Tha painting was finished a short while prior to Mr O'Brien's death, and is pronounced bj-competeut critics to be not only correct in detail— inneei, a view of the city as truthful as the reflection in a mirror—but to be a highly meritorious and artistic painting, tha reproduction of which will be worthy of a place in every home. Accompanying the view there will be a Key Plan. indicating the principal buildings in the city and the notable points in the landscape. I have entrusted the lithographing of the picture to the Caxton Printing Company, whose success iv coloured lithography is so well known. The view will be PRINTED IN 12 COLOURS, so that proper softness and delicacy of outline may be assured. IntheOtago Daily Times of the 9th October ap peared the following notice of Mr O'Brien's pic ture :— " One of the very best of the many excellent views of Dunedin that have been painted is a large water colour that was finished by the late Mr George O'Brien only a few days before his death. Itwaß executed, we believe, to the order of Mr W. J. Prictor, for the especial purpose of being chromo lithographed, and the artiEt has evidently taken un usual pains over his work. It is satisfactory and at the same time a little surprising to lind that this necessary attention to detail ha% not been allowed in any way to fetter the artist. There is nothing at all cramped or artificial about the work which, while ac curately portraying the city and its surroundings, has all the breadth and freedom of the ordinary land scape. Of thetwovantage points from which t lie most comp-eherisiveviewof Dunedin can be obtained W. J. Priclor chose the best. Any position to the north, near Logan's Point, commands the city well, but the distance is too great, while the hills to the southward, whence Mr O'iirien took his sketch, give an equally complete view of the town aud bring it much closer. Tha immediate foreground of this picture shows a grass-grown declivity, immediately beyond which is to be seen Fernhill Club, prettily (jirt with trees, the Southern Cemetery, &c. From this the whole city stretches away—a very distinct and striking pano rama. Although none of the principal buildings are emphasised in the way that sometimes disfigures such pictures, they are all perfectly recognisable. St. 