(J CATALOGUE OF THE PICTURES AT ALTHORP HOUSE. CATALOGUE OF THE PICTURES AT ALTHORP HOUSE, IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON, WITH OCCASIONAL NOTICES, BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL. MDCCCLI. 1. WOOTTON. Romulus (a Hunter). 2. WOOTTON. The Earth-stopper. 3. WOOTTON. The Death. 4. WOOTTON. Brisk (a Hunter). 5. WOOTTON. Squirrel (a Hunter). B [ 2 ] 6. WOOTTON. Leaving the Kennel. 7. WOOTTON. Craftsman (a Hunter.) 8. WOOTTON. The View. 9. WOOTTON. Sore Heels (a Hunter). 10. WOOTTON. The Magpies which accompanied the Althorp Hounds. See "The View." 11. STUBBS. Scape-flood (a Hunter). 12. JOHN WYCK. Landscape with Travellers resting. [ 3 ] 13. MURILLO. Portrait of a Girl, said to be an Infanta of Spain. Size. 1 foot 8 inches by 1 foot 4 inches. 14. MELCHIOR HONDECOOTER. A Farm-yard. 7 feet 10 inches by 6 feet. 15. REMBRANDT. Rembrandt's Mother. 4 feet 7 inches by 3 feet 3 inches. MINIATURES. (A) MARGARET, COUNTESS OF LUCAN. (after Cooper.) Oliver Cromwell. (see 349.) (B) H. P. BONE. Horatio, Viscount Nelson. Born, 1758. Killed at Trafalgar, 1805. Enamel. [ 4 ] (C) COOPER. John Hampden. Born, 1594. Died, 1643. The Illustrious Patriot. 16. SNYDERS. Fruit and Birds, &c. 7 feet by 5 feet 3 inches. 17. G1ACOMO BASSANO. Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. 18. TITIAN. Young Cornaro. 3 feet 6 inches by 3 feet 1 inch. 19. SNYDERS. Death of the Stag. 8 feet by 5 feet 7 inches. 20. TITIAN. Old Cornaro. (See Spectator, No. 195.) 3 feet G inches by 2 feet 8 inches. [ 5 ] 21. M. A. CARAVAGGIO. Erminia coming to the Shepherds. Tasso, Gerusalemme Liberata, Canto VII.) 22. D. TENIERS. A Landscape. 23. VELASQUEZ. A Bagpiper. 24. VAN DE CAPPELLE. A Calm. 4 feet by 3 feet 3 inches. 25. DOMENICHINO. A Magdalen. 26. ASSELYN. Landscape (Morning). 27. CORNELIUS JANSSEN. Portrait of a Lady. [ 6 ] 28. GUIDO RENI. Virgin and Child. yalbIno. Christ just risen. 1 foot 9 inches by 1 foot 5 inches. 30. RUBENS. Holy Family. 3 feet 7 inches by 2 feet 8 inches. 31. CARLO DOLCI. Marriage of St. Catherine. 2 feet 3 inches by 2 feet. 32. LODOVICO CARACCL The Tribute Money. 4 feet 4 inches by 3 feet 4 inches. 33. FRA BARTOLOMEO. Virgin and Child. 1 foot 1 1 inches by 1 foot 6 inches. [ 7 ] 34. v M. A. CARAVAGGIO. Virgin and Child. 35. VANDYCK. Dsedalus and Icarus. 3 feet 8 inches by 2 feet 9 inches. 36. SIR PETER LELY. Head of a Harper. 37. RUBENS. One of the Children of Rubens. 2 feet 2 inches by 1 feet 9 inches. 38. NICOLAS POUSSIN. The Land of Promise. 4 feet 4 inches by 3 feet 1 inch. 39. SCHALCKEN. A Boy blowing a lighted Brand. 2 feet 5 inches by 2 feet 1 inch. [ 8 ] 40. AGOSTINO CARACCI. A Girl with Kittens. 41. VAN DE VELDE. A Calm. 3 feet by 2 feet. 42. D. TEN1ERS. Hermits in a Cave, and Peasants coming to Confession. 3 feet 3 inches by 2 feet 4 inches. 43. VAN DE VELDE. A Storm. 3 feet by 2 feet. 44. BERGHEM. Landscape. 3 feet 8 inches by 2 feet 10 inches. 45. CLAUDE LORRAINE. A Sea Port. 3 feet 4 inches by 2 feet 6 inches. [ 9 1 46. VIVIANI. A Seaport. 47. BONAVENTURE PETERS. A Shipwreck. 48. TITIAN. Portrait of a Lady. (Formerly in a Cloak.) 2 feet 10 inches by 2 feet. 49. VAN BALEN AND BREUGHEL. Diana and Nymphs. 50. TITIAN. Venus and Adonis. 4 feet 5 inches by 3 feet 5 inches, 51. . RUBENS. A Sketch, representing a Jewish Sacrifice. 2 feet 10 inches by 2 feet 3 inches. [ 10] 52. TITIAN. A Portrait of a Lady at her Toilet. 3 feet 4 inches by 2 feet 10 inches. 53. POELEMBURG. A Ball. 54. PAUL VERONESE. A Woman's Head. 55. HOLBEIN. Portrait of a Lady. 56. ASSELYN. Landscape (Evening). 57. VAN MOSKER. Landscape. 58. D. TENIERS. Perseus and Andromeda. [ II ] 59. D. TENIERS. Sea Nymphs and Tritons. 60. MOLA. Landscape. 61. D. TENIERS. Hero and Leander. 62. PETER BREUGHEL. A Round Landscape. 63. MURILLO. Entrance of the Grotto of Pausilipo. 64. CARLO MARATTI. Holy Family. 65. HUYSMAN. Landscape. [ 12 ] 66. ANDREA SCHIAVONE. Entombing of Christ. 67. HUYSMAN. Landscape. 68. VAN KESSEL. A Concert of Birds. 69. MARGARET, COUNTESS OF LUCAN. A Miniature, (copy from Sir Joshua Reynolds). 70. PAUL BRIL. Landscape. [ 13 ] MINIATURES IN ENAMEL. (i) BOIT. Rachel, Lady Russell, niece to Penelope, Lady Spencer. Died 1723, aged 86. Second daughter of Thomas Wriothesley, fourth Earl of Southampton, by his first wife, Rachel de Ruvigny (of an ancient Huguenot family in France.) She married, first, Francis, Lord Vaughan, eldest son of the Earl of Carberry, and, secondly, William, Lord Russell, son of William, fifth Earl (afterwards first Duke) of Bedford. She was mother of Wriothesley, second Duke of Bedford. When her husband, Lord Russell, was on his trial for High Treason, he enquired whether (e he might not have somebody to write for him, in order to help his memory ? " The Lord Chief Justice Pemberton replied, " Any of your servants shall assist you in writing anything you please for you. 5 ' The pri- soner said, " My wife is here, my Lord, to do it for me/' The character given of Lady Russell by contemporary writers, confirmed by what we read in her own letters, (pub- lished after her death) warrants us in saying that she was second to none of her sex in every female excellence. " She would probably have been worshipped in pagan times " for her heroic qualities ; or had she been a Catholic, in a " Catholic country, she would perhaps have been canonized " for her saint-like virtues.' 5 [ 14 ] (") Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, (see 170.) (iii) ZINCK. John, Duke of Marlborough. (In a square.) (see 192.) (iv) BOIT. John, Earl Granville, (see 188.) (v) Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, (see 170.) (vi) A. SEEMAN. Frances, Countess Granville, (see 196.) (vii) PETITOT. A Head, unknown. (viii) ZINCK. John, Duke of Marlborough. (In an oval.) (see 192.) [ 15 ] (ix) PETITOT. Cardinal Richelieu. Born, 1585. Died, 1642. Armand du Plessis was at first educated for the army. He became a Bishop at twenty-one. His early military education was not lost upon him in after life : it enabled him to reduce Rochelle (held by the Huguenots) and to distinguish himself at the head of the French troops in Italy. At that time he went about in armour, with a sword by his side, and he urged Louis XIII, his master, to show himself among his soldiers. Richelieu instituted the French Academy, built the Sor- bonne and the Palais Cardinal (late Palais Royal). Richelieu's cruel and despotic political career, in managing the affairs of the kingdom of a very weak monarch, is matter of history : yet on his death-bed he could console himself by declaring, " I have always kept in view the good of religion, cc and the good of the kingdom. 5 ' — Madame de Sevigne and her Contemporaries. (x) BOIT. Ann, Third Countess of Sunderland, (see 203.) (xi) PETITOT. Louis XIV. (see 307.) [ 16 ] CAMEO by MORELLL Napoleon Bonaparte. Born, 1769. Died, 1821. This Cameo, cut by Morelli soon after the Battle of Ma- rengo, was given by Madame Mere to Dr. O'Meara, who left it to the wife of Dr. Farr, of whom it was purchased in 1849. See CfMeards " Voice from St. Helena," 71. CLINT. George John, Earl Spencer, K. G. 1829. Born, 1758. Died, 1834. The only son of John, first Earl Spencer. He married Lavinia, eldest daughter of Charles Bingham, first Earl of Lucan. Under his administration, as First Lord of the Admiralty, were won the glorious naval victories of Cape St. Vincent, Camperdown and the Nile. 72 BONAVENTURE PETERS. Shipwreck. 73. D. TENIERS. Neptune, Sea Nymphs and Tritons. 74. D. TENIERS Sea Nymphs and Tritons. 4 [ 17 ] 75. D. TENIERS. Dutch Boors. 76. D. TENIERS. The Rape of Europa. 77. D. TENIERS. A Dutch Boor. 78. GUIDO RENI. St. Francis. 79. BAROCCIO. The Nativity. 80. DIRK VAN BERGEN. Landscape with Cattle. 81. PIETRO PERUGINO. Virgin and child, c [ 18 1 82. DIRK VAN BERGEN. Landscape with Cattle. 83. RAPHAEL. Holy Family. "This Picture was purchased by George John, second " Earl Spencer, from the descendants of the family at " Bologna, for which Raphael originally painted it. " — Baker's Northamptonshire. 4 feet 4 inches by 3 feet 5 inches. 84. CATTERSON SMITH. Frederick, Earl Spencer, K. G., 1849. The present and fourth Earl Spencer, fourth son of George John, second Earl Spencer, and brother of John Charles, third Earl Spencer. He married Georgina Elizabeth, second daughter and co- heiress of William Stephen Poyntz, Esq. of Cowdray, Sussex. 85. Georgina Elizabeth, Countess Spencer, 1849. Wife of Frederick, fourth Earl Spencer; and second daughter and co-heiress of William Stephen Poyntz, Esq. of Cowdray, Sussex. [ 19 ] 86. DOMENICHINO. Saint Charles Borromeo celebrating High Mass. Born 1538. Died 1594. His maternal uncle was Pius IV, who made him a Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan, when he was only twenty-two years of age. He was canonized by Paul V in 1610. " In the inside 99 (of the Cathedral at Milan) (< there is a curious " subterranean chapel, in which the body of the Patron Saint, " Charles of Borromeo, is deposited. He was one of the best 4t and most amiable men of his time, and was committed u quietly to the peace of the grave, amidst the respect and a regret of his contemporaries. Afterwards his body was " removed from its former tenement, and deposited in third Earl of Leicester. Lady Dorothy, (the Sacharissa of Waller) married in 1639, Henry, first Earl of Sunderland ; she married, secondly, Robert Smyth of Bounds in Kent, Esq. Lady Dorothy was born in 1617, and died in 1684. 187. JERVAS. Henrietta, Duchess of Marlborough. Born, 1682. Died, 1733. Eldest daughter and co-heiress of John, first Duke of Marlborough. She married Francis Godolphin, second Earl of Godolphin. On the death of her Father in 1722, she succeeded to the title of Duchess of Marlborough. [ 46 ] 188. HUDSON. John, Earl Granville. Died, 1763. Father of Georgiana Carolina, wife of the Honourable John Spencer. In 1724 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant in Ireland, and held the office for six years. There is a very curious letter of Swift's in " vindication of His Excellency John, Lord Carteret.' 5 189. M. DAHL. Queen Anne and her son the Duke of Gloucester. Queen Anne, Born, 1665. Died, 1714. William Duke of Gloucester, Born, 1689. Died, 1700. 190. M. GERARDS. Robert, first Lord Spencer. Died, 1627. Created Baron Spencer, 1603. A very short time before Sir Robert Spencer was ennobled, Anne of Denmark, the Consort of James I, and her Son Prince Henry had been entertained at Althorp on their way to London from Scotland. The reception was of a most mag- nificent kind. A masque had been written for the occasion by Ben Jonson, and when Her Majesty entered the Park in the evening from Holdenby (where she had rested during the [ 47 ] heat of the day) she was welcomed by bands of music placed at various stations, and by Fairies (personated by the fairest young ladies of the County), whose leader addressed the Queen in the smoothest strains which the genius of the poet could supply. A minute account of the whole entertainment is given by Miss Strickland in her history of Anne of Denmark. The Queen consort arrived at Althorp on the evening of Midsummer day (Saturday) and remained over the Sunday. 191. SIR GODFREY KNELLER. Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, (see 170.) 192. VANLOO. John, Duke of Marlborough. Born, 1650. Died, 1722. The Great Duke. 193. WISSING. Queen Mary II. Born, 1662. Died, 1694. 194. WISSING. George, Prince of Denmark. Died, 1708. Married in 1683 the Princess Anne, afterwards Queen Anne. [ 48 ] Charles the second said of him, " I have tried Prince George c< sober, and I have tried him drunk, and drunk or sober "there is nothing in him. 5 ' When one influential person after another was falling away from James II, Prince George was in the habit of exclaiming " est il possible ? " When he himself at length followed their example, the King only said " What ! is est il possible gone too ? After all a good trooper would have been a greater loss." 195. M. GERARDS. Margaret, Lady Spencer. Died, 1597. Daughter and co-heiress of Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton, County Notts ; and wife of Sir Robert Spencer, who, in 1603, was made Baron Spencer. 196. HUDSON. Frances, Countess Granville. Only daughter of Sir Robert Worsley, Bart, of Appul- dercombe, Isle of Wight; first wife of John, first Earl Granville ; and mother of Georgiana Carolina, wife of the Honourable John Spencer. 197. JERVAS. Mary, Duchess of Montague. Born, 1689. Died, 1751. Fourth daughter and co-heiress of John, first Duke of Marlborough ; and wife of John Montague, second Duke of Montague. [ 49 ] 198. WISSING. Barbara, Viscountess Longueville. Born, 1665. Died, 1763. Daughter of Sir John Talbot of Laycock, county of Wilts, (descended from the Earls of Shrewsbury) by Barbara daughter of Sir Henry Slingsby, Bart, (beheaded under the Protectorate for his fidelity to Charles II) ; and wife of Henry, Lord Grey de Ruthyn, created Viscount Longueville in 1690. It is recorded of her that " she retained all her senses to u the last with unabated vigour, and had even scarce lost any u of her teeth. She was the wonder of her time and left a ee most noble character." — Parish Register and Monument at Easton Maudit, where she is buried. 199. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. George John, Viscount Althorp, aged 17- (see 71.) 7 feet 10 inches by 4 feet 10 inches. 200. COPLEY. George John, Earl Spencer, K. G. (see 71.) E [ 50 ] 201. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. (see 183.) 7 feet 9 inches by 4 feet 9 inches. 202. SIR GODFREY KNELLER. Anne, Countess of Arran. Born, 1666. Died, 1690. Eldest daughter of Robert, second Earl of Sunderland ; and first wife of James, afterwards fourth Duke of Hamilton, and first Duke of Brandon, who was killed in a duel with Lord Mohun in 1713. 203. SIR GODFREY KNELLER. Ladies Henrietta and Anne Churchill. Daughters of John, Duke of Marlborough. Lady Henrietta, (see 187.) Lady Anne Churchill was the second daughter of John, Duke of Marlborough ; and second wife of Charles, third Earl of Sunderland. Born, 1683. Died, 1716. From Lady Anne are descended the present Duke of Marl- borough and the present Earl Spencer. [ 51 ] 204. MRS. BEALE. Anna Maria, Countess of Shrewsbury. Daughter of Robert Brudenell, second Earl of Cardigan ; and second wife of Francis eleventh Earl of Shrewsbury. Her husband was killed in a duel with George, second Duke of Buckingham, 1667. For the part she is said to have taken in the duel, see Evelyn's Diary and the Note. She was the mother of Charles, twelfth Earl, and afterwards the first and only Duke of Shrewsbury. 205. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. John Charles, Viscount Althorp, aged 4 years, (see 146.) 4 feet 8 inches by 3 feet 7 inches. 206. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. William, Duke of Devonshire. Born, 1748. Died, 1811. Husband of Georgiana, daughter of John, first Earl Spencer. 2 feet 5 inches by 1 foot 11 inches. 207. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. La Marechale de Muys, (Chanoinesse). The intimate friend of Georgiana, first Countess Spencer. [ 52 ] Her husband was a Marshal of France, and distinguished himself in the battles of Fontenoy and Minden. He died in 1775. 2 feet 5 inches by 2 feet. 208. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. Richard, second Earl of Lucan. Born, 1764. Died, 1839. Brother of Lavinia, wife of George John, second Earl Spencer. 2 feet 5 inches by 2 feet. 209. VANDYCK. Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery. Memorandum : Mary, sister of Robert Sydney, first Earl of Leicester, married Henry, second Earl of Pembroke ; their sons were William, third Earl, and Philip, fourth Earl. Charles, Lord Herbert, (son of the fourth Earl,) married Mary, (169), daughter of George Villiers, first Duke of Buck- ingham, afterwards wife of James Stuart, Duke of Richmond. Philip, fourth Earl. Died, 1652. Philip, fifth Earl. Died, 1669. 6 feet 8 inches by 4 feet 1 inch. 210. Anne, wife of Charles, third Earl of Sunderland, and Diana her daughter, afterwards Duchess of Bedford. Anne, (see 203.) Diana, Died, 1735, First wife of John, fourth Duke of Bedford. [ 53 ] 211. SCHOOL OF POURBUS. Charles V. Born, 1500. Died, 1558. Son of Philip the Handsome, Archduke of Austria, and Grandson of the Emperor Maximilian. His mother was Joanna, second daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Charles in 1516 was proclaimed King of Spain, and two years afterwards elected Emperor of Germany. 212. MOORE. Cascade of Terni by Moonlight. 213. MOORE. Cascade of Tivoli at Sunset. 214. SCHOOL OF GUIDO. Head of a Magdalen. 215. SPAGNOLETTO. Job and his Wife. [54] 216. MURILLO. Holy Family. 217. BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE. Noah's Sacrifice. 218. GAINSBOROUGH. John, first Earl Spencer. Born, 1734. Died, 1783. Son of the Honourable John Spencer, (fourth son Charles, third Earl of Sunderland.) 2 feet 5 inches by 2 feet. 219. GAINSBOROUGH. The Honourable Georgiana Spencer, aged six years. Afterwards Duchess of Devonshire, (see 183.) 2 feet 5 inches by 2 feet. 220. GAINSBOROUGH. Georgiana, first Countess Spencer, (see 154.) 2 feet 5 inches by 2 feet. t 55 ] 221. REMBRANDT. Portrait of a Woman. 222. PANNINI. Architectural Subject. 223. AFTER POURBUS. Portrait of a Lady unknown. 224. NICOLAS POUSSIN. Acis and Galatea. 225. SEBASTIAN RICCI. The Nativity. 226. PANNINI. Architectural Subject. 227. GIULIO ROMANO. Head of a Woman, as Psyche. [56 ] 228. GUIDO CAGNACCI. Cleopatra. 229. TINTORETTO. Mars, Venus, and Vulcan. 230. GUIDO CAGNACCI. Lucretia. 231. Portrait of Sir Thomas More. Born, 1480. Beheaded on Tower Hill in 1535. 232. TITIAN. Ignatius Loyola. Born, 1491. Died, 1556. Founder of the Order of Jesuits. Canonized by Gregory XV, in 1622. 233. VELASQUEZ. A Woman's Head. 1 foot 10 inches by 1 foot 7 inches. [ 57 ] 234. A. DE GELDER. Old Man's Head. 235. PARMIGIANO. The Annunciation. 236. SIR GODFREY KNELLER. Sir William Trumbull, Knt. 1716. Born, 1639. Died, 1716. Secretary of State in 1695. Described by Burnet as "a most able civilian and a very virtuous man." He is chiefly known as the friend of Pope. This Picture was presented to George John, second Earl Spencer, by Sir John English Dolben, Bart, in 1829. 237. MYTENS. Henry, Earl of Southampton. Died, 1624. Third Earl of Southampton. He was tried, condemned and attainted as a participator in the treason, for which the Earl of Essex was beheaded in the reign of Elizabeth, but his [ 58 ] life was spared. n the accession of James I, he was restored to all the honours and privileges which he had previously enjoyed. He was the father of Penelope, wife of William, second Baron Spencer. He was a liberal patron of Shakespeare. 238. WALKER. General John Lambert. Born, 1620. Died, 1693. A General of the Parliamentarian forces. He distinguished himself at Naseby. In 1 662 he was condemned to death but was reprieved, and he survived his condemnation nearly 30 years. Previous to the Civil Wars he was a Lawyer. 239. DOBSON. Colonel John Russell, brother of the first Duke of Bedford. Brother of Anne, the wife of George Digby, second Earl of Bristol ; and uncle of William, Lord Russell. 240. SLAUGHTER. John, first Earl Spencer, aged 10. (see 218.) 241. William Spencer, Marquis of Hartington. (Afterwards Duke of Devonshire.) Born, 1790. The sixth and present Duke. [ 59 ] 242. HOPPNER. Lady Caroline Lamb. Born, 1785. Died, 1828. Daughter of Frederick, third Earl of Bessborough ; and wife of the Honourable William Lamb, afterwards second Viscount Melbourne. 243. MISS READ. Lady Georgiana Spencer, afterwards Duchess of Devonshire. (see 183.) 244. HOWARD. Lady Harriet Cavendish. Afterwards wife of Granville, first Earl Granville. Born, 1785. Second daughter of William, fifth Duke of Devonshire by his first wife Georgiana, daughter of John, first Earl Spencer. (see 241.) 245. MISS READ. George John, Viscount Althorp, when a child, with a dog. (see 71.) [ 60 ] 246. HOWARD. William Spencer, Marquis of Hartington. Afterwards the sixth and present Duke of Devonshire, (see 241.) 247. MISS READ. George John, Viscount x\lthorp, aged 7, 1765. (see 71.) 248. HOWARD. Lady Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish, afterwards wife of George, sixth Earl of Carlisle. Born, 1783. Eldest daughter of William, fifth Duke of Devonshire by his first wife, Georgiana, daughter of John, first Earl Spencer. 249. MISS READ. George John, Viscount Althorp, with the Ladies Georgiana, Henrietta and Charlotte Spencer. Children of John, first Earl Spencer. George John, (see J I.) Lady Georgiana, (see 183.) [ 61 ] Lady Henrietta. Born, 1761. Died, 1821. Married Frederick Ponsonby, third Earl of Bessborough. Lady Charlotte. Born, 1765. Died, 1766. 250. LENS, 1720. Lady Ann Egerton, afterwards Countess of Jersey. Died, 1762. Daughter of Scroop, first Duke of Bridgewater by his first wife Elizabeth, third daughter of John, first Duke of Marl- borough. Lady Ann married, first, Wriothesley, third Duke of Bed- ford ; and secondly, William, third Earl of Jersey. 251. IN CRAYONS. Anna Maria Mordaunt. Wife of the Right Honourable Stephen Poyntz ; and mother of Georgiana, the wife of John, first Earl Spencer. 252. IN CRAYONS. Marchioness of Tweeddale, Aunt of John, Earl Spencer. Died, 1788. Frances, a daughter of John, first Earl Granville ; and wife of John, fourth Marquis of Tweeddale. [ 62 ] 253. IN CRAYONS. Viscountess Weymouth, Aunt of John, Earl Spencer. Died, 1736. Louisa, a daughter of John, first Earl Granville ; and wife of Thomas Thynne, second Viscount Weymouth. Their eldest son Thomas was the first Marquis of Bath. 254. VANDYCK. St. Bartholomew. 2 feet by 1 foot 6 inches. 255. SEBASTIAN BOURDON. Descent from the Cross. 256. VANDYCK. St. James. 2 feet by 1 foot 6 inches. 257. HOLBEIN. John Calvin. Born, 1509. Died, 1564. Bought at the sale at Stowe in 1848. L63] 258. VANDYCK. St. Simon. 2 feet by 1 foot 6 inches. 259. LE BRUN. Crucifixion of St. Andrew. 260. VANDYCK. St. Matthew. 2 feet by 1 foot 6 inches. 261. VANDYCK. St. Matthias. 2 feet by 1 foot 6 inches. 262. FRANK HALS. Himself. 2 feet 7 inches by 2 feet 1 inch. [ 64 ] 263. VANDYCK. Sir Peter Paul Rubens. 6 feet 10 inches by 4 feet. 264. VAN MOL. Himself. 265. WILSON. Himself. 266. FRA SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO. Michael Angelo and Giulio Romano. The celebrated Painters. Michael Angelo, Born, 1474. Died, 1563. Giulio Romano, Born, 1492. Died, 1546. 8-i- inches by 61 inches. 267. HANS HOLBEIN. Himself. Round, 4 inches in diameter. [ 65 ] 268. JOAS CLEEVE or CLEEF. Himself. 1 foot 7 inches by 1 foot 6 inches. 269. SOFONISBA ANGOSCIOLA. Herself. 270. REMBRANDT. Himself. 2 feet 5 inches by 2 feet. 271. SIR ANTONIO MORE. Himself. 3 feet 9 inches by 2 feet 9 inches. 272. MURILLO. Himself. 3 feet 1 1 inches by 3 feet 6 inches. [ 66 ] 273. RUBENS. Sir Anthony Vandyck. 2 feet by 1 foot 7 inches. 274. ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI. Herself. 275. SIR PETER LELY. Himself. 276. VERRIO. Himself. 277. DOBSON. Himself. 278. CUYP. Himself. [ 67 ] 279. WATTEAU. Himself. 84- inches by 6^ inches. 280. SIR GODFREY KNELLER. Himself. 281. DOMENICO FETI. Himself. 282. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. Angelica Kauffmam Oval, 2 feet 5 inches by 2 feet. 283. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. Himself. 2 feet 5 inches by 2 feet. 284. SALVATOR ROSA. Old Man's Head. [ 68 ] 285. M. A. CARAVAGGIO. Madonna and Child. 286. SPAGNOLETTO. Joseph in Prison. 287. ROTTENH AMER. Assumption of the Virgin. 288. DOMENICO FETI. Hagar and the Angel. 289. SALVATOR ROSA. Witches at their Incantations. 290. MRS. BEALE. Cowley, the Poet. Born, 1618. Died, 1667. [ 69 ] 291. MRS. BEALE. Otway, the Poet. Bora, 1651. Died, 1685. 292. COPY BY WRIGHT. Algernon Sydney. Born, 1622. Beheaded, 1683. Second son of Robert, second Earl of Leicester ; and brother of Philip, third Earl of Leicester, of Robert Sydney, of Henry, (created Earl of Romney), and of Lady Dorothy, the wife of Henry, first Earl of Sunderland. Though celebrated in our older Histories of England as an uncompromising Patriot, it is now said that he consented to receive a bribe from Louis XIV. — Barillorts letter to Louis XIV, and Dalrijmple, Appx. Vol. I. 293. SIR GODFREY KNELLER. Addison. Born, 1672. Died, 1729. 294. PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAGNE. Robert Arnaud d 9 Andilly. Died, 1674, aged 85. One of the celebrated Recluses of Port Royal des Champs. Many members of his family were distinguished on account oi their connection with that religious Establishment. Thither Robert, having left the court, retired at the age of 55. [ 70 ] Amongst other occupations he paid much attention to the cultivation of fruits, the finest specimens of which he presented yearly, it is said, to Anne of Austria. His Brother Antoine was the "great Doctor of the Sorbonne." Robert's son Simon, Marquis de Pomponne, was Minister to Louis XIV. There is a short account of the Arnaud family and the Recluses of Port Royal in the book entitled " Madame de Sevigne and her Contemporaries." In the same book, too, are given some most interesting details of the destruction of Port Royal in 1709 by Louis XIV. The doom of that renowned seat of Letters, Arts and Sciences, was sealed from the time that the Jesuits succeeded in fastening upon it the name of Jansenist. 3 feet by 2 feet 4 inches. 295. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. Henrietta-Frances, Countess of Bessborough. 2 feet 6 inches by 2 feet, (see 249.) 296. CORNELIUS JANSSEN. Portrait of a Flemish Lady. 297. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. Frederick, Earl of Bessborough. Born, 1758. Died, 1844. Eldest son of William, second Earl of Bessborough ; and [ 71 1 husband of Henrietta- Frances, second daughter of John, first Earl Spencer. 2 feet 6 inches by 2 feet. 298. GODFREY MAES or MAAS. Cornelius Van Tromp. Born, 1629. Died, 1691. Son of Martin Happertz Van Tromp. Both father and son were Admirals in the Dutch service, and both fought gallantly against the English in several engagements. The father was killed in 1653, in an engagement with the British Fleet commanded by Blake and Monk. The son behaved with great valour in the two naval battles fought with the English in 1673, and three years afterwards he succeeded De Ruyter, as Admiral of the United Provinces. 299. POURBUS. Henri de Lorraine, Due de Guise (le Balafre). Born, 1550. Assassinated, 1588. He was the chief director (under Charles IX and the Queen mother, Catherine de Medicis,) of the Massacre of the Huguenots on St. Bartholomew's day in 1572. He afterwards formed the Catholic League, the object of which was to extirpate the Protestants ; but the existence of his increasing power having beem deemed incompatible with [ 72 ] the Royal Authority, he and his brother, the Cardinal, were, by the order of Henry III, treacherously assassinated in the Palace at Blois. 300. MIGNARD. Monsieur de Colbert, Minister of France to Louis XIV. Born, 1619. Died, 1683. Celebrated as one of the greatest Ministers that ever go- verned a Country. He was remarkable for his silence when personal applica- tions were made to him. A certain lady, one day being quite out of patience at her silent reception, said to him, " Mon- seigneur, at least make me some sign that you hear me. — Madame de Sevigne and her Contemporaries. Vol. II. p. 50. 301. MIGNARD. Anne of Austria. Wife of Louis XIII of France. Born, 1601. Died, 1666. Married to Louis XIII, in 1615. She was the eldest daughter of Philip III, King of Spain by Margaret of Austria (sister of the Emperor Ferdinand II) ; wife of Louis XIII ; and mother of Louis XIV. The follow- ing distich was made in honour of her regal distinctions, " Et soror, et conjux, et mater, nataque regum " Nulla magis tanto sanguine dignafuit." [ 73 ] 302. SIR GODFREY KNELLER. Monsieur de St. Evremond. Born, 1613. Died, 1703. For many years he was in the military service of his country. Circumstances compelled him to retire to Holland. Some time afterwards, on the invitation of Charles II, he visited England, where he lived in great intimacy with the King and the prin- cipal nobility. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. 303. SIR GODFREY KNELLER. Hortense Mancini, Duchesse de Mazarin. Died, 1699. " 11th June 1699. Now died the famous Duchess of Mazarin. a She had been the richest lady in Europe. She was niece of " Cardinal Mazarin, and was married to the richest subject in " Europe, it is said. She was born at Rome, educated in France, " and was an extraordinary beauty and wit, but dissolute and u impatient of matrimonial restraint, so as to be abandoned by w her husband and banished, when she came to England for " shelter, lived on a pension given her here, and is reported to " have hastened her death by intemperate drinking of strong " spirits. She has written her own story and adventures, and " so has her other extravagant sister, wife to the noble family "of Colonna." — Evelyns Diary, Vol. III. 370-371. It is said that Charles II, whilst in exile, offered to marry her. Hortense Mancini married in 1661 the Due de la Meille- raye, who took the name, arms and title of Due de Mazarin. [ 74 ] She was by birth cousin to King James IPs second wife, Mary of Modena. She received a pension of £4000 a year from Charles II, which was continued to her by James II and William III successively, until her death at Chelsea in 1699. St. Evremond often supplied the wants of her extravagance from the savings of his economy. He says, " Madame de " Mazarin m'a du jusqu'a huit cens livres sterling: elle me " devait jusqu'a quatre cens guinees quand elle est morte ! " Quand je songe que la niece et l'heritiere de M. le Cardinal " Mazarin a eu besoin de moi en certains temps pour subsister, " je fais des reflexions chretiennes qui serviront a mon salut, (C si elles sont inutiles pour mon payment. — Note to life of Rachel Lady Russell, p. 176. 304. ft LARGILLIERE. Andre Le Notre. Born, 1613. Died, 1700. " The Gardener of Kings/ 5 He laid out the Parks and Gardens of Versailles. His genius designed also the Parks of St. Cloud and Chantilly, the Gardens of the Tuilleries and the magnificent terrace of St. Germain. Louis XIV. always treated him with the most marked kind- ness; so much so, that Le Notre sometimes forgot himself, and in the excess of his joy embraced his Royal Master. It is re- corded of him, likewise^ that once when he was at Rome, he was so much delighted at the manner in which the Pope (Innocent XI) received a jocular remark made by him, that he threw his arms round the neck of his Holiness/' Le Notre directed the planting of some of the Avenues in Althorp Park. [ 75 ] 305. MIGNARD. v Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans. Born, 1644. Died, 1670. Youngest daughter of Charles I ; and wife of Philip, Duke of Anjou (afterwards Duke of Orleans) only brother of Louis XIV. She was born at Exeter in 1644 during the troubles. In 1646 her escape from the power of the Parliament was effected by the courageous fidelity of Lady Morton, (363) who, under the disguise of a French servant travelling with her little ' boy/ conveyed the Princess safely from Oatlands to Paris. After her marriage she was employed by Louis XIV to negociate a secret treaty with her brother Charles II. This was done by her at Dover. The following are some of the particulars relating to her tragical death. " A dispute with her husband who had shown " himself much dissatisfied with her, had occurred in the morn- " ing of the day on the evening of which she was taken ill at " St. Cloud. It was about 7 o'clock on the evening of the 29th " June, 1670, that this terrible attack showed itself. Madame " lay down on a pile of cushions ; her ladies talking and laugh- " ing around her. She asked for a glass of eau de chicoree " that for some days she had been in the habit of drinking. " Hardly had she swallowed it when she felt the most agoni- " nising pains, which caused her to say to those present that " she was poisoned — that she was dying; and as soon as the " physicians could arrive, they were struck with consternation " at her appearance and bid her seek spiritual help. ' God,' says Madame de la Fayette, " blinded them, and would not [ 76 ] " allow of their trying remedies that might have retarded a death, " which it was his will should be horrible. — Madame de Sevigne and her Contemporaries. 306. MIGNARD. Anne Genevieve de Bourbon, Duchesse de Longueville. Born, 16 i9. Died, 1679. Daughter of the Prince de Conde ; and sister of the Grand Conde. Her father was a prisoner at Vincennes at the time of her birth, and she was born in that prison. The Duchesse de Longueville bore a most conspicuous part in the (so called) War of the Fronde, which originated in the hatred that the Parliament of France entertained against Mazarin and the Court. " She had been all grace, beauty and activity in a youth that " was anything but respectable ; she was all respectability at an " age that seemed not to have belonged to the beginning of c< her life. She died a very Christian death." 307. MIGNARD. Louis XIV, King of France. Born, 1638. Died, 1715. Le Grand Monarque, son of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. 308. PRIMATICCIO. Diane de Poitiers. Born, 1500. Died, 1566. Her father Count St. Vallier, for favouring the escape of t 77 ] the Constable Bourbon, was condemned to death, but his daughter obtained his pardon from Francis I, by her energetic entreaties. She became that Monarch's Mistress ; and at a later period she lived on the same terms with Henry II, who created her Duchesse de Valentinois. " That singular woman retained, if we may believe contem- " porary writers, the beauty and charms of youth at the age " of threescore." — Robertson's Charles V, 309. MIGNARD. Madame de Montespan. In the character of Diana. Died, 1717. One of the ladies whom Louis XIV favoured with his partiality. Her influence over that Monarch was unbounded for some years. She was at length superseded by Madame de Maintenon. Madame de Montespan was the wife of the Marquis of that name. 310. MIGNARD. Marie Angelique de Roussille. Duchesse de Fontanges. Born, 1661. She was Maid of Honour to Madame, sister in law of Louis XIV. She became the King's mistress, and for a short time pos- sessed great power over him. Owing to ill-health she retired from Court and died in her 20th year at the Abbey of Port Royal. It is said of her that she was most perfectly beautiful, but singularly silly. She gave name to a top-knot (le nceud [ 78 ] a la Fontanges) with which she tied up her hair that had acci- dentally become unbound while she was hunting with the King. 311. MIGNARD. Mademoiselle de PEnclos. Born, 1615, Died, 1706. Well-born, opulent, and possessing great attractions both personal and intellectual, she enjoys the unenviable notoriety of having been the Parisian Lais of her day. She is mentioned in the Memoirs of many of her contemporaries. 312. MIGNARD. Julie d'Angennes, Duchesse de Montausier. Born, 1607. Died, 1671. Julie d'Angennes de Rambouillet, the heiress of the House of Angennes and Vivonne ; and wife of Charles de St. Maur, Due de Montausier. She early imbibed in her mother's house a taste for learning and witty conversation and was known in Society by the name of "V Incomparable Artemise." She was Governess of the Royal Children, and her husband afterwards took charge of the Dauphin. This Picture is said to be one of Mignard's best Portraits and his most finished Painting. 313. FLESHIER. Lucy Barlow alias Walters. Mother of the Duke of Monmouth. See Evelyn's Diary Vol. Ill, p. 168. [ 79 ] 314. LARGILLIERE. Moliere, the Dramatic Author. Born, 1620. Died, 1673. 315. PIERINO DEL VAGA. A Prelate. 316. VANDYCK. George Digby, second Earl of Bristol, and William, Earl and afterwards Duke of Bedford. George Digby, eldest son of John, first earl of Bristol ; and husband of Anne, second daughter of Francis, fourth Earl of Bedford. He died in 1676. He was father of Lady Anne Digby, wife of Robert, second Earl of Sunderland. William Russell, eldest son of Francis, fourth Earl of Bedford. He was born in 1614, was created Marquis of Tavistock and Duke of Bedford in 1694, and died in 1700. This celebrated painting is thus mentioned by Evelyn in his Diary. " 167| Dined with the Countess of Bristol. There were u divers pictures in her house of Titian, Vandyck and some of " Bassano very good ; especially an Adonis and Venus " and of Vandyck my Lord of Bristol with the Earl of " Bedford's at length." — Evelyn's Diary. 8 feet 2 inches by 5 feet 2 inches. [ 80] 317. ISAAC OLIVER. Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. Favourite of Queen Elizabeth, with the Staff of Earl Marshal. Born, 1567. Beheaded, 1601. He was the second Earl of Essex. He married the Widow of Sir Philip Sydney (Frances, daughter of Sir Francis Walsing- ham.) Their son Robert Devereux, third Earl of Essex, supported the Royal cause till 1642, and then accepted a Commission in the Parliament Army. He afterwards distinguished himself as a Parliamentarian General. 318. HOLBEIN. Henry VIII, Princess Mary, and William Somers, the Jester. Henry VIII, Born, 1491. Died, 1547. Princess Mary, (afterwards Queen Mary I.) Born, 1515. Died, 1558. " Richard Fermor purchased the Manor of Easton Neston, " but having fallen under the displeasure of Henry VIII, he "was stripped of all the property he had. In his pros- " perous days, he kept, as people of rank did in those days, ce a fool or jester ; this person was Will Somers, who for his " drollery was promoted to the same office under Henry " VIII. Will remembered his old master, and prevailed on ee the King in his declining years to make restitution to " Richard Fermor, but death prevented him from doing it. <£ Edward VI restored to him the Manor of Easton Neston." — Pennant's Tour. p. 202. 5 feet 4 inches by 4 feet 3 inches. [ 81 ] 319. SIR ANTONIO MORE. Philip II, King of Spain. Born, 1527. Died, 1598. Son of Charles V ; and husband of Queen Mary I, of England. '< Philip II has always been considered, and justly, as the " most perfect example of bigotry that history supplies ; and " to this must be imputed much of the abominable tyranny (i which he exercised over the Low Countries." — Professor Smyth's Lectures on Modern History. 3 feet 4 inches by 2 feet 8 inches. 320. SIR PETER LELY. Anne Hyde ; wife of James, Duke of York, (see 182.) 321. SIR PETER LELY. Barbara, Countess of Castlemaine, afterwards Duchess of Cleveland. Died, 1709. Barbara Villiers, daughter of Viscount Grandison; grand- niece of George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham ; and wife of Roger Palmer, Earl of Castlemaine. In 1670 she was made Duchess of Cleveland by Charles II, whose three natural sons by her were created Duke of Southampton, Duke of Grafton, and Duke of Northumberland. [82] 322. CORNELIUS JANSSEN. Sir Kenelm Digby. Born, 1603. Died, 1665. Eldest son of Sir Everard Digby, (who suffered as a traitor for the Gunpowder Plot) ; and husband of Venetia Stanley. (409.) In 1628 he commanded (as Admiral) a small squadron in the Mediterranean, delivered many persons from slavery at Algiers, and afterwards gained a great victory over the Vene- tian fleet in the Bay of Scanderoon. Aubrey says of him " he was a goodly handsome person, " and had so graceful elocution and noble address, that had he "been drop't out of the clouds in any part of the world, he " would have made himself respected. " This saying was ac- knowledged to be true, but then it was replied " that he " must not stay there above six weeks." Sir Kenelm was well versed in all kinds of learning ; he was a great traveller and understood ten or twelve languages. " His wife (whose previous character was disreputable), " carried herself blamelessly after marriage, yet they say he " was jealous of her. She died suddenly, and hard hearted " women would censure him severely." 323. SIR PETER LELY. Henry Sydney, Earl of Romney, with Greyhounds. Born, 1640. Died, 1704. Fourth son of Robert, second Earl of Leicester; and [83] brother of Lady Dorothy Sydney, the wife of Henry, first Earl of Sunderland. He was one of the six influential persons who signed the invitation and declaration of adherence to the Prince of Orange. The other five members of the association were the Earls of Shrewsbury and Devonshire, Lord Lumley, the Bishop of London and Admiral Russell. On the Coronation of William and Mary, he was created Viscount Sydney and Baron Milton. He was with the King at the battle of the Boyne. His administration of affairs in Ireland as Lord Lieutenant caused much dissatisfaction. Having returned to England he was created Earl of Romney, and appointed Lieutenant General of the Forces. 324. SIR GODFREY KNELLER. Mrs. Jenyns. Mother of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Daughter and co-heiress of Sir GifFord Thornhurst of Agnes Court, County of Kent, Bart. 325. SIR GODFREY KNELLER. Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, (see 170.) 326. SIR PETER LELY. Lady Denham. Died, 166f. Miss Brookes, related to the Earl of Bristol, married to [ 84 ] Sir John Denham, the Poet ; she is frequently mentioned in the Memoires de Grammont. Aubrey says of Denham, — "A: D : 166 — he married his " second wife — Brookes, a very beautiful young lady. Sir " John was ancient and limping. The Duke of York fell " deeply in love with her. This occasioned Sir John's dis- " temper of madness in 166 — .His second Lady had no " child, and was poisoned by the hands of the Co : of Roc : " with Chocolate.' 5 Evelyn speaks of Lady Denham's death, but says nothing about any suspicion that poison had been used. 327. SIR PETER LELY. Louise de la Querouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth. Born, 1644. Died, 1734. A French Lady in the train of Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans, when she crossed over to Dover to meet, by appoint- ment, her brother Charles II. The King created her, for life, Duchess of Portsmouth. And Louis XIV conferred upon her the Duchy of Aubigny. Her son by Charles II was created Duke of Richmond. Evelyn after mentioning many particulars of the death of Charles II, in February, 1685, says, " I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and pro- " faneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and as it were total " forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening) which this C£ day se 5 nnight I was witness of : The King sitting and toying "with his concubines, Portsmouth, (327) Cleveland (321) [ 85 ] " and Mazarin (303) ; a French Boy singing love songs in "that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the great " courtiers and other dissolute persons were at Basset round a "large table, a bank of at least £2000 in gold before them. " Six days after was all in the dust ! " Vol III. p. 120. 328. SIR PETER LELY. Nell Gwynne. Died, 1687. Mrs. Nelly, as she was called, was but too well known in the days of Charles II. She bore to the King a son who was created Duke of St. Albans, and from him the present family bearing that title are descended. In her Will she left £50 for her funeral sermon, which was preached by Dr. Tenison, (afterwards Archbishop of Canter- bury.) — Strickland's Queens of England, cc To Charles II, or rather to his Mistress Nell Gwynne the " worn out soldiers of the British Army owe the Comforts of " Chelsea Hospital." — Gleig's History of England. 329. SIR PETER LELY. Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland, (see 321.) 330. SIR PETER LELY. Elizabeth Bagot, Countess of Falmouth. A daughter of Hervey Bagot, second son of Sir Henry [ 86 ] Bagot of Blithfield, County of Stafford ; and wife of Charles Berkeley, created Earl of Falmouth in 1664. The Earl of Falmouth was killed in a naval battle with the Dutch in 1665. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. 331. JEAN OF MAUBEUGE or MABUSE. Maximilian Sforza, Duke of Milan, and Francis Sforza, his brother. Maximiliam Sforza, the eighth Duke of Milan, was con- quered by Francis I, at the beginning of his reign, who claimed the Duchy. Maximilian resigned his pretensions in con- sideration of a pension which was given to him by the French King. He died in 1530. Francis Sforza, the ninth Duke of Milan, brother of Maximilian, was little more than a tool in the hands, alternately of Charles V, and Francis I. He died of con- sumption in 1535 without issue. — Robertson's History of Charles V } and Verris Storia di Milano. 4 feet 7 inches by 3 feet 1 inch. 332. SIR PETER LELY. Mary of Modena, Queen of James II. Born, 1658. Died, 1718. Daughter of Alphonso d'Este, Duke of Modena ; and second wife of James II. After the abdication of her husband, she passed the rest of her life, nearly thirty years, at St. Germain's. When all the chances of being restored to the throne of t 87 ] England, were over, she often lamented to the British Ambas- sador in France, the egregious imprudence of the unhappy- reign of James. The Due de St. Simon says of her, that " her mien was the noblest, the most majestic and imposing " in the world, but it was also sweet and modest." 333. SIR PETER LELY. Mrs. Middleton. (e Mrs. Middleton, that famous and indeed incomparable " beauty, daughter to my relation, Sir Robert Needham." — Evelyn's Diary. Her husband Colonel Middleton was a Commissioner of the Navy in Pepys' time. Her Portrait is at Windsor Castle among the Beauties of the Court of Charles II. 334. WALKER. King Charles II, when a boy. (see 339.) 335. SIR PETER LELY. Elizabeth, Comtesse de Grammont. Daughter of Sir George Hamilton, (fourth son of James first Earl of Abercorn) ; and wife of Philibert, Comte de Grammont, (younger brother of Anthony, Due de Grammont, Peer and Marechal of France.) " The Chevalier de Grammont, leaving England, was over- " taken at Dover by Elizabeth's brother, who enquired [ 88 ] " whether he had not forgotten something in London ? to " which he replied, I have forgotten to marry your sister ; and "he returned with him. This adventure served Moliere in " the Mariage forceV' The account of the marriage with the Chevalier de Gram- mont is to be found in the " Beauties of the Court of Charles W The Comte and the Comtesse de Grammont were in great favour in 1703, towards the end of the reign of Louis XIV. The King gave the Comtesse a house in the Park at Ver- sailles, where so many persons went to visit them, that the Comte threatened to send in the bills to the King of all the dinners he was forced to give in consequence. — Madame de Sevigne, and her Contemporaries. 336. ADRIAN HANNEMAN. Princess Mary, Daughter of Charles I, afterwards Princess of Orange, and mother of William III. Born, 1631. Died, 1660. Married in 1648 William of Nassau, Prince of Orange. 337. JANET. Mary Anne Waltham. One of the attendants of Mary Queen of Scots. [ 89 ] 338. JANET. Mary, Queen of Scots. Born, 1542. Beheaded, 1587- Daughter of James V, King of Scotland, and Mary of Lorraine, (Guise.) She married, first, the Dauphin, afterwards Francis II, (son of Henry II, of France.) Secondly, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, eldest son of the Earl of Lennox. [This Earl of Lennox married Margaret Douglas, daughter of Margaret (daughter of Henry VII), by her second husband, Douglas, Earl of Angus.] Thirdly, James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell. 339. SIR PETER LELY. Charles II. Born, 1630. Died, 1685. He married Catharine of Braganza, (346) Infanta of Portugal. He received in dowry with her, Tangier, Bombay, and about £500,000. 340. VANDYCK. Charles I. Born, 1600. Beheaded, 1648. He married Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry IV, King of France, (by his second wife Maria de Medicis.) Oval, 2 feet 4 inches by 1 foot 1 1 inches. [ ] 341. ZUCCHERO. Lord Darnley, Husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. Born, 1547. Died, 1567. Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, eldest son of the Earl of Lennox, by Margaret Douglas, (daughter of Margaret, daugh- ter of Henry VII, by her second husband, Douglas, Earl of Angus) ; and second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, to whom he was married in 1565. Lord Darnley and Mary, Queen of Scots, were first cousins once removed. 342. AFTER VANDYCK. Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I. Born, 1609. Died, 1669. Daughter of Henry IV, King of France, by his second wife Maria de Medicis ; sister of Elizabeth of Bourbon (wife of Philip IV, of Spain) ; and wife of Charles I, to whom she was married in 1625. During her exile she was reduced to a state of the utmost destitution. Early in January, 1649, Cardinal de Retz paid her a visit at the Louvre, and found her without a fire, though the snow was falling rapidly ; she was sitting by the bedside of the little Princess Henrietta. "You find me" said the Queen, " keeping company with my Henrietta ; I would not let the (£ poor child rise to day, for we have no fire." The Cardinal at once supplied her wants from his own resources, and the Parliament of France, on his representation, voted her a sub- sidy of 20,000 Livres. [91 ] ON THE CHIMNEY PIECE. Bronze Statuette of Napoleon, Emperor of France. This statuette was given by Napoleon to Dr. O'Meara, and by him left to Dr. Farr, from whom it was purchased by Earl Spencer in 1850. It was made at Elba, and the pedestal is of Elba marble. This Statuette is the original from which many copies have since been made. 343. NETSCHER. William III, King of England. Born, 1650. Died, 1702. Son of William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, by Mary, eldest daughter of Charles I. " Mary, a few days after her Husband's death, gave birth to " a son destined to raise the glory and authority of the house " of Nassau to the highest point, to save the United Provin- " ces from slavery, to curb the power of France, and to 16 establish the English constitution on a lasting foundation." For a most graphic description of William's personal appearance, and for an account of his exploits previous to his being placed on the throne of this country, see " Macau- lay' *s History of England."" On the 21st of October, 1695, King William honoured [ 92 ] Lord Sunderland with a visit, and remained a week at Althorp. "March 8, 1702. King William had a fall from his horse " and broke his collar bone, and having been much indisposed u before and aguish, died this Sunday morning about four " o'clock." — Evelyns Diary, 344. VANDYCK. Ann, daughter of Charles I. (Died an infant.) Born, 1636. Died, 1640. 10 inches by &\ inches. 345. NETSCHER. Mary, Queen of England, wife of William III. (see 193.) 346. JERVAS. Catharine of Braganza, wife of Charles II. Born, 1638. Died, 1705. Infanta of Portugal, and married to Charles II, in 1662. 347. MARK GERARDS. James I, King of England. Born, 1566. Died, 1625. [ 93 ] 348. ZUCCHERO. Mary, Queen of Scots, (see 338.) 1 foot 6 inches by 1 foot 3 inches. 349. WALKER. Oliver Cromwell. Born, 1599. Died, 1658. 4 feet 1 inch by 3 feet 6 inches. 350. WALKER. Sir Thomas Fairfax. Born, 1611. Died, 1671. Third Lord Fairfax, son of Ferdinando, second Lord Fairfax. He was a general of the Parliamentary forces in the civil war. " When Oxford was surrendered 24th of June, 1646, the " first thing General Fairfax did, was to set a good guard of " Soldiers to preserve the Bodleian. ' Tis said there was " more hurt done by the Cavaliers (during their garrison) by "way of embezzling and cutting off chains of books, than tf there was since. He was a lover of learning, and had he (f not taken this special care, that noble Library had been " utterly destroyed, for there were ignorant senators enough [ 94 ] * f who would have been contented to have had it so." — Aubrey, He bequeathed the celebrated Dodsworth MSS. to the Bodleian Library. 351. MIREVELT. Prince Frederick Henry of Orange. Born, 1584. Died, 1647. Third son of the renowned William of Nassau, Prince of Orange. He succeeded his brother Maurice in 1625. He was equally successful with his brother in resisting the paniards. The States General, to testify their gratitude to him, decreed that his honours, employments, &c. should descend to his son Prince William, who married in 1648 Mary, daughter of Charles I, and whose son (posthumous) was William III of England. — House of Orange. 352. VANDYCK. Penelope, wife of William, second Lord Spencer. Died, 1667. Eldest daughter of Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton ; and wife of William, second Baron Spencer. 6 feet 9 inches by 4 feet 1 inch. 353. Bianca di Capello, wife of Francis, Grand Duke of Tuscany. A Venetian lady. She ran away from her home with a youth L 95 ] whose station in life was far inferior to her own, and they went to Florence. There the Grand Duke saw her, admired her and married her. His brother, the Cardinal, was indignant at the alliance, and openly declared that he would in some way or other cause it to be dissolved. When Bianca was informed of the Cardinal's feeling to- wards her, she invited him to dine at the palace. At table she pressed him to eat of a particular dish, but he was proof against her solicitations. Her husband, however, desired to partake of it, and she allowed him to do so. To escape the ignominy of detection, she also ate of the same food, into which, by her orders, poison had been introduced. She and the Grand Duke both died. — MS. Memorandum at Althorp. 354. HOLBEIN. Henry VIII. (see 318.) 1 0-^ inches by 74- inches. 355. SIR PETER LELY. Elizabeth Wriothesley, wife of Jocelyn, eleventh Earl of Northumberland. Born, 1647. Died, 1690. A daughter of Thomas Wriothesley, fourth and last Earl of Southampton, by his second wife. Elizabeth married, first, Jocelyn Percy, eleventh Earl of Nor- thumberland ; and secondly, Ralph, Lord Montague (created in 1705 Duke of Montague.) Her son John, the second Duke of Montague, married Mary, youngest daughter of J ohn, first Duke of Marlborough. She died at Boughton House near Kettering. [ 96 ] 356. VANDYCK. Ann Carr, wife of William, fifth Earl of Bedford. Died, 1680. Daughter and heiress of Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, by Lady Frances Howard, (daughter of Thomas, Earl of Suffolk ; and the divorced wife of Robert, Earl of Essex.) Her father, and her mother particularly, were deeply impli- cated in the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury. " The Countess of Bedford was as much distinguished for " purity as her unhappy mother had been for the reverse." 3 feet 4 inches by 2 feet 7 inches. 357. VANDYCK. Dorothy, first Countess of Sunderland, (see 186.) 3 feet 4 inches by 2 feet 7 inches. 358. SIR PETER LELY. Algernon Sydney, (see 292.) 359. VANDYCK. Catharine^ wife of J. Savage, Earl Rivers ; and Lady Eliza- beth Thimbleby, his sister. [ 97 ] Catharine, a daughter of William Parker, Lord Morley and Monteagle, (the Nobleman to whom was addressed the Letter which led to the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605.) Lady Elizabeth, sister of J. Savage, Earl of Rivers ; and wife of Sir John Thimbleby of Irnham, County of Lincoln. The father of Lady Elizabeth died in 1635. 4 feet 10 inches by 4 feet 4 inches. 360. MARY BEALE. Frances Jennings, Duchess of Tyrconnel. Died, 1730. Eldest daughter and co-heir of Richard Jennings, Esq. of Sandridge, County of Herts ; and sister of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. She married, first, Sir George Hamilton (Count Hamilton in France) second son of George, fourth and youngest son of James, first Earl of Abercorn. She married, secondly, Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnel, (created Duke of Tyrconnel by James II after his abdication). 361. LUCAS DE HEERE. Lady J ane Grey. Beheaded in 1555. Eldest daughter of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, and Frances (daughter of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, by Mary, Sister to King Henry VIII, and Queen Dowager of France) ; and wife of Lord Guildford Dudley, fourth son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. H [ 98 ] In the picture, she is represented as sitting in her study, at her Father's mansion near Leicester. Out of the windows are seen the remarkable spires of that town. She was probably about sixteen years of age at the time. She was not more than seventeen when she was beheaded. 1 foot 9 inches by 1 foot 3 inches. 362. WISSING. Frederick, Duke of Schomberg. Killed at the Battle of the Boyne. Born, 1608. Died, 1690. His father, the Count de Schomberg, of a noble house of the Palatinate, was killed with several sons at the battle of Prague, in 1620. The Duke's mother was Anne, daughter of Edward Sutton, ninth Baron Dudley. Frederick entered the service of Louis XIV in 1650; and though a Protestant, and in spite of the ill offices of the Jesuits, he extorted from his employer, by a series of great actions, the staff of a Marshal of France. On the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, he resigned all his honours and commands, quitted his adopted country for ever, and retired to Berlin. He accompanied the Prince of Orange to England in 1688, and at Exeter shared with the Prince the admiring gaze of the multitude. " That," men said, " was the great Count Schomberg, the " first soldier in Europe, since Turenne and Conde were gone, " the man whose genius and valour had saved the Portuguese " Monarchy on the field of Montes Claros, the man who had " earned a still higher glory by resigning the truncheon " of a Marshal of France for the sake of his religion. 5 ' — Macaulay. [ 99 ] He was created Duke of Schomberg in 1689. In that year he was sent to Ireland as Commander-in-Chief, and in 1690 he fell at the Battle of the Boyne. He was buried in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. 363. VANDYCK. Lady Morton. Governess to the Children of Charles I. Daughter of Sir Edward Villiers ; niece of George, first Duke of Buckingham ; and wife of Robert, eighth Earl of Morton. When the Queen of Charles I, a fortnight after her confine- ment, was compelled, by the approach of the Army of the Parliament, to escape from Exeter, she left the infant Princess (Henrietta) to the care of Lady Morton. This lady was permitted to retire with her charge from Exeter to the nursery Palace of Oatlands. Subsequently when the Parliament meditated removing the child from her guardianship, she courageously resolved to defeat their object. For this purpose, in 1646, she disguised herself as a poor French servant, fitted a hump on her back, and on this she carried the little Henrietta dressed as a poor boy. Lady Morton succeeded in this way in conveying, on foot, her charge from Oatlands to Dover. There she embarked in the common packet boat without exciting the least suspicion, and soon had the happiness of presenting the child to her mother at Paris. The little Princess, Lady Morton related afterwards, was very indignant at being clothed with a coarse dress, as well as at being called a boy (Pierre) ; and endeavoured to inform the passers-by that she was not a poor boy, but a Princess. One of Lady Morton's sons was Master of the Horse to [ ioo ] Henrietta when she became Duchess of Orleans. — See Waller's Poem to Lady Morton, and the Note, and Miss Strickland's Queens of England. 3 feet 4 inches by 2 feet 7 inches. 364. VANDYCK. William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle. Born, 1593. Died, 1676. Celebrated for his services in the cause of Charles I. After the battle of Marston Moor he withdrew to the continent. Charles II in 1664 created him Earl of Ogle and Duke of Newcastle. His services and his honours are recorded on his monument in Westminster Abbey. 7 feet by 4 feet 1 inch. 365. SIR PETER LELY. Anne, third daughter of William, second Lord Spencer. Born, 1623. She married Sir Robert Townshend, son of Sir Roger Townshend of Rainham, County of Suffolk . 366. Spenser. The Poet. Born, 1553. Died, 1598. On his Monument (restored in 1768) in Westminster Abbey is the following inscription. " Here lies (expecting "the second coming of our Saviour Christ Jesus) the body of " Edmund Spenser, the Prince of Poets in his time, whose " divine spirit needs no other witness than the works which he [ ioi ] "left behind him/' He was born in London in 1553, and died in 1598. Sir Philip Sydney (elder brother of Robert Sydney, first Earl of Leicester) was the friend and patron of the Poet. " Mr. Beeston says that Spenser was a little man, wore s( short hair, little band, and little cuffs." — Aubrey. 367. SIR PETER LELY. Elizabeth, eldest daughter of William, second Lord Spencer. She married, First, Lord Craven, Secondly, The Honourable Henry Howard, Thirdly, Lord Crofts. Lord Craven, son of Sir William Craven, (Lord Mayor of London in 1611). Lord Craven was raised to the Peerage in 1642 as Baron Craven of Ryton, County of Salop, and dying without issue in 1650, the title became extinct. The Honourable Henry Howard, third son of Thomas, first Earl of Berkshire. He died in 1663. William Crofts, for his services as Ambassador to Poland from Charles II in exile, was made Baron Crofts in 1658. He died in 1677- 368. WALKER. Henry, first Earl of Sunderland. Born, 1620. Killed, 1643. Son of William, second Baron Spencer ; and husband of Dorothy Sydney, (daughter of Robert, second Earl of Leicester) . He was the third Baron Spencer, and created Earl of Sunder- land in 1643. [ 102 ] He was killed at the battle of Newbury, fighting gallantly on the King's side, but with " those melancholy forebodings " of danger from the victory of his own party, which filled the " breasts of the more generous Royalists, and which on the " same occasion saddened the dying moments of Lord Falk- " land." — Mackintosh's History of the Revolution. 369. Michel de Montaigne. Born, 1533. Died, 1592. The celebrated French writer. 370. SIR PETER LELY. Ann Montague ; wife of James, Earl of Suffolk. Ann Montague, eldest daughter of Robert, third Earl of Manchester, by Ann, daughter of Sir Christopher Yelverton, Bart, of Easton Maudit; wife of James Howard, third Earl of Suffolk. She was sister of Charles, first Duke of Man- chester; and aunt of the second Duke of Manchester, (whose wife was a grand-daughter of John, first Duke of Marlborough.) 371. V FLINCK. William, Prince of Orange, father of William III, with his preceptor, Cats. Born, 1628. Died, 1650. Married 1648, Mary, the eldest daughter of Charles I, and had issue by her, one posthumous son, William, afterwards [ 103 ] William III of England. He was the son of Prince Frederick Henry, and nephew of Maurice, Prince of Orange, and grand- son of the great William, Prince of Orange. (see 130.) 372. VANDYCK. Dorothy Percy ; wife of Robert, Earl of Leicester. Died, 1659. Daughter of Henry Percy, ninth Earl of Northumberland, (by Dorothy, sister of Queen Elizabeth's favourite, Essex) ; wife of Robert Sydney, second Earl of Leicester ; and mother of Lady Dorothy Sydney (wife of Henry, first Earl of Sunderland.) 2 feet 2 inches by 1 foot 7 inches. 373. VANDYCK. Rachel de Ruvigny ; wife of Thomas, Earl of Southampton. Daughter of Daniel de Massey, Baron de Ruvigny in France, and niece of the Marquis de Ruvigny ; first wife of Thomas, fourth and last Earl of Southampton ; and mother of Rachel, (wife of William, Lord Russell, beheaded in 1683.) 7 feet by 4 feet 1 inch. 374. JANET. Francis II, King of France, when Dauphin. Born, 1543. Died, 1560. Son of Henry II and Catharine de Medicis ; and first husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. [ 104 ] 375. COPY FROM HOLBEIN. Ann Boleyn. Beheaded, 1536, Daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn, (afterwards Earl of Ormond) ; second Queen of Henry VIII ; and mother of Queen Elizabeth. 376. JANET. Mary, Queen of Scots, Wife of Francis II. (see 338.) 377. CARLO MARATTI. Lord Roscommon. Died, 1684. Wentworth Dillon, fourth Earl of Roscommon. The celebrated Poet. He was the son of James, third Earl, (by Elizabeth Wentworth, sister of the Earl of Strafford, beheaded 1641.) Lord Roscommon was buried with great pomp in West- minster Abbey. He and Robert, second Earl of Sunderland, were very great friends. 378. KNAPTON. Honourable John Spencer, with John his son on Horseback. Honourable John Spencer, (see 138.) John, his son, (first Earl Spencer,) (see 218.) [ 105 ] 379. CARLO MARATTT. Robert, second Earl of Sunderland. Born, 1640. Died, 1702. Son of Henry, first Earl of Sunderland ; and husband of Anne Digby, youngest daughter of George, second Earl of Bristol. " Too much cannot be said of his talents, nor too little of " his principles." — Baker's History of Northamptonshire. He was Ambassador at the Courts of Spain and France. He went Ambassador to Paris in 1672, on the disgrace of Montague, and he went again six years afterwards. In 1695, he entertained William III at Althorp. The King remained a week. 380. BERNARD VAN ORLAY called BERNARD OF BRUSSELS. Ann of Cleves. Died, 1557. On the picture are the words, " Anna Cluensis Henrici Anglise Regis peene Uxor/ 5 Daughter of John, and sister of William, Dukes of Cleves, in Germany ; and fourth wife of Henry VIII. On the back of the picture are to be seen the following verses in antiquated English, and in the hand writing of the time. " Oh Harrye of Inglonde was it quite fayre To send for the Maydenne debonaire And thenne to call her a Flanders Mare instede of Marrye [ 106 ] " Yette must I telle thee O maiden faire Better be styled a Flanders Mare Than such a Tyrant's bedde to share As oure (good) Harrye.' 381. FLESHIER. Charlotte de la Tremouille, Countess of Derby. Died, 1663. Daughter of Claude de la Tremouille, Due de Thouars ; and wife of James, seventh Earl of Derby. Her mother was the daughter of William, first Prince of Orange. The Countess was consequently the niece of Prince Maurice, (407) an d of Prince Frederick Henry, (351.) — Memoirs of Prince Rupert. She is celebrated for her successful defence of Lathom House against the Parliamentarians. 382. AFTER VANDYCK. George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. Taken after he was killed by Felton. Born, 1592. Assassinated, 1628. A son of Sir George Villiers, of Brockesby, County of Leicester. In 1623, he was created Duke of Buckingham. He married Katharine Manners, daughter and heiress of Francis, sixth Earl of Rutland. He was the great favourite of James I, and the personal friend of Charles^ Prince of Wales, (afterwards Charles I.) " The memoirs of the day speak of the beauty of Buck- [ 107 ] " ingham, the grace of his figure, and the strange magnificence " he affected in his dress. He had twenty-seven suits, the " richest that embroidery, lace, silk, velvet, silver, gold, or " pearls could ornament ; and more particularly, a white uncut " velvet, set all over, both suit and cloak, with diamonds, valued 6C at fourscore thousand pounds, set off with great diamond " buckles, and diamonded feathers." The original picture is at Castle Ashby. 383. H. STONE. Robert, second Earl of Leicester. Born, 1597- Died, 1677. Son of Robert Sydney, first Earl of Leicester ; husband of Lady Dorothy Percy, (daughter of Henry Percy, ninth Earl of Northumberland) ; and father of Dorothy, (wife of Henry, first Earl of Sunderland.) 384. SIR PETER LELY. Lord Crofts, (see 367.) 385. SIR GODFREY KNELLER. Queen Mary II. (see 193.) 386. DOBSON. Mrs. Margaret Lemon. Mistress of Sir Anthony Vandyck. [ 108 ] 387. MARY BEALE. Nell Gwynne. (see 328.) 388. SIR PETER LELY. Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury. Died, 1683. His third wife was Margaret, sixth daughter of William, second Lord Spencer. He filled some of the principal offices of State, and was Lord Chancellor of England. He was implicated in the conspiracy for which William, Lord Russell, and Algernon Sydney were beheaded, but retired to Holland before the plot was discovered, and shortly afterwards died there. In the earlier part of his political career he was one of the five ministers (called the C. A. B. A. L. from the initials of their names) to whom Charles II intrusted the manage- ment of state affairs. 389. MARY BEALE. Catharine Sedley, Mistress of James II, who created her Countess of Dorchester. Died, about 1717- Only daughter of Sir Charles Sedley ; created Countess of Dorchester for life in 1686. She married Sir David Collyear, (afterwards Earl of Portmore.) She is said to have jested on her own homely appearance ; and she was astonished at the partiality towards her exhibited by James. " It cannot be my beauty/' she said, K for he must [ 109 ] " see that I have none, and it cannot be my wit, for he has not " enough to know that I have any." 390. SIR PETER LELY. Margaret Spencer, Wife of Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury. Born, 1627. Died, 1693. Sixth daughter of William, second Baron Spencer. 391. HUDSON. The Right Honourable Stephen Poyntz of Midgeham, Berks. Father of Georgiana, (wife of John, first Earl Spencer.) He was Governor of the Duke of Cumberland. He was Ambassador to the King of Sweden and Plenipotentiary at Soissons, 1728. 392. VANDYCK. Lady Dorothy Sydney, afterwards Countess of Sunderland. (see 186) 2 feet 10 inches by 2 feet 10 inches. 393. SIR PETER LELY. Mrs. Godfrey, Sister of John, Duke of Marlborough. Born, 164f. Arabella Churchill, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill. L no ] The History of the early life of Arabella Churchill is but too well known. She was married to Colonel Charles Godfrey, Master of the Jewel office. 394. SIR PETER LELY. Philip, third Earl of Leicester, (see 186.) 395. WISSING. Princess Ann of Denmark, afterwards Queen Ann. (see 189.) 396. SIR PETER LELY. Robert Sydney, Third son of Robert, Earl of Leicester. Born, 1626. Died, 1674. Brother of Lady Dorothy Sydney, (wife of Henry, first Earl of Sunderland.) 397. VAN LOO. William, Duke of Cumberland. Born, 1721. Died, 1765. Third son of George II. He commanded the English Army at Fontenoy and at Culloden. [ 111 ] 398. SIR PETER LELY. Lord Lisle, (see 186.) 399. H. STONE. Thomas, fourth Earl of Southampton. Died, 1667. Only son of Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton ; and husband of Rachel de Ruvigny. (373.) He was brother of Penelope, wife of William, second Baron Spencer. 400. SIR PETER LELY. Ann Digby, Wife of Robert, second Earl of Sunderland. Died, 1715. Youngest daughter of George Digby, second Earl of Bristol ; and sister and heiress of John, third Earl of Bristol. 401. H. STONE. Henry, Lord Percy of Alnwick. Died, 1632. The ninth Earl. He married Dorothy, sister of Queen Elizabeth's favourite, Essex. 402. SIR PETER LELY. Robert, second Earl of Sunderland, (see 379.) [ 112 ] 403. RILEY. Robert Smyth, Esq., of Bounds, in Kent. He married in 1652, Dorothy, the widow of Henry, first Earl of Sunderland. 404. RILEY. Dorothy, Countess of Sunderland. Wife of Robert Smyth, Esq. (see 186.) 405. AFTER VANDYCK. Algernon, tenth Earl of Northumberland. Died, 1668. Son of Henry, ninth Earl of Northumberland, by Dorothy, sister of Queen Elizabeth's favourite, Essex. 406. SIR PETER LELY. Henry Howard, third son of Thomas, Earl of Berkshire, (see 367.) 407. MIREVELT. Maurice, Prince of Orange. Died, 1625. Second son of the great William of Nassau, Prince of [113] Orange. Maurice when only seventeen years of age suc- ceeded, on the death of his father by the hand of an assassin, to the government of the Low Countries, and signally dis- tinguished himself in the struggles of the States-General against the power of Spain. His elder brother, Philip William, at the age of thirteen, had been seized by the Spaniards, who brought him up as a Romanist, and detached him from his Country. " House of Orange? 408. SIR GODFREY KNELLER. Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, (see 170.) 409. VANDYCK. Venetia, Lady Digby, after she was dead. Daughter of Sir Edward Stanley, and Lady Lucy Percy, (daughter of Thomas Percy, seventh Earl of Northum- berland) ; and wife of Sir Kenelm Digby, (322.) An account of her early life is given in a note in Aubrey's Lives of eminent persons, appended to the Memoir con- cerning Sir K. Digby. 2 feet 6 inches by 2 feet 4 inches. 410. PHILLIPS Right Honourable Thomas Grenville. Born, 1755. Died, 1846. Sometime first Lord of the Admiralty. 1 [ 114 ] He was second son of George, (second son of Richard Grenville, by Hesther, Countess Temple.) 411. POMPEO BATTONI. Georgiana, Countess Spencer, (see 154.) 412. THOMAS BARD WELL. John, first Earl Spencer, Mt. XV. (see 218.) 413. PHILLIPS. Charles, second Earl Grey. Born, 1764. Died, 1845. 414. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. Sir William Jones. Born, 1748. Died, 1794. Distinguished as a Judge, and as an Oriental scholar. He died at Calcutta. In early life he was Tutor to George John, second Earl Spencer. 2 feet 6 inches by 2 feet. [ IW ] 415. STUBBS. Mouton. A favourite dog of John, first Earl Spencer. This dog whilst following his master one day in Piccadilly, growled at a passing stranger, who, in return, kicked him ; on which Lord Spencer immediately drew a small sword, (usually worn by gentlemen in those days) and chased the offender from Devonshire House to Hyde Park Corner, but did not overtake him. 416. COPY FROM CLINT, BY VENABLES. George, Earl of Essex. Born, 1757. Died, 1839. 417. DANCE. George Bussy, Earl of Jersey. Born, 1735. Died, 1805. Son of William, third Earl of Jersey, and Anne Egerton, (daughter of Scroop, first Duke of Bridgewater, and widow of Wriothesley, third Duke of Bedford.) 418. SHEE. John Charles, Viscount Althorp, JEt. XVII. (see 146.) [116 ] 419. ZOFFANI. David Garrick. Born, 1716. Died, 1779. The celebrated Actor. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. 420. BAMBOCCIO. A Blacksmith's Shop. 421. STEENWYCK. St. Peter in Prison. 422. BAMBOCCIO. Small Landscape with Figures. 423. D. TENIERS. Soldiers playing at Cards. 424. S. LUTTIHYS, 1646. Still Life. [ H7 ] 425. SIR GODFREY KNELLER. Anne Churchill. Wife of Charles, third Earl of Sunderland, (see 203.) 426. D. TENIERS. Boors. 427. D. TENIERS. A Man Shaving. 428. GLAUBER and LAIRESSE. Landscape with Figures. 429. BLOEMART. A Goatherd. 430. Vertumnus and Pomona. 431. BRAMER. Shepherdess. [ 118 ] 432. PAUL BRIL, ROTTENHAMER and VAN KESSEL. A Magdalen, and Landscape with Birds. 433. BLOEMART. A Goatherd. 434. POELEMBERG. Sea Nymphs. 435. BRAMER. A Shepherd. 436. VAN DE VELDE. A Storm. 437. BAMBOCCIO. A small Landscape with Figures. 438. W. MIERIS. A Jewish Physician. [ 119 ] 439. LUCA GIORDANO. Christ presented in the Temple. 440. BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE. Flight into Egypt. 441. BOL. Solomon^s Idolatry. 442. MICHAU. Landscape, a Ferry. 443. ANDREA SACCHI. Christ and his Apostles. 444. BREUGHEL. A Frost scene with Skaters. 445. F. BOL. Hugo Grotius. when a Boy. Born, 1583. Died, 1645. [ 120 ] 446. RAEBURN. Spencer, the Poet. From a picture, said to have been an Original, at Dupplin Castle, (see 366.) 447. HOGARTH. View of the Green Park, 1760. 448. PERRIER. The finding of Moses. 449. BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE. Jacob and Rachel. 450. EVERDINGEN. Circular Landscape. 451. EVERDINGEN. Circular Landscape. [ 121 ] 452. FRANCK. Christ and Zaccheus. 453. 454. EVERDINGEN. Circular Landscape. 455. EVERDINGEN. Circular Landscape. 456. TEMPESTA. A Battle. 457. M. DAHL. Mary, wife of Sir Richard Spencer, and her son, Sir John Spencer of Offley. Daughter of Sir John Musters of Colwick, County of Nottingham. The Spencers of Offley were descended from Sir Richard Spencer, (the brother of Sir John Spencer, the father of [ 122 ] Robert, first Baron Spencer). Sir Richard settled at Offley, in the County of Herts. 458. H. STONE. Portrait of a Lady. 459. PINE. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Mt. XVI. (see 183.) 460. M. DAHL. Sir John Spencer, son of Sir Richard Spencer of Offley. (see 457.) 461. Mary, wife of Sir Richard Spencer of Offley. (see 457.) 462. RILEY. Heneage Finch, Earl of Nottingham. Died, 1682. The first Earl of Nottingham. Raised to the title of Baron Finch in 1673, and to that of Earl of Nottingham in 1681. He was, after the Restoration, successively Solicitor and Attorney General, and Lord Chancellor. [ 123 ] 463. M. MIREVELT. A Head. 464. M. DAHL. Sir Brocket Spencer. Son of Sir R. Spencer of Offley ; and first cousin of Robert, first Baron Spencer. 465. A Portrait unknown. 466. M. MIREVELT. Henry Spencer of Offley. (see 457.) 467. AFTER KNAPTON. Honourable John Spencer, (see 138.) 468. John Spencer of Offley. (see 457.) [ 124 ] 469. Anne, Countess of Sunderland, with Robert her son. (see 203.) 470. William Godolphin, Lady Anne Egerton, and Viscount Brackley, grandchildren of John, first Duke of Marlborough. William Godolphin, son of Francis, second Earl of Godol- phin, and Henrietta, eldest daughter of John, Duke of Marlbo- rough. On the death of his Grandfather he became Mar- quis of Blandford, and died before his Mother. Lady Anne Egerton. (see 250.) John Viscount Brackley was the son of Scroop, first Duke of Bridgewater, and Elizabeth, third daughter of John, first Duke of Marlborough. He was born 170^, and died at Eton, 171 5. 471. Anne, Viscountess Bateman. Died, 1769. Daughter of Charles, third Earl of Sunderland, (by his second wife, Anne, second daughter of John, first Duke of Marlborough) ; and wife of William, first Viscount Bateman. 472. MINIATURE IN WATER COLOURS. Charles, Duke of Marlborough, and the Honourable John Spencer. (see 166 and 138.) [ 125 ] 473. Charles XII, King of Sweden. Born, 1682. Killed, 1718, at the siege of Frederickstadt in Norway. 474. M. DAHL. Susanna, wife of Sir Brocket Spencer of Offley. Died, 1692. Sir Brocket was the first cousin of Robert, first Baron Spencer. Susanna was a daughter of Sir Nicholas Carew of Beddington, County of Surrey. 475. SLAUGHTER. John, first Earl Spencer, when a child, (see 218.) 476. VANSOMER. Helen, Lady Spencer of Offley. Died, 1614. Daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Brocket of Brocket Hall, County of Herts ; and wife of Sir Richard Spencer, uncle of Robert, first Baron Spencer. [ 126 ] 477. VANSOMER. Sir Richard Spencer of Offley. Died, 1624. Husband of Helen Brocket, (476.) 478. SLAUGHTER. Charles, second Duke of Marlborough, (see 166.) 479. 480. M. DAHL. Sir Richard Spencer of Offley, Born, 1646. Died, 168-?-. (see 457.) 481. Juliana, Countess of Burlington, Daughter and heiress of Henry Noel, Esq. of Luffenham, County of Rutland ; and wife of Charles Boyle, second Earl of Burlington, (third Earl of Cork) who succeeded to the title in 169/. [ 127 ] 482. A. DE GELDER. Old Man's Head. (Profile.) 483. BASSANO. Flagellation of Christ. 484. P. GENTILE. Sea Nymphs and Tritons. 485. P. GENTILE. Sea Nymphs and Tritons. 486. BASSANO. Christ driving the Money Changers from the Temple. 487. P. GENTILE. Sea Nymphs and Tritons. [ 128 ] 488. P. GENTILE. Sea Nymphs arid Tritons. 489. ROMNEY. Isabella-Henrietta, Countess of Cork and Orrery. Died, 1843. Third daughter of William Poyntz, Esq. (185) of Midgham. 490. BASSANO. Christ bearing his Cross. 491. VENABLES. Sir Kenneth, (a Pony.) A Pony which belonged to George John, Earl Spencer, K. G., with Nep, a Retriever, and Wasp and Quiz, Terriers, which belonged to the Honourable Captain F. Spencer. 492. VENABLES. Custos, (a Shooting Pony.) A Shooting Pony which belonged to George John, Earl Spencer, K. G., with Trudge, a Retriever. [ 129 ] 493. J. BOULTBEE. Pagan and Monarch (Hunters.) Hunters, which belonged to George John, Earl Spencer, and the Gateway of old Pytchley House. 494. WOOTTON. Two Dogs. 495. WISSING. John, Duke of Marlborough, (see 192.) 496. LUCAS VAN LEYDEN. A Mountebank drawing out a Man's tooth. 497. RILEY. Lord Chancellor Macclesfield. Died, 1764. 498. EDRIDGE. Rev. C. M. Cracherode. Born, 1729. Died, 1799. This amiable, accomplished, but somewhat eccentric, K [ 130 ] Scholar was distinguished as a Collector of rare and curious books, &c. He bequeathed his Library, medals, drawings, &c. to the British Museum. " The only likeness existing of Mr. Cracherode is a black- -lead drawing made by order, and in the possession, of " Lady Spencer, but by himself expressly forbidden to be " engraved." For a full and most interesting account of this very benevo- lent and excellent man, — see Chalmers' Biographical Dic- tionary, from which the preceding extract is taken. 499. EDRIDGE. Adam, first Viscount Duncan. Born, 1731. Died, 1804. The Hero of Camperdown. 500. EDRIDGE. George, Earl of Macartney. Died, 1806. Employed on several important diplomatic missions, particu- larly in an Embassy to the Emperor of China. 501. VENABLES. The Honourable Frederick Spencer, 1831. (see 84.) [ 131 ] 502. ALLINGHAM. The Honourable Frederick Spencer, 1824. (see 84.) 503. AFTER RAPHAEL. Bin do Altoviti. 504. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. Miss Louisa Poyntz. Sister of Georgiana, first Countess Spencer. 505. SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE. Dr. Wollaston, in Chalk. Born, 1766. Died, 1828. William Hyde Wollaston, M. D., F. R. S., was the Author of many philosophical and scientific works. Optics was one of his favourite studies; and the world is very deeply in- debted to him for the many improvements which he suggested in the construction of Spectacles, and of other aids to sight. jFrti7t7i 2ft/ 7s, J#