ROYAL PORTRAITS.
A likeness of the Princess Frederick William of Prussia in her bridal dress, announced as "the official portrait," is to be seen at the French Gallery in Pall Mall. The artist is the Court painter Winterhalter, who seems to enjoy a present monopoly of such exalted patronage. The re- semblance is evident, though we have seen it surpassed in one or two of the recent instances : the face marked by much sweetness, with a sprightly touch lurking in it ; the general air and form somewhat enhanced in matureness. Together with this is a large picture by the same painter, of the Empress Eugenie and Ladies of her Court, which constituted perhaps the supreme popular attraction of the great Paris Exhibition of 1855. The ladies, of whom only one or two at the utmost could contest the palm of beauty with their Imperial companion, are represented en- joying themselves al fresco ; and the picture is one of the best which Winterhalter has produced. Both of these works are already published in engravings. The Princess Frederick William makes an effective line-engraving, by Cousins, to which the last finishing-touches are still to be given ; and the Empress with her suite is lithographed on a large scale, and with great diligence and softness, by Leon Noel.
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