to him, and which is best adapted to his
taste and genius.


In the opinion of amateurs this is Cano-
vas happiest effort.-So he has been
heard to declare himself; and the Pope
and Cardinal Gonsalyi have expressed
the same opinion. 1t is related Cf this ac-
complished artist that he expressed the
most heartfelt satisfaction at having had
an opportunity of executing a statue of
Washington; and he is said to have
wrought more upon it with his own hand
than he was ever known to do upon any
similar work, he generally reserving to
himself in such works only the finishing
stroke, or coup-de-grace. AS an exam
pie OF the estimation in which his statue
Of Washington was held in Rome, many
English and other travellers of taste and
fortune would have given four times the
contract price to have possessed it.


The likeness we understand was taken
from a portrait of the General in the
possession of the American Consul at
Leghorn, esteemed an excellent re-
semblance.