas. +

A few years limited the stay of Mr Holloway and his associates at Windsor, a place rendered interesting by many favourable circumstances; for the Cartoons being removed to their original gallery at Hampton Court, thither the artists followed; and it was there that the first plate, which on its appearance gained immediate reputation, was published. After the lapse of several years at this palace, all the drawings were finished; during which time the Charge to Peter, the Death of Ananias, and the Punishment of Elymas, were presented to the public, with honours equal to the first plate.

The drawings being completed, forming a most faithful and

* Id. pp. 42-44.

+ In consequence of a recent publication, these monuments of the genius of Raphael will become more accessible to the admirers of the fine arts, as appears from the following notice :-"THE CARTOONS OF RAPHAEL--Messrs. Engelmann and Co. are publishing in lithography the series of these immortal works. There have hitherto been, to the best of our recollection, no engraved copies of them by modern artists, with the exception of the elaborate and very expensive series by Holloway, and a miniature copy. The old prints, although some of them are correctly outlined, were nevertheless finished in a cold and hard style. The production before us is well calculated, from its cheapness, to meet the patronage of that large class of the community who would possess good copies of the drawings; but who cannot afford the sum of ten guineas for each print, which is the price of Holloway's series. Our lithographic publishers have chosen one of the best to begin with. The Death of Ananias; and the artist, Mr Foggo, who has drawn it on the stone, has copied it with spirit and apparent fidelity.-If the originals remain in this country, or good copies exist of the lately-discovered tapestries completing the series, which were brought over from Spain and exhibited in London, Messrs Engelmann and Co. will of course not fail to add them to their present publication."-Atlas Newspaper for April 13, 1828.

valuable series of copies, the artists, now that the pictures were no longer essential to them, except for occasional consultation, removed to Edgefield in Norfolk; to which delightful village they were attracted by their love of perfect retirement, the probability of a reduction in their expenditure, and by the affectionate and superior society of some valued relatives, who had long been residents there. Through this circumstance they soon found themselves at home; but after sustaining for a considerable period the inconvenience of houses unsuitable for their large and increasing families, they were obliged, reluctantly, to make another change.

At Edgefield, the beautiful plate of the Miraculous Draught of Fishes, which supported to the fullest extent the credit of those preceding it, was finished, and soon after published. The desiredobject being at length obtained of eligible and contiguous habi, tations, Mr Holloway and his associates removed to Coltishall near Norwich; where, having had the pleasure to see the sixth engraving in advanced progress, and the only remaining one commenced, this excellent man, in February 1827, surrounded by the greater proportion of his nearest relatives, serenely closed a life which, for almost eighty years, had been devoted to usefulness and goodness.*

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Mr Holloway was never married; but we are informed that he "twice engaged in the bonds of affection. His first and most passionate attachment was harshly interrupted by the avarice of his intended father-in-law, who felt anxious that his daughter should elevate herself in the world by wealth. He never forgot this disappointment: he sometimes, in his familiar moments, said, he was not able to lose the impresssion of that last and hopeless look, which, with the poignancy of female sorrow, told him their separation was final. The second instance, which happened in the sober maturity of his years, was rather the effect of congenial religious sentiments than simple love; this, therefore, under the mask of the external attentions of courtship, first faded into friendship, and then yielded, on both sides, to the neutralizing circumstances of contrary situations in life. These events did not, as often is the result with others, produce misanthropic aversions, or subdue the natural cheerfulness of his disposition. He was always the polite advocate of the sex he sympathized with the affectionate mother, and was greatly attached to the society of children: his knees, as an uncle, were as much frequented as the lap of the tenderest and most indulgent fathers." *

CHEVALIER LEMOT.

FRANÇOIS FREDERIC LEMOT, a celebrated French statuary, was born in the city of Lyons, in 1773. He was originally destined for the profession of architecture, to which pursuit he applied himself at the academy of Besançon, and afterwards, about 1786, he removed to Paris, where he continued for some time to prosecute his studies in that art. A casual circumstance however diverted him from his purpose, and opened a new field for the exercise of his talents and industry. Walking one day in the park at Sceaux, he was so struck with Puget's Hercules, that he began to draw it from various points of view, and while thus occupied, he was observed by the sculptor Dejoux, who forthwith took him as a pupil. In 1790, he obtained the prize for sculpture, by his execution of a bas-relief of the Judgment of Solomon. He was then sent to Rome, which city he and the other pupils of the French academy were obliged to quit two years afterwards. On his return to Paris, he endeavoured to obtain assistance from the government for himself and his comrades; but scarcely had he succeeded in effecting this, when, just as he was about to return to Italy, he was involved in the requisition for the army, and obliged to join an artillery corps, (under the command of Pichegru,) in which he continued till 1795. It being then the intention of the government to erect a colossal statue on the Pont Neuf, representing the French nation under the figure of Hercules, Lemot was commissioned to execute it, and his model obtained approbation. The design however was afterwards abandoned, and the artist thus prevented from completing a work, that for its magnitude, would have been one of the most considerable ever attempted in modern times. He afterwards signalized himself by the grand bas-relief in the pediment of the façade of the Louvre, and various other productions. Among these may be mentioned the bas-relief of the Tribune of the Chamber of the Deputies, at Paris; a statue of Lycurgus; that of Leonidas, placed in the Hall of Deliberations of the Chamber of Peers; that of Cicero, which adorns the ancient Hall of the Tribunate; the colossal bust of Jean Bart, the celebrated French

mariner, in the Place d'Armes, at Dunkerk; a figure of Hebe; the statue of Murat, king of Naples; and especially the equestrian statues, (in bronze) of Henry IV, at Paris; and of Louis XIV, at Lyons.

The last-mentioned statue, particularly, is a noble performance, notwithstanding the incongruity of the costume; the artist having, in conformity with the absurd fashion of the seventeenth century, represented the monarch in armour, and a flowing periwig.

Lemot was a knight of the Legion of Honour, and of the Order of St Michael; a member of the fourth class of the Institute; and professor of sculpture at the Royal School of the Fine Arts. His death took place at Paris, on the 8th of May 1827, in the 54th year of his age.

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The merits of this artist were not confined to his professional productions, as he also employed himself in literary composition, and published, anonymously, a work, under the title of Voyage Pittoresque dans la Bocage de la Vendée, ou Vues de Clisson et de ces environs, dessinées, par C. Thiénon, avec une Notice sur le Chateau et la Ville de Clisson,' Paris, 1817, 4to.*

* Gent. Mag. N. S. vol. xx. part 2, pp. 472, 3;-Dictionnaire Historique, par M. le Gen. Beauvais, pp. 1677, 78.

REVEREND MARK NOBLE, F.S.A. L. & E. ·

SOME notice is especially due to the subject of this memoir, as one whose labours as an author were directed to the cultivation of biographical literature. Most of his publications (by no means insignificant for number or extent) relate to personal and family history, and tend to illustrate the annals of nations by reference to anecdotes and details concerning individuals belonging to different classes of society, and distinguished by circumstances of rank, character, talents, or fortune, from the general mass of mankind. Such researches as those to which Mr NOBLE chiefly devoted his attention, though inferior in point of dignity and importance to the toils of the historian who describes the fate of nations and revolutions of states and empires, are yet far from being devoid of interest or instruction. But the value of genealogical ond biographical memoirs materially depends on the degrees of accuracy, impartiality, and industry, exercised by the compiler; and in these indispensable qualities the biographer of Cromwell and the Stuarts was often lamentably deficient. He exhibited considerable industry and possessed variety of information, but he appears to have been destitute of the unwearied diligence and penetrating judgment necessary for the investigation of disputed allegations and the discovery of truth. Hence he has fallen into a multitude of mistakes, which tend peculiarly to deteriorate works whose merit must be in a great degree proportioned to the reliance that may be placed on the intelligence which they afford.

The following short notice of the productions of this writer, with the accompanying animadversions from a contemporary periodical publication, will serve to corroborate the preceding observations:

"Mr Noble was presented to his living (the rectory of Barming in Kent) by the King, in 1784. Residing in a country village, he creditably employed his leisure hours in genealogical and literary researches; and his works have procured for him the reputation of industry and application, if not of perspicuity and correctness. His first publication was 'Two Dissertations on the Mint and Coins of the Episcopal