4 SEPTEMBER 1830, Page 20

The National Portrait Gallery. Part XVII.

This part contabas portraits of Sir Abraham Hume, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the 'late Sir Thomas Picton. The engravings are not remarkable for beauty or spirit in the execution, and fall short of what we expect from a work with such an imposing designation. To be sure, it is a cheap work; but a little more pains and expense would make it also good, and worthy of being a companion to LODGE'S Portraits, now republishing in a smaller size, and at a moderate price.