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addrefs himfelf on account of them, he preferves them until a more favourable oppor-tunity may allow of their proceeding to their dedination. Events having happened to an-nul every fuch expectation, we are ignorant of what has become of them *. A bud inbas relief of thePrince-royal is the mod driking refemblance that poffibly can be. It wouldbe difficult to find an edabliffiment more commodious or more complete than that oc-cupied by this artid; he has fome charming paintings, modly of the French fchool;he places great value on the head of an old man, by Guido, and a Cupid playing witha Satyr, by Carlo Cignani . The figure of Love is beautiful. lie is in poffeffion of anantique flatue of a fawn which he prizes highly; it is Handing with its legs acrofs, lean-ing againd the trunk of a tree, at the foot of which lays a young child ; the head as wellas the right arm have been repaired,the remainder isin the highefl prefervation. Mr.Ser-gell joins to his eminent talent for execution, that of converting on his art in the mod en-gaging and indrudive manner; and what in our edeem is a great merit, he fpeaks withequal complaifance to artids, and thofe who have no other title to his notice than a de-fire of information or mere curiodty ; a fingular merit even among artids of the fecond-ary damp, much more in a man of fuch fuperior abilities.
Mr. Defpres , a Frenchman, a painter and architect: the King meeting with him atRome in 1784, engaged him in his fervice. He has the fuperintendance of the fceneryand dreffes of the opera, of every thing condruCted by His Majedy, and at this indantof the building of the new palace of Haga. This artid poffeffes the riched and modlively imagination, and is even reproachable for the too great diverdty he introduces infuch little fpace. He has painted a large piece reprefenting the battle of the Crotoniatesand Sybarites, in podeffion of the King. He is at prefent employed in painting theprincipal aCfions of the war in'Finland . The following are the whole: the naval bat-tle at Hogland, on the 17th July 1788 j Porufalmi, on the 6th June 1789 ; Uttifmalm,28th June 1789; Barkumacki, 2id July 1789; the affair of Valkiali, 29th April1790; Pardakofki, 30th April 1790; the barracks of Kettis, in May 1790; Pefti-macki, 5th May 1790; the battle of Fredericfhamm, 15th May 1790; the retreatfrom Wybourg, 3d July 1790 ; and the battle of Svenkfund, 9th and 10th July 1790.Mr. Defpres is like wife charged with the erection of the intended obelifk at Haga,where the model in wood is to be feen, and generally of whatfoever relates to the archi-tecture of that palace ; he has moreover been drawing-mader to the Prince-royal everfmce 1791.
Mr. Mafrelier, a Frenchman, a charming artid in drawing, is the author of all thededgns of the pavillion of Haga, and has executed them with a degree of perfectionwhich does him the greated honour. He is podeded of exquifite tade : it is a greatpity that an artid. of fuch excellence fhould be without pupils to adid him; for want ofthem he is obliged to draw the outlines, and give the different fhades ; his pupils after-wards copy very well, and apply the colouring. As this artid mod commonly worksin mori/co, or pictures which ferve for the internal decorations of apartments, fome judg-ment may be formed of the extent of his labours : in one piece there are frequentlyfrom one to two hundred figures. Mr. Mafrelier was eleven years in Italy , and hasbrought thence an immenfity of drawings, taken on the fpot, and which are well wor-thy of infpeCtion, Many of thefe views have been very little regarded. He has a bro-ther who is a carver : for the fake of difpatch he makes ufe of a procefs which imitatescads in a very nice manner, and is much more oeconomical; this condds in the employ-ment of a pade which hardens of itfelf, receiving whatever impreffion may be fancied,
* We have reafoa to believe they have been purehafed by the Emprefs of Ruffia.
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