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HISTORIC GALLERY, 
 
 PALI. MAIL. 
 
 EXHIBITION OF PICTURES, 
 
 PAINTED FOfc 
 
 BOWYER'S MAGNIFICENT EDITION 
 
 OF THB 
 
 HISTORY OF ENGLAND. 
 
 LONDON. 
 
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CATALOGUE 
 
 N° i. 
 
 William the Firft accepting the Crown of 
 England. 
 
 Painted by B. West, Efq. Hijlorical Painter to his Majefty^ 
 and Prefdent of the Royal Academy. 
 
 Before he (William) came within fight of the city, all 
 the chief nobility, and Edgar Atheling himfeif, the new-ele&ed 
 king, came into his camp, and declared their intention of yield- 
 ing to his authority. They requefted him to mount their throne, 
 which they now confidered as vacant ; and declared to him that, 
 as they had always been, ruled by regal power, they defired to 
 follow, in this- particular, the example of their anceftors, and 
 knew of no one more worthy than himfeif to hold the reins of 
 government." — Vide Hume, Vol. I. p. 234, oft. edit. 
 
 N° 2. 
 
 The Submiffion of John to his Brother, Richard I. 
 
 Painted by B. West, Efq. 
 
 c< During this war Prince John deferted from Philip, threw 
 himfeif at his brother's feet, craved pardon for his offences, and 
 by the interceffion of Queen Eleanor, was received into favour. 
 — 1 forgive bim^ fa id the King, and hope I foall as eafily forget his 
 injuries as he will my pardon" — Vide HuM£ 4 Vol. 11. p. 31, 
 Qft. edit. 
 
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 N° 3 - 
 
 Charles the Second in the Forefl: of Bofcobel, 
 
 The Figures by R. Smirke, R. A. 
 
 And the Landfcape by T. Farrington, R. A. 
 
 <c The king left Worcefter at fix o'clock in the afternoon, 
 and, without halting, travelled about twenty-fix miles, in com- 
 pany with fifty or fixty of his friends. To provide for his fafety, 
 he thought it beft to feparate hijnfelf from his companions ; and 
 he left them without communicating his intentions to any of 
 them. By the earl of Derby's dire&ions, he went to Bofcobel, 
 a lone houfe in the borders of Staffordshire, inhabited by one 
 Penderell, a farmer. To this man Charles entrufled himfelf. 
 The man had dignity of fentiments much above his condition; 
 and though death was denounced againft all who concealed the 
 king, and a great reward promifed to any one who fhould betray 
 him, he profefled and maintained unfhaken fidelity. He took 
 the affiftance of his four brothers, equally honourable with him- 
 felf; and having clothed the king in a garb like their own, they 
 led him into the neighbouring wood, put a bill into his hand, 
 and pretended to employ themfelves in cutting faggots. Some 
 nights he lay upon ftraw in the houfe, and fed on fuch homely 
 fare as it afforded. For a better concealment, he mounted upoji 
 an oak, where he fheltered himfelf among the leaves and branches 
 for twenty- four hours. He faw feveral foldiers pafs by. All of 
 them were intent in fearch of the king; and fome exprefTed, in 
 his hearing % their earneft wifhes of feizing him. This tree was 
 afterwards denominated the Royal Oak; and for many years waa» 
 regarded by the neighbourhood with great veneration." 
 
 N* 4 . 
 
 Mary Queen of Scots making her Efcape from 
 Lochlevin Caftle. 
 
 Painted by R. Smirke, R> A. 
 
 <c While thefe humours were in fermentation, Mary was em- 
 ployed in contrivances for effecting her efcape; and fhe en- 
 gaged, by her charms and careffes, a young gentleman, George 
 Douglas, brother to the laird of Lochlevin, to affift her in that 
 enterprife. She even went fo far as to give him hopes of ef- 
 poufing her, after her marriage with Bothwel fhould be diffolved 
 on the plea of force \ and flie propofed this expedient to the re- 
 
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 gent, who reje&ed it. Douglas, however, perfevered in his 
 endeavours to free her from captivity ; and having all opportu- 
 nities of accefs to the houfe, he was at laft fuccefsful in the un- 
 dertaking. He conveyed her in difguife into a fmall boat, and 
 himfelf rowed her afhore." — Vide Hume, Vol V. p. 126, oft. 
 edit. 
 
 N* 5 . 
 
 The Earl of Sandwich refufing to quit his Ship 
 when it had been fet on Fire in the Battle of 
 Solebay. 
 
 Painted by R. Smirke, R. A. 
 
 cc He himfelf meanwhile rufhed into battle with the Hol- 
 landers ; and, by prefenting himfelf to every danger, had drawn 
 upon him all the braveft of the enemy. He killed Van Ghent, 
 a Dutch admiral, and beat off his (hip ; he funk another (hip, 
 which ventured to lay him aboard ; he funk three fire-fliips which 
 endeavoured to grapple with him ; and though his veffel was 
 torn in pieces with (hot, and of a thoufand men fhe contained 
 near fix hundred were killed, he continued dill to thunder with 
 all his artillery in the midft of the enemy. But another firefhip, 
 more fortunate than the preceding, having laid hold of his veffel, 
 her deftru£Hon was now inevitable. Warned by Sir Edward 
 Haddock, his captain, he refufed to make his efcape, and bravely 
 embraced death as a ftielter from that ignominy which a rafli ex- 
 preffion of the Duke of York he thought had thrown upon 
 him. 19 — Fide Hume, Vol. VII. p. 485, oft. edit. 
 
 N° 6. 
 
 Lady Jane Grey folicited to accept the Crown. 
 
 1 Painted by R. Smirke, R. A. 
 
 <c Her heart full of this paffion for literature and the elegant 
 arts, and of tendernefs towards her hufband, who was deferving 
 of her affections, had never opened itfelf to the flattering allure- 
 ments of ambition ; and the intelligence of her elevation to the 
 throne was nowife agreeable to her. She even refufed to accept 
 of the prefent; pleaded the preferable title of the two princeffes; 
 expreffed her dread of the confequences attending an enterprife 
 fo dangerous, not to fay criminal ; and defired to remain in the 
 private flation in which ihe was born." — Vide Hume, VoL IV* 
 p. 369, oft. edit. 
 
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 N* 7. 
 
 Joan of Arc declaring her Million* 
 
 Painted by J. Opie, R. A. 
 
 u An aflembly of grave do&ors and theologians eautioufly 
 examined Joan's mifiion, and pronounced it undoubted and fu- 
 pernatural." 
 
 N° 8. 
 
 Queen of James II. fecretly embarking at Gravef- 
 end, previous to the Abdication of the King. 
 
 Painted by J. Opie, R. A. 
 
 Although Hume did not confider it neceflary to his narra- 
 tive to mention this circumftance, the particular manner of the 
 Queen's departure has been defcribed by other writers of credit; 
 and therefore, being an admitted fa£t, the publifher was happy in 
 having an opportunity to introduce an additional illuftration of 
 the Englifli Hiftory, by what he flatters himfdf will be deemed 
 an honourable example of Englifhart. 
 
 N° 9. 
 
 The Seizing of Mortimer. 
 
 Painted by J. Opie, R. A. 
 
 11 The caftle of Nottingham was chofen for the fcene of the 
 enterprife. The queen-dowager and Mortimer lodged in that 
 fortrefs : the king alfo was admitted, though with a few only of 
 his attendants : and as the caftle was ftri&Iy guarded, the gates 
 locked every evening, and the keys carried to the queen, it be- 
 came neceflary to communicate the defign to Sir William Eland, 
 the governor, who zealoufly took part in it. By his direction 
 the king's afToaates were admitted through a fubterraneous paf- 
 fage, which had formerly been contrived for a fecret outlet from 
 the caftle, but was now buried in rubbifli; and Mortimer, 
 without having it in his power to make refiftance, was fuddenly 
 feized in an apartment adjoining to the queen's/'— -Vide Hume, 
 VqI. IL />. 37^ oft. edit. 
 
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 N° to. 
 
 The Duke pf York, Brother to Edward the 
 Fifth, refigned by the Queen. 
 
 Painted by J. Opie, R. A. 
 
 " The Archbifhops of Canterbury and York employed every 
 argument, accompanied with earned entreaties, exhortations, 
 and aflurances, to bring her over to the fame opinion. She 
 long continued obftinate, and infifled that the Duke of York, 
 by living in the fancluary* was not only fecure himfelf, but gave 
 fecurity to the king, whofe life no one would dare to attempt, 
 while his fucceflbr and avenger remained in fafety. But finding 
 that none fupported her in thefe fentiments, and that force, in 
 cafe of refufal, w 7 as threatened by the council, {he at laft com- 
 plied, and produced her fon to the two prelates. She was here 
 on a fudden ftruck with a kind of prefage of his future ftate; 
 lhe tenderly embraced him; (he bedewed him with tears; and, 
 bidding him an eternal adieu, delivered him, with many expref- 
 fions of regret and reluctance, into their cuftody." — Vide Hume, 
 Vol. HI. f. 2 j i, oft. edit. 
 
 N° ii. 
 
 Mary Queen of Scots previous to her Execution* 
 
 Painted by J. Opie, R. A. 
 
 <c Her fervants feeing her in this condition, ready to lay her 
 head upon the block, burft into tears and lamentations ; and an 
 attendant covered her eyes with a handkerchief." — Vide Hume, 
 Vol V. p. 319, oft. edit. 
 
 N° 12. 
 
 The AlTaffination of Becket. 
 
 Painted by J. Opie, R. A. 
 
 c< The four aflaflins, though they took different roads to 
 England, arrived nearly about the fame time at Saltwoode, near 
 Canterbury; and being there joined by fome affiftants, they 
 proceeded in great hafte to the archiepifcopal palace. They 
 found the primate, who trufted entirely to the facrednefs of his 
 character, very flenderly attended; and though they threw out 
 many menaces and reproaches againft him, he was fo incapable 
 
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 of fear, that, without ufing any precautions againft their violence^ 
 he immediately went to St. IJenedi&'s church to hear vefpers. 
 They followed him thither, attacked him before the altar, and, 
 having cloven his head with many blows, retired without meet- 
 ing any oppofuion." — Vide Hume, VoU I. p. 417, oft. edit. 
 
 The Death of Sir Philip Sidney. 
 
 Painted by J. F. Rigaud, R. A. 
 
 " After this laft aftion, while he was lying on the field man- 
 gled with wounds, a bottle of water was brought to him to re- 
 lieve his thitft 5 but, obferving a foldier near him in a like mifer- 
 able condition, he faid, This maris necejjity is JIM greater than mine\ 
 and religned to him the bottle of water. The King of Scots, 
 ftruck with admiration of Sidney's virtue, celebrated his memory 
 in a copy of Latin verfes which he compofed on the death of that 
 young hero.'— Vide Hume, VoU V* p. 276, oil. edit. 
 
 N° 14. 
 
 Prince William, Son of Henry I. endeavouring 
 to fave his Sifter, the Countefs of Perche. 
 
 Painted by J. F. Rigaud, R. A. 
 
 €C William was put into the long-boat, and had got clear of 
 the fhip, when hearing the cries of his natural fitter the Coun- 
 tefs of Perche, he ordered the feamen to row back, in hopes of 
 faving her; the numbers who then crowded in foon funk the 
 boat, and the prince, with all his retinue, perifhed. Above a 
 hundred and forty young noblemen of the principal families of 
 England and Normandy were loft on this occafion. A butcher 
 of Rouen was the only perfon on board who efcaped ; he clung 
 to the matt, and was taken up next morning by fifliermen."— 
 Vide Hume, Vol 1. p. 338, oft. edit. 
 
 Edwy and Elgiva infulted by Dunftan. 
 
 Painted by W. Hamilton, R. A. 
 
 cc On the day of Edwy's coronation his nobility were aflem- 
 bled in a great hall, and were indulging themfelves in that riot 
 
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 and diforder which, from the example of their German an- 
 ceftors, had become habitual to the Englifli ; when Edwy, 
 attra&ed by fofter pleafures, retired into the queen's apartment, 
 and in that privacy gave range to his fondnefs towards his wife, 
 which was only moderately checked by the prefence of her mo- 
 ther. Dunftan conjedtured the reafon of the king's retreat; 
 and carrying along with him Odo, Archbifhop of Canterbury, 
 over whom he had gained an abfolute afcendant, he burft into 
 the apartment, upbraided Edwy with his lacivioufnefs, probably 
 bellowed on the queen the moft opprobious epithet that can be 
 applied to her fex, and, tearing him from her arms, puftied him 
 back in a di/graceful manner into the banquet of the nobles."— 
 Vide Hume, Vol. I. p. 1 16, oR. edit. 
 
 The Death of Prince Arthur. 
 Painted by W. Hamilton, R. A. 
 
 <c John removed Arthur to the Caftle of Rouen ; and, com- 
 ing in a boat during the night-time to that place, commanded 
 Arthur to be brought forth to him. The young prince, aware 
 of his danger, and now more fubdued by the continuance of his 
 misfortunes, and by the approach of death, threw himfelf on 
 his knees before his uncle, and begged for mercy: but the 
 barbarous tyrant, making no reply, ftabbed him with his own 
 hands, and fattening a ftone to the dead body, threw it into the 
 Seine/' — Vide Hume, Vol II. p. 47, o5i. edit. 
 
 N° 17. 
 
 Rowena introduced to Vortigern, King of the 
 
 Britons. 
 
 Painted by W. Hamilton, R. A. 
 
 Mr. Hume thought it unneceflary to his Hiftory to defcribe 
 this interview; but Rapin mentions the following particulars 
 refpe&ing that circumftance : 
 
 15 Hengift perceiving with joy the fudden effect of Rowena's 
 charms upon Vortigern, is unwilling to give his growing paffion 
 time to cool. He makes a fign to bis niece, who immediately 
 going to the fide-board, fills a gold cup with wine, and prefems 
 
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 it to the king, faying, in her language, <c Dear king, your 
 health*" Vortigern, agreeably furpri fed, turns to his interpreter, 
 and afks what (he faid, and how he muft anfwer after the Saxon 
 manner. Being informed, he looks very amoroufly on Rowena, 
 and anfwers in Saxon, Drink heal, that is, Do yourf elf drink the 
 health. Whereupon Rowena, juft putting the cup to her lips, 
 prefents it to the king, who taking it, rifes up immediately and 
 gives her a falute. Rowena receives it in a very refpe&ful man- 
 ner, as fenfible of the great honour done her, and, making a 
 profound reverence, withdraws, leaving the monarch full of love 
 and defire." — Vide Rapin, folio edit. Vol. L p. 32. 
 
 N° 18. 
 
 Saint Auguftine preaching to Ethelbert, King 
 of Kent. 
 
 Painted by H. Tresham, A. 
 
 <c Auguftine on his arrival in Kent in the year 597, found 
 the danger much lefs than he had apprehended. Ethelbert, al- 
 ready well-difpofed towards the Chriftian faith, affigned him a 
 habitation in the ifle of Thanet, and foon after admitted him to 
 a conference. Apprehenftve, however, left fpells or enchant- 
 ments might be employed againft him by priefts, who brought 
 an unknown worfhip from a diftant country, he had the pre- 
 caution to receive them in the open air, where he believed the 
 force of their magic would be more eaiily diflipated. Here 
 Auguftine, by means of his interpreters, delivered to him the 
 tenets of the Chriftian faith, and promifed him eternal joys above, 
 and a kingdom in heaven without end, if he would be perfuaded 
 to receive that falutary doctrine. " Your words and promifes," 
 replied Ethelbert, <c are fair ; but, becaufe they are new and un- 
 certain, I cannot entirely yield to them, and relinquifli the prin- 
 ciples which I and my anceftors have fo long maintained. You 
 are welcome, however, to remain here in peace ; and as you 
 have undertaken fo long a journey, folely, as it appears, for what 
 you believe to be for our advantage, 1 will fupply you with all 
 neceffaries, and permit you to deliver your dodrine to my fub- 
 je&s."— Vide Hume, Vol. L p* 34, ofl. edit. 
 
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 N° 19. 
 
 Alfred receiving the Royal Un&ion from Pope 
 Leo the Third. 
 
 Painted by R. Westall, R. A. 
 
 « c This Prince gave very early marks of thofe great virtues 
 and Alining talents* by which, during the moft difficult times, he 
 faved his country from utter ruin and fubverfion. Ethelwolf, 
 his father, the year after his return with Alfred from Rome, had 
 again fent the young Prince thither with a numerous retinue; 
 and a report being fpread of the King's death, the Pope Leo IIL 
 gave Alfred the royal unftion ; whether prognoiHcating his future 
 greatnefs £jOm the appearances of his pregnant genius, or willing 
 to pretend, even in that age, to the right of conferring king- 
 doms." — Vide Hume, Vol 1. p. 76, oft. edit. 
 
 N°20. 
 
 Charles the Firft with two of his Children pre- 
 vious to his Death. 
 
 Painted byT. Stothard, R. A. 
 
 <c To the young Duke, too, he could not forbear giving feme 
 advice, in order to feafon his mind with early principles of 
 loyalty and obedience towards his brothe*, who was fo foon to 
 be his fovereign. Holding him on his knee, he faid, 44 Now 
 they will cut off thy father's head." At thefc wo'ds the child 
 looked very ftedfaftly upon him. ct Mark, child ! ivhat I fay : 
 they will cut off my head ! and perhaps make thee a king: but 
 mark^what I fay, thou muft not be a king, as long as thy bro- 
 thers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy bro- 
 thers' heads when they can catch them ! And thy head too they 
 will cut off at laft ! Therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a 
 king by them I" The Duke, fighing, replied, " I will be torn 
 in pieces firft !" So determined an anfwer, from one of fuch 
 tender years, filled the King's eyes with tears of joy and admira- 
 tion."— Vide Hume, Vol. VJI. p. 142, oft. edit. 
 
 N° 21. 
 
 Alfred in the Houfe of the Neatherd. 
 
 Painted by F. Wheatley, R. A. 
 
 " The wife of the neatherd was ignorant of the perfon and 
 condition of her royal gueftj and oblervitfg him one day bufy 
 
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 by the fire-fide in trimming his bow and arrows, flie defired him 
 to take care of fome cakes which were toafting, while flie was 
 employed elfewhere in other domeftic affairs. But Alfred, 
 whofe thoughts were otherwife engaged, negle&ed this injunc- 
 tion ; and the good woman, on her return, finding her cakes all 
 burnt, rated the King very feverely, and upbraided him that he 
 always feemed very well pleafed to eat her warm cakes, though 
 he was thus negligent in toafting them." — Vide Hume, Vol. L 
 p. 80, o£t. edit. 
 
 N° 22. 
 
 The Death of Richard the Second. 
 
 Painted by F. Wheatley, R> A. 
 
 <c Hiftorians differ refpe£ling the manner in which he was 
 murdered. It was the prevailing opinion that Sir Piers Exton, 
 with others of his guards, fell upon him in the caftle of Pomfret, 
 where he was confined, and difpatched him." — Vide Hume, 
 Vol. lit. p. 49, oft. edit K 
 
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 Conference between Wallace and Bruce. 
 
 Painted by W. Artaud. 
 
 " In this general rout of the army, Wallace's military fkill and 
 prefence of mind enabled him to keep his troops entire; and 
 retiring behind the Carron, he marched leifurely along the 
 banks of that fmall river, which protected him from the enemy. 
 Young Bruce, who had already given many proofs of his afpiring 
 genius, but who ferved hitherto in the Englifti army, appeared 
 on the oppofite banks ; and diftinguifhing the Scottifh chief, as 
 well by his majeftic port, as by the intrepid activity of his beha- 
 viour, called out to him, and defired a fhort conference. He 
 here reprefented to Wallace the fruitlefs and ruinous enterprife 
 in which he was engaged ; and endeavoured to bend his inflexible 
 fpirit to fubmiffion under fuperior power and fuperior fortune. 
 He infifted on the unequal conteft between a weak ftate, de- 
 prived of its head and agitated by inteftine difcord, and a mighty 
 nation, conduced by the ableft and moft martial monarch of 
 the age, and poffefled of every refource either for protrailing the 
 war or for pufhing it with vigour and adivity. If the love of 
 his country were his motive fur perfeverance, his obftinacy tended 
 
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 only to prolong her mifery; if he carried his views to private 
 grandeur and ambition, he might refle£t that, even if Edward 
 fliould withdraw his armies, it appeared, from paft experience, 
 that fo many haughty nobles, proud of the pre-eminence of 
 their families, would never fubmit to perfonal merit, whofe fupe- 
 riority they were lefs inclined to regard as an obje& of admira- 
 tion than as a reproach and injury to themfelves. To thefe ex- 
 hortations Wallace replied that, if he had hitherto a&ed alone 
 as the champion of his country, it was folely becaufe no fecond 
 or competitor, or (what he rather wiflied) no leader, had yet 
 appeared to place himfelf in that honourable ftation ; that the 
 blame lay entirely on the nobility, and chiefly on Bruce himfelf, 
 who, uniting perfonal merit to dignity of family, had deferted 
 the poft which both nature and fortune, by fuch powerful calls, 
 invited him to affume ; that the Scots, pofleffed of fuch a head, 
 would, by their unanimity and concord, have furmounted the 
 chief difficulty under which they now laboured, and might hope, 
 notwithftanding their prefent lodes, to oppofe fuccefsfully all the 
 powers and abilities of Edward; that Heaven itfelf could not fet 
 a more glorious prize before the eyes either of virtue or ambi- 
 tion, than to join in one objeft, the acquifition of royalty with 
 the defence of national independence ; and that, as the interefts 
 of his country, more than thofe of a brave man, could never be 
 /incerely cultivated by a facrifice of liberty, he himfelf was de- 
 termined, as far as poffible, to prolong not her mifery but her 
 freedom, and was defirous that his own life, as well as the ex- 
 iftence of the nation, might terminate, when they could no 
 ptherwife be preferved than by receiving the chains of a haughty 
 victor. The gallantry of thefe Sentiments, though delivered by 
 an armed enemy., ftruck the generous mind of Bruce ; the flame 
 was conveyed from the breaft of one hero to that of another j he 
 repented of his engagements with Edward, and, opening his 
 eyes to the honourable path pointed out to him by Wallace, fe- 
 cretly determined to (eize the firft opportunity of embracing the 
 caufe, however defperate, of his opprefTed country." — FideHuME, 
 foL II. />. 305. 
 
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 PORTRAITS. 
 N° 24. 
 
 Portrait of William the Conqueror. 
 
 A more particular hiftory of this Portrait is given in the Se- 
 cond Number of Mr. Bowyer's fplendid Edition of the Hiftory 
 of England; where the Engraving from this Picture is intro- 
 dnced. — At prefent Mr. Bowyer will only remark, that he has 
 unqueft onable proof that, in the year 1741, the Hon. James 
 Weft, Efq. Prefident of the Royal Society, offered Five Hun- 
 dred Guineas for this Portrait. 
 
 Mr. Bowyer is indebted for the loan of it to his friend Dr. 
 Webfter, of Witham, in EfTex. 
 
 N° 25. 
 Portrait of David Rizzio, 
 
 Who was murdered in the Prefence of Mary f^ueen of Scots* 
 
 There can be no doubt of the originality of this picture- 
 Mr. Bowyer is likewise indebted to his friend Dr. Webfter for 
 the loan of this Portrait. 
 
 N° 26. 
 
 Portrait of Mrs. Delborough, Sifter of Oliver 
 Cromwell. 
 
 By Walker. 
 
 N° 27. 
 A Portrait. 
 By Janssen* 
 
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 SKETCH of Mr. BOWYER's PROSPECTUS. 
 
 Sixty large Pictures will be painted from the moft interefting 
 events in the Britifh Hiftory. 
 
 The Prints from thofe Pictures, as well as every other Embel- 
 lifhment of the Work, will be executed in the fame ftyle of 
 engraving as the celebrated Prims of the Death of General 
 Wolfe, and the Battles of the Boyne and La Hogue. 
 
 All the firft Artifts in the Country have undertaken to exert 
 their abilities in the Embellifhments of this Work. 
 
 The whole Hiftory will be publifhed, as nearly as can be com-i 
 puted, in Sixty Numbers, making Six magnificent Folio Vo- ,! 
 lumes. Each Number will contain one Capital Hiftoric Print, 
 with one or more Vigneutes, Portraits, Views of Naval E^Jl 
 garments, Monuments, Ruins, Coins, or Medals, as t^ c 
 fubject may require. 
 
 The Price to Subf ribers is One Guinea each Number; anoL 
 in order to remove every poflibility of doubt refpecting the^ 
 equitable and fair delivery of the Impreflions of the Plates ac- 
 cording to the order of fubfcription, fuch an engagement is 
 given as will effectually anfwer that purpofe. 
 
 Proposals, containing an account of the various Embellifh- 
 ments which are to appear in this Work (moft of which are 
 in their nature perfectly new), together with the names of the 
 Artifts engaged, and every other particular relating to this 
 Undertaking, may be had at the Historic Gallery; and of 
 J. Edwards, Pall-Mail ; and W. Richardfon, Royal Ex- 
 change ; where the Numbers already publifhed may be in- 
 fpected. — Eleven Numbers are already publifhed, and the 
 twentieth Number will be publifhed on the fourth of June 
 next. 
 
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 The Miniatures over the Chimney-piece are painted by 
 Mr. Bowyer. 
 
 N° I Portrait of His Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales* 
 
 2 Portrait of his Royal Highnefs the Duke of Clarence, 
 
 3 Portrait of His Royal Highnefs Prince William of 
 
 Gloucefter. 
 
 4 Portrait of Her Grace the Duchefs of Rutland. 
 
 5 Portrait of the Jate Earl of Sandwich. 
 
 6 Portrait of his Highnefs the Nabob of Arcot. 
 
 7 Portrait of Admiral Gell. 
 
 8 Portrait of a Lady, 
 
 9 Portrait of a Lady. 
 -10 Portrait of a Lady. 
 
 i i Portrait of a Lady. 
 \ 12 Portrait of the Right Honourable Lord Thurlow. 
 j Portrait of a Lady, 
 j 4 Portrait of a Lady; 
 j Portrait of the late Lord Heathfield. 
 / 16 Portraits of a young Nobleman and his Sifter. 
 ! 17 Portrait of a Lady. 
 
 18 Portrait of I. Lee, Efq, 
 
 19 Portraits of Two Young Noblemen, 
 
 20 Portrait of an Old Lady. 
 
 21 Portrait of Dr. Willis. 
 
 22 Portrait of a Lady of Quality. 
 
 23 Portrait of a Lady. 
 
 24 Portrait of Sir Ifaac Heard. 
 
 25 Portrait of the late Sir Robert Boyd. 
 
 26 Portrait of a Lady. 
 
 27 Portrait of Sir Edward Hughes,