Turner Print

FINE ARTS. ENGRAVED VIEWS IN SUSSEX…..We do this upon an inspection of Mr. W. B. CookK’s 1st Part of .Views in Swssc.tr, which he has engraved from Drawings by T. M. W. Turner, U.A. The short but able descriptions in this folio work arn by R. R. Rf.inagle, A.R.A. It is dedicated to J. Fui.i.En, Esq. of Row Hill, to whom it says that ” the work owes its existence,” and has well-executed historical descriptions of the Battle of Hastings, the Rape of Hastings, and the Cinque Ports.

Of the seme extraordinary workmanship in 1. Pevensey Bay. It is seen from u gentle slope in Crowhurst Park, a large pasturage fore-ground, judiciously broken by turned-up earth—a barrow, spade, sheep, &c., which catching tlie summer sunbeams on their wKite fleeces, additionally enliven the engraving’s effect, contrasted as those lights are by a few strong shadows, end help to give the clia/acter of etrong sunshine, so charmingly cheerful in fine pictures.and in nature, and especially tvbea the sun, as here, , ” With ardent blaze. Look» pnyly fierce through ell the Huzzlinjr air.”

Though Mr. Cooke’s engraving is mostly close »ml fine, there is a degree of boldness and openness in part!1, by •which tie separates near and larger, objects from such as are more distant, and consequently appear as of finer texture. This -is here beautifully seen in the coarse foreground grass, \r., tHe less bold middle distance, and tin* gradually-approached fineness of the Гнг off Beachy-hend and calm sea.

‘ These engraved landscapes are overhung with skies of varied sublimity and beauty, and where Mr. Turner and his faithful translator bring our fancies to revel among .numerous circling and streaky shapes, in the specked and the smooth expanse, in the dun and the radiated, the falling and the floating cloud.—�

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