'r-:w ■i-' t«4' J"^' ^ "^^^^ W^' W^ '*' ^ "S^ 'i )^l'' N^ A'^itYlrflM /WW 4- -, \ - *^. ANEW DESCRIPTION OF THE CURIOSITIES I N IFILtO N'HOUSE. K I ANEW DESCRIPTION OFT HE Pictures, Statues, Bustos, Basso-Relievos, AND OTHER CURIOSITIES A T T H E Earl of Pembroke's House A T WILTON. In the Antiques of this Colledion are contain'd the Whole of Cardinal Richelieu 's and Cardinal Mazarine's, and the greateft Part of the Earl of Arundel 's; beiides feveral particular Pieces purchas'd at different Times, By JAMES KENNEDY. SALISBURY: Printed by Benjamin Collins, on the New-Canal; and fold by R, Baldwin, in Pater-nofter-Row, London, M DCC LVIII. TO THE PUBLIC K* THE frequent Demands for a new' and more accurate Account of thefe Sculptures and Paintings, will render unneceflary any Apology for the Publication of this. Time, generally Ipeaking, varies Taftes 5 but in this Collection the mofl: refin'd Taftes in every Age will meet with Subjects worthy their Attention. Statuary and Painting, Twins and Ri- vals in their Arts, muft be allow'd to be ufeful and entertaining; and here thofe whofe Genius and Tafte lead them to admire thefe exquifite Works of the Antients, and of the greateft Matters in modern Times, have an Opportunity, at one View as it were, of gratifying the moft infatiable Cu- riofity. But ^0 the PuBLiGK. But can our Eyes feaft on, or Minds feel the pleafing Senfation of increaling Knowledge, without a Thought in- truding on thofe great and noble Per- fonages to whofe Munificence, Genius, and Induflry we are indebted for their Prefervation ? To them it is folely owing, that thefe Patterns of the mofi finifh^d Productions the World ever faw, have been brought to Light ; and this Colledion, of which the following Pages is but a fummary Account, con- tains perhaps the moft numerous and moft excellent Specimens of the Greek and Roma7i Artifts ; Works that have efcap'd the Ravages of Time, and outliv'd thofe States that nurtur'd and brought them to Perfedion. s^^ THE READER Is defired to take Notice, That the Names of the Marbles in Italian, the Language in which they were firft diftinguiflbed by the Mo- derns, are marked in Italic Charac- ters : And it is to be obferved, that the Quarries of all thofe Marbles, which are called Antiquey are at prefent unknown; as likewife are thofe of Porphyry and Serpe?2tine. ^le. DM, Explanation of the Figures. THE Figures i, 2, 3, 4, 5, prefix'd to: the Painters Names, denote the diffe- rent Sizes of the Pidlures. The Figure i, fignifies the largeil Size ;. the Figure 2, the next ', and fo on to the Figure 5, which ex- preffes the fmalleft Pi6b.ir€s. A DESCRIPTION O F T H E Pictures, Statues, ^c. IN the Court, before the grand Front of the Houfe, ftands a Column of white Egyptian Granite, out of the Arundel Col-- leBion. The Shaft weighs betwixt 60 and 70 hundred Weight, of one Piece. It has a Fillet (as very antiently was ufual) five Inches broad below, and another at Top, three Inches broad, which Fillets project but half an Inch. The Height is 1 3 Feet and a half, the Diameter 22 Inches, and leflens fcarce two Inches at Top. The Greeks afterwards, by Degrees, leflen'd more. It had a Hole both at Top and Bottom, which fhews that it antiently flood as a fmgle Pillar. Mr. Evelyn bought it for the Earl of Arundel at Rome, where Julms Cafar had fet it up before the Temple of Venus Genetrix. JB The 2 A Defcription of the Cunojitles The Statue of Venus, ftanding on it's Top^ Lord Arundel valued much, becaufe it was the only one cafl from a Model made at Romey pro- portionable to fome Parts remaining of the broken Antique. This Column was never eredied fince it fell in the Ruins of old Rome, till fet up here, with a Corinthian Capital and Bafe of white Marble, w^hich makes the Co- lumn eight Diameters. The whole, with all it's Parts, is 32 Feet high. On the lower Fillet of this Column are five Letters in the following Shape : 9V5DI T R T S A Which Letters being read after the Manner of the eaftern Tongues, from the Right Hand to the Left, and having the proper Vowels fupplied, make ASTARTE, the Name by which Venus was worfhipped among the an- tient Nations of the Eaft, In the Front of the Houfe, on each Side the Entrance, Two Statues of black Marble, out of the Ruins of the Palace of Egypt, in which the Viceroys of Perfia lived many Years after Cam- byfes had conquered Egypt, and returned to Perfia. There is a Garment on their Shoulders of different colour'd Marble, and only their Toes Li Wilton-House. ^ Toes appear at Bottom. There is the old Bandage Diadem on one of them -, lingle Sta- tues without Arms were in Ufe long after they could make them with Arms, not only in Egypt, but in Greece, Such Termini were fet at their Doors. The Pedeftals were placed on Plinths, that the Termini might be high enough to flipport the Architrave over the Door. They fhewed a Pride (as ibme think) to reprefent their Captives in this fervile Poflure of bearing and fupporting. The great Gate -Way and Tower into the Inner-Court, were begun by William Earl of "Pembroke^ in the Reign of Queen Elizabethy and finifhed by his Son Henry Earl of Pern- broke. The faid Earl Willia?n received from King Henry VIII. a Grant of Wilton-Abbeyy &c. In the Middle of the Inner-Court. In four Niches of a Pedeftal (whereon fland- eth a Horfe as large as the Life) are four Statues; the firfl Diana. On the right Hand, is Venus picking a Thorn out of her Foot. The next is Venus holding a Shell in her right Hand, her left Hand has hold of the Tail of a Dolphin, B Z The 4 A Defcription of the Curiojlties The fourth is Venus and Cupid. He is begging for his Quiver of Arrows. On one Side of the Gateway. The Bufto of Anobarbus. Tiberius. AsiNius PoLLio: There is a very elegant Turn m the Neck of this Bufto, with a flirong Expreffion' of it's Mufcles. On the other Side Julia Domina, Wife oi Septimius Severus. Geta^ this ftands upon an antient Altar of Bacchus ', round it we may fee the whole Drefs of his Priefl:, alfo the Thyrfus in one Hand : He has a Panther after him, alfo two Prieftelfes going in Proceflion round the Altar : The Thyrfus, in the Priefl's Hand, is a plain Pine- Apple, not adorned with Bunches of Grapes, as that mentioned in the Great-Hall; which therefore feems to be an adorned Sceptre for Bacchus himfelf, and the rather becaufe in the triangular Altar, upon a Table in the Cube- Room, the Prieft has alfo a Thyrfus, but plain ^ this here, only with this Addition, that it has Pine-Apples, one at each End, the Stalks being joined at the Middle where his Hand holds ito J In two painted Niches are two Statues j the firft is Attis, Cybele\ high Prieft cloathed as a Wo- man, on which Statue tiiere is a fine Diflertation in Montfaucon, Vol. I. HcfC In the other Nich is a Statue of Autumnus, with Autumn Fruit. hi Wilton-House. ^ Here follows the Infcription, ending in a Circle round the Altar: MEiPO/^EN: J^mViOI/ Canamus, Titonyjium. Fulchri-Formem, Bacchatorem. jA/yeoimLNOM . Flavi'Comum. The Epjilon for an Eta is fufficient to fhew that it was before the Addition of the four laft Letters, and therefore 'tis likely Omicron ftands for Omega, becaufe learned Men agree that fc£^T4>/x,£v Canamus fuits the old Hymn to Bacchus, better than /vcsXttc/xsv Canimus. In the Porch f built by Hans Holbein) leading into the Veftibule, The Buftos of Hannibal, Pescennius Niger, Albinus and Miltiades. Buflos 6 A Defcription of the Curiofitiei Buflos in the Veftibule. Begin with that next to a Pillar by the Door» Pindar, Theophrastus, Jotapi, Wife to Antiochus Comagena, Lysimachus, Tryphina, Vibius Varus, Hadrian, Sabina Tranquilina, Wifeof Gordian, Agrippina Major, Aristophanes, Ca- ligula. Here are two Columns of the Pavonazzo or Peacock Marble, each nine Feetfeven Inches high ; both of them had Capitals which ferved j^for Urns. There are Holes at the Top Ipto put the Afhes in ; they were in the Colum- barium of a Nobleman and his Wife, and the Infcription over them, which was in the Wall, fignified, that they had made that Columbarium. In the Middle of the Veflibule. The Statue of Apollo, out of the Justi-- NiANi Gallery. He appears with a molt graceful Air in a refting Pofture, having hung his Quiver on the Laurel, which is ornamented with very fine Sculpture, PIC In Wilton-House. PICTURES I N T H E DINING-ROOM. s Over the Door. TILL Life of Plate and Earthen Vef- fels. 4. By Labradore. On the heft-Hand Side of the Door. A Capital Picture, (i) by Andrea Schiavone, reprefents our Saviour riding into y^rw/^/^;« upon an Afsj the Adlions of the Multitude attending him, anfwering to the Defcription given in St. Matthew, Chap. xxi. ver. 8. 9. Four Viev7S of the Houfe which the late Hejtryt Earl of Pembroke, built upon Black- Heath, 2. By G. Lambert. The Virgin with our Saviour in her Lap, alfo Joseph, St. Peter, and the Painter. 2. By Andrew Sqimzzelia, The 8 A Defcription of the Curiofities The Virgin, our Saviour, St. John and St. Catharine. Our Saviour is putting a Ring on St. Catharine's Finger. 3. By Gulio Ccefare Procacino* A Battle-Piece. 3. By Luccatelli, A Fair. 3. By Jans Brugel f Velvet J, The Virgin, old Joseph, our Saviour, Elizabeth, and St. John. 3. By Gtrolamo di Sermoneta. A Battle. 4. By Leandro. '^ The Story of Iphis and Telethusa, from the 9th Book of Ovid, 3. By Antonio Loti, The three Angels coming to Abraham. 4. By Pafqualini, A Battle. 4. By Leandro, A Nativity. 4. By Pontormo. Five Men in a Houfe, groping in the Dark. 3. By Gentile da Fabriano. Lot and his two Daughters going from Sodom, 3. '^y Pellegrini da Bologna. The In WiLTON-Housfe, 9 The Syrophenician Woman addreffing herfelf to Christ for the Recovery of her Daughter* 4. By Karle Vermunder. Noah going into the Ark. The Roe-Bucks on the forembft Ground are as big as the Life> and appear alive. 2. By Beneditto Cajiiglion, The Virgin, old Joseph, Elizabeth, our Saviour, and St. John, w^ho is leading a Lamb to our Saviour. 3. By Palma Vecchio, DalilAh cutting off Sampson's Hair, arid the Philistines appearing. 2. By Sijio Badalachi,. A half Length of St. John. 3. By Giacinto Brandt, The Virgin with our Saviour iri her Lap, old Joseph is leaning on an Altar, an Angel is undrav^ing a Curtain. 3. By ^imot. d'UrbinOf The Virgin and our Saviour^ 3. By II Frate, A View of Piazza -Navona at Rome, in which is a Fair or Market, with Shows, and ia one Place is a Jefuit preaching. 3, 'B^ Caffanff. C * The ^o A Defcriptzon of the Curiofities The Virgin, our Saviour, St John, and an Angel. 3* % Bernardino Gatti, A Nativity. 4. By Carlo Cignani. Venus fitting, and Cupid is fliarpening the Heads of his Arrows in the FirciiU i/iaoc^b i;i:^ 3. By Orazio BamachlnL Susanna and the the two Elders, as big as the Life. 2. By Guercino, The Four Seasons; Winter is the Stump of a Tree, with odd Faces and Owls. 2. By Murillo. A Landfcape with Figures. 2. By Stephen della Bella. A Landfcape with a rocky Ifland in the Middle of the Sea, with Boats and Men /land- ing on the Shore. 3. By Brll. Christ with a Multitude, and the Syro- phenician Woman praying for the Reco- very of her Daughter. 4. By Vincheboons, In the fame Room, Two black Porphyry Pillars, which were brought by Lord Arundel from Rotney and fup- port the Arch of the Beaufet. On V V\^» WitTON -House. h On the Chimney-piece (which, as alfo that in the Drawing-Room, are both by Inigo J ones J is the Buflo of Seneca. Going into the Veftibule is. An antique Pavement of four Sorts of Mar- ble, of gradual Lights and Shadows, as if Cubes ftood upon a Plane. This, in the Arundel Catalogue, was faid to be found under fome Ruins at Luna, a Roman City, about lixty Miles Eaft of Genoa. On a Marble Pavement going into the Drawing-Room. A Table of Red Egyptian Granite, F. I. Long - 4 II Wide - 3 7 And a white Marble Font. Cz PIC- 12 A Defcripfion of the Ciiriojties Q 01 rj P I C T U RES I N T H E DrA WI N G-Ro OM. UILDINGS Perfpedlive and Figures. I. By Saba?td Marco. Ricci. A Boy- gathering Fruit. "2. By Michael Angela Pacidi CampL A Storm. 4. By Pander Velder. A Landfcape with Hager, Ishmael, and the Angel. .. 3. By Poujtn. Half Length of Philip, Earl of Pembroke y fi-om Vandyke. By Mr. Hoare, St. Pet EX ^d the Angel coming out of Prifon. 5- ^y Stenwick. A Carpet and a large Boar's Head. 2. By Maltefe. Nymphs differently employ'd, ibme Danc- ing, fome Singing, and others playing on Mu- fick. 3. By Watteux. The In Wilton-House. 13 The Siege of Pavia. 5. By Hans Holbein, A half Length of Sir Andrew Foun- tain. By Mr. Hoare, Christ praying in the Garden, with two Angels to comfort him, on Copper. 4. By Giofeppe Gratti da Bologna. Bacchus on an Altar in the Wood, many Figures about it celebrating his Myfteries, and fhewing a great Spirit in different Poftures. The Light darts thro' the Wood in a moft plealing Manner. i . By Sahator Rofa, A Herdfrnan with Cattle, as big as the Life, 2. By Rofa di 'Tivoli, An half Length of the Rev. Mr. Wood- ROFFE of Winchejier. By Mr. Hoare. uii ^^ ,:"•'•:■: The Virgin with Christ in her Lap; he is touching her Chin. 4. By Dojfo da Ferrarai The Virgin with Christ in her Arms, in the Clouds. 3. By Pordenone. A Multitude of Figures at a Fair. 5. By Cajieels. Christ X4 -A Defcription of the Curiqfittes Christ in the Manger. 3, By Calandrucci, ^ Mrs. Wr e t t l e, Govemante to the Coun^ tefs of Pembroke, By Mr. Hoare, A Nativity. 4. By Raphael da Reggio, The Virgin in a Straw-Hat, with Christ and St. John. 2. By Gennari, Venus and Qupip, 4. By Fialettt, In Crayon, a Copy of the Princeis Sophia. 4. By Lady Diana Spencer, Daughter of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, now Lady Bolingbroke, A Woman teaching School. 4. By OJiade, .'Two Winter-Pieces; a Multitude of Fi^ gures. 4. By Mumper and Brugel. Fifh and an old Woman giving a Cat ibme Milk. The Fifh, 4. By Snyder, The Virgin, our Saviour, and old Jo- seph leading the Afs. The Flight into Egypt, 4. By Venturg Salembini, A Country ■^ -J^ Wilton-House. 15 A Country Boy, as big as the Life, with a Bird's Nefl in his Hand ; at a Diflance is a Cow bemoaning her Calf. 4. By Antonio Amoroji. .The three Kings OiFering. There is a glo- rious Eclat of Light breaking thro' the Clouds, iij which are many Cherubims. ..,3 j.'- 4. By Paolo Veronefe, An old Woman reading with Spedlacles. 3. By Kembrant. The Marriage of joseph to the Virgin, in an Od:agon. 3, By Augujiino 1'ajfo. Seven Boys at Blindman's Buff. 5. By Girolamo Domm. Christ kiffing St. John. 4. By Andrea Salaino, Scholar of Leonardo da Vinci. The Holy Family ; Saints reprefented praying at the Bottom of the Pidhire. 4. By Pietro Pietri, A Landfcape with Figures; the Story of Cephalus and Procris. 4. By Watei^loe, Venus and the three Graces. 5. By Andrea Camajfei. ■ The 1 6 A Defcription of the Curidfities The Port of Leghorn, on Copper. 5. By Viviano Codazzo^ Cupid giving a Boy fome Fruit and Flowers. 2. By Carlo di FiorL A Calm. 4. By Vander Velder. Statues on the Chimney-Piece, Orpheus with his Symbol, and Apollo. Under the Glafs. A Porphyry Table : A Rim round it of the ^albo Antico or antient yellow Marble, and the Verdi Antico or antient green Marble, IN In WiLTON-Hotr s£, ij I N T H E GREAT HALL, Statues, Bustos, Sarco ph agus's^ (or Tombs) and Basso-Relievos, B^gin with the Statue on the Window Side of the Arch, then on the other Side of the Arch, and fo on. As there are jome Biiftos among the Statues y I Jhall diftinguifo them by that Name when I come to them. "7^ A U S T I N A, Wife of Antoninus Pius, larger than the Life : The Drapery very patural. A Pantheon, having the Symbols of three Divinities, a Cornucopia with Fruit for Ver- tumnusy out of it. Grapes for Bacchus -, and Ears of Corn for Ceres. The Figure is a comely Man, in the Prime of his Age and Strength, without any Beard, and therefore is probably an Apolloy larger than the Life. The Statue ofDijDiA Clara, Daughter to the Emperor Didius fuUanusy bigger than the Life, fitting in a Chair : She holds a fena- torial Roll, in a genteel Poilure. The Drapery ef her Cloathing is veiy fine. D A Buflo 1 8 A Defcrtpfion of the Ciiri(^fies A Bufto of Marcus Aurelius, wheii CceJ'ar. In a Niche, Anting us. The Bufto of Cleopatra, the Sifter of Alexander the Great. A Sarcophagus, (or Tomb) adorned in the Front in Alto-Relievo, two Cupids holding two Feftoons of Fruit : Over each Feftoon are two Heads of the Heathen Deities : Under one of the Feftoons is a Lion and an Ox, under the other Feftoon a Goat and a Cock. This is defcribed by Sahint, vide Tab. 7. Upon the foregoing Tomb is 'Euterpe, the Mufe, fitting v/ith a Flute. She is faid to be the Inventor of Wind-Mufick ; very fine Sculp- ture. By Cleomenes, Portia, Wife of Brutus. The Medal of "Brutus is on her Breaft, a Necklace about her Neck, and a Diadem on her Head -, being the only one known to have this Ornament of a Medal. On the Chimney-Piece. The Bufto of Julia Mamm^a, Mother of Alexander Severus. On one Side^ A fmall Statue of iEscuLAPius. On In Wilton-House. 19 On the other Side, A fmall Statue of Mel eager, very fine Sculpture. A Bufto of Nero. The Shape of his left Arm and Hand feen through his Robe, two little Cupids at the Bottom of the Bufto. A Sarcophagus. In the Middle of the Front is a Circle, wherein is reprefented the half Lengths of a Man and Woman, for whom it may be fuppofed the Tomb was made; the other Part of the Front is fluted Work : At one End is a Lion, with a Unicorn under him -, at the other End a Lion, with a wild Boar under him : At the Bottom, under the Circle, are two Mafks, one of them with Hair, the other hav- ing a Veil upon the upper Part. This is defcribed by Sahini, Tab. 8. Upon the foregoing Tomb is, A Queen of the Amazons, beautiful, tho* Jn a warlike A6tion, being on one Knee, as underaHorfe, defending herfelf in Battle. Her Shield is in the Figure of a Half Moon, ac- cording to the Infcription Virgil gives of it in the firft /Eneid: With Fury Jlorm'd FEmTKESiLE a there, ^nd led, with moony Shields, her Amazons to Wan D z Amidjl 55 A Defer iption of the Curiofties Ami all the T'houfands food the dire Alarms ^ And the ferce Maid engagd the Men in Arms. Pit, B. i, L. 663. Behind the lower Part of the Shield, to illuf- trate the Adion, die Sculptor has carved a Horfe's Foot. Her Bulkin plainly fhews the antient Shape, and Manner of fixing it. • " . By Cleomenes. A Bufto of LuciLLA, the Wife of lEIiiis, very fine Sculpture, In a Niche, The Statue of Mercury, A Bufto of Apollo, SiLENUs and Bacchus, a Group, veryfine^ Flora. This and the foregoing one (both of the Farian Marble) were a Prefent to the firft Philip, Earl of Pembroke, by the Duke of I'lfcany, who in King Charles the Firft's Time was in England, and refided at Wilton, with the faid Earl, three Weeks. The Buflo of Philemon, The Builo of Lepidus. A Sarcophagus, adorned with a fine Column of the Corinthian Order at each End j and in the In WiL ton-House. 21 the Middle is a i : r D :, partly open, which co::n::::= hi: :::■;::: A. :::::: ha:¥eiaid, that Ibme v. ere lo inaae iHbLt uie ;cu. might go out to the Ehlian Fields : At each End of the Tomb is a Grinin. Sahini, Tab. lo. Upon the foregoing Tomb is Hercules, not long before he died. He leans readv to i:!!, :-s.z. looks very lick 5 and Paax, hi: F ie: :i. i: : .:p at him very much poncerrei. T>.e E::::t::l:n of the Mulcles, AnatcniAi gre:.:!;; u.i:::i:c, CoNSTANTiNE the Great, of better Work thm ^T 5 cc nimon in diat A^, as are aijfo a few 01 ill: Mc::ils. The B-Liil:o of Sophocles. A Sarcophagus. IntheMiiiir e : relented three Figures, MeleagzPv rci:,:.v,.."_v rv.iTing i::::e:h:r-g off from a Patera into the Fire on an Al::: ; 1: his Feet lies the Head of the Cafydo- ;:A:^ B:.irj by him is At al ant A, -with a Quiver hanging from her Shoulders : The third i? Theseus. The Antients often devoted tiiemieh es, when they died, to Ibme Divinities, as here to thefe. The whole Bodies of two Peribns, perhaps a Man and his Wife, jfeem to be buried here, becaule there is a Htde Riiir:; at each End ibr their Head?. Thi? Se:Aciire is adorned with two whole Le::g::. Figures of Cajtcr and Poliux, at the two Ends. Sa/vfi^9 Tab, 9. Upon the foregoing Tomb is One 2^ , A Defcrt'ption of the Ciiriofities , One of the Labours of Hercules. He Is ^eprefented as turning the River AchelouSy which is figur'd as an old Man; his Thighs end in Snakes, to fignify the Winding of the River* The Bufto of PoMPEY the Great. The Builo of Brutus Senior. The Statue of Livia, Wife of Augujiusi bigger than the Life, fitting in a Chair; one Hand refting on a Patera, to fhew that fhe was honour'd as Pietas, in which Character flie is alfo feen on a Medal ; the Drapery very natural. THE basso-relievos. Begin with the Uppermoji on the Right-Hand. As I am going to begin with one of the Relievos, // is to be noted, that I Jhall dijiinguifi thefe, when all or moji of the Figures are in Alto-r Relievo, with the Letter A. before them. AN A. Relievo. Apollo and Diana deftroying Niobes Children, by fhooting Arrows at them. There are twelve Figures belides Apollo and Diana, and fix Horfes, very fmall neat Work, Aa In Wilton-House. 2j An A. Relievo. Two Cupids; one looks angry at the other, whofe Bow he has broke, which makes the other whimper. A Relievo. The Ornament of a Pedeftal belonging to a Victor; it reprefents very par- ticularly fome of the antient Greek Games. Here are feveral peculiar Circumftances : Nep- time, as the Judge, is the only Figure fittings Saturn ftands behind ; at the End of the Re-^ lievo is a handfome Piece of Architefture, fomething higher than the Heads of the Per- fons, and is as a Portico to terminate the End of their Running ; in it are Mars and Venusy minding each other only ; over them is a Cupid, who has in his Hand a peculiar Light, not long as a Torch, but as a Lamp, in the Palm of his Hand; two young Men are running, fuppofed to have fat out from the End where Neptune is, and one is almofl got to tlie End terminated by the Building; he has fuch a Light in his Hand as Cupid has. Antiquaries fpeak of the Exercife of Running in this Man- ner with a Light ; the other young Man, v/ha is running after him, has an Oar in his Hand of the antique Form. Li the Middle of the Place for the Exercifes, are two flrong made Men with Beards ; they fliew another Sort of Tryal, not of Motion, (as the young Men) but of Strength ; one of their Hands is tied to the other's two Hands, in this it is fuppofed they took turns to tiy which could pull the other farthefl after them. An 24 ' A Defcriptiojt of the Curidjittes An A. Relievo, Curtius on Horfback^ leaping into the Earth which opens with a Flame . of Fire. It is of the jinefi Work by a Greek Sculptor. An A. Relievo, a Fauna dancing a Child upon her Foot; of the antient Red Egyptian Jaiper, mentioned in the Buflo's of Britannicus and 'Juiiia, it is on a Ground of oriental tran- iparent white Alabafter, with a Frame of the antient Greek Marble. An A. Relievo, Saturn, a fmall one, but very Old, and of moft beautiful Work. An A. Relievo, four Boys gathering and eat-- ing Grapes. A Greek Relievo of the very fineft Work, ar$ oriental Alabafter. Eleven Figures belides a Dog. Thofe on the formoll Ground Alto Re- lievo. It is of Uly'ffes, who is gone into the Cave to Caiypjb, where they are kneeling round a Fire. The Cave is within, a moft beautiful Ruin of Architecture, which has a fine Frieze of Figures, feveral of which are on Horfes- The other Figures are of Uiyffes's Attendants and Speculators, fome of which are got upon the Ruins. An A. Relievo. Endymion afleep, and Diana coming down to him. An In Wilton-House. f^ An A. Relievo, Saturn crowning Arts, and Sciences. Five Figures. An A. Relievo, Jupiter holding of BaC" chus to iiick ytmo as flie lies afleep. An A. Relievo, Britannicus. This and Britannkuss Juno, are of that which is called the antient red Egyptian Jaiper (BafTo Egitto) on a Ground of the antient Green Marble. An A. Relievo, Venus and Cupid fuck- ing. She is fitting under a large rich caived Canopy. Mars is fitting by in rich Accou- trements. A Relievo, Silenus drunk upon an Afs held on by two Figures ; a Boy is leading the Afs and blowing upon a Bull's Horn, (likely the firfl Trumpet), another Boy fitting againfl: a Tree playing on a Pipe, another Boy has hold of the Afs's Tail 'y at fome Diftance, Venus is laid down alleep, Cupid has hold of fome Part of her Garment to cover her therewith ; higher up is a Boy gathering Apples from a Tree -, on the back Ground is a Group of four Boys, one of them is fitting and playing on a Pipe, another is playing on a Timbrel, the other two are Dan- cing. An A. Relievo of Britannicus's Junia. E A BafTo z^ A Defcription of the Curiojities A BalTo Relievo, an old Greek Mofaick tef- felated Work, the Pieces of Marble of various Colours, not only flat, but riling as the Figures ; it reprefents the Garden of the Hefperides, in the Middle is the Tree bearing the Golden Ap- ples, and the Dragon to preferve them ; by it is a Rock, and Hercules with his Head and Gar- ment girt with Golden Fafces ; at his Feet is his Qiyer, &c. On the other fide lies his Club. Mgle Daughter of He/per us is in View ; her Head adorned with Green, cloathed with a double Garment, the inward Green, and the outward Red, folded and loofe to her Feet, in her left Hand flie holds a Branch with Golden Apples on it. She ihews Beauty and Modefty, and he the Majeftyof a Hero, and Comelinefs of Youth. This is very fingular; and it is doubted whether there is any other Relievo in Mofaic Work. A Relievo of an old Man, like a SilenuSy he is filling a Balket with Grapes. The Head of Rem i t a c l e s. King of I'hra' cm, as big as the Life, in Porphyry. An A. Relievo, from a Temple of Bacchus. - By the Work it appears to have been in the Time of the bell Sculptors ; and it is very re- markable that the Thy?Jus orSceptre of Bacchus, Jias here the Addition of Bunches of Grapes. There In Wilton-House. 27 There is a Vine fhooting up from the Bottom, which is of the fineft Sculpture. An A. Relievo, Venus riding on the Sea in a Shell drawn by two Dolphins, attended by two Cupids, above in the Clouds is her Cha- riot with two Doves, An A. Relievo, the three Graces. An A. Relievo, the Story of Cl^lia. The River T^yber reprefented by Romulus and Remus playing with the Wolf on its Banks. There are thirteen Women and four Horfes, An A. Relievo, Silenus drunk, (held on by a Man and Woman) upon an Afs, a Man leading the Afs. There are thirteen Figures be- fides the Afs and a Goat. An A. Relievo, Eur op a on the Bull. Thejre are Four other Figures, An A. Relievo, Gal at je a riding on the Sea in a Shell drawn by two Dolphins. There are Three other Figures. An A. Relievo, two Cupids and Four other Boys at Play. An A. Relievo, a Boy on a Sea Horfe, blow- ing on a Shell Trumpet. fi8 A Defer iption of the Curiofties , An A. Relievo, Diana with her favourite Stag, and tv^o Dogs a Sleep. An A. Relievo of eight Figures, befides a Dog and a Goat. An A. Relievo, Ariadne and Theseus.. There are tvi^o other Figures and two Horfes, Jn the fame is, A very antient Confular Chair, called Sella CuRULis; the Back is in three Parts ^ the middle Part is in the Shape of a Term ; on the Top is a Bifrons -, the Faces are of a young Man and a young Woman, as the Genii of Rome, there is an Iron goes thro' the Shoul- der Part of the Term, which gradually flopes down about fix Inches, and is there faftened to the Tops of the other two Parts, which are of Brafs (as is the Term alfo) ornamented with Silver, the two Fore-Legs are Iron -, the Seat is thick old Board. In the Gallery of this Hall, are five Suits of Armour -, that in the Middle was William Earl of Pembroke Sy the other Four and the Parts of Five more Suits in the oppofite Part of the Hall, were taken from the noble Perfons, on the fol- lowing Occafions. This Earl in the Reign of Queen Mary, was Captain-General of theE/z^- lijh Forces at the Siege of St. ^lintin, in iSS7> at In Wilton-House. 29 at which Siege were taken Prifoners the Con- ftable Montmorency, Mont heron his Son, with the Dukes of Montpenjier and Longueville, Lewis oi Gonzaga (afterwards Duke oi Never s) the Marflial of St. Andre, Admiral Coligny (who was afterwards Murdered at the MalTacre at Faris) and his Brother, not to mention John de Bourbon, Duke of Anguien, who was found Dead among the Slain. Here are alfo fome of the Weapons which were taken at the ^ fame Time. A Pidure of the above-mentioned Earl of Pembroke, By Hans Holbein. A Pidure of Capt. Bernard. By J. E. Eccard. At the Bottom of the Brown Stair Cafe. A Colofs Statue of Hercules. His Ac- tion is to fhew fome of his Labours ; he looks with an Air of Satisfaction that he has com- pared the taking of the Golden Apples, Three of which he fhews in one Hand. This is not in a refting Pofture as that of Farnefe ; it was judged to be very curious by oiie of the bell Sculptors of the oldell Time. Of the Tomb. I fhall here Tranfcribe the Account given of it by Father Montjaucon, when it was in the PolTeffion of M. Foucault. The 5© A Defcription of the Curiojitles The Monument that follows, is one of the fineft and moft inftrudtive that has been ever feen : The Excellence of the Work, and cor- re6tnefs of the Defign, would eafily inform us it muft be a Piece of fome Greek Artifl:, even tho' the Place where it was firil difcover'd did not. It is a Tomb near Athens, which was difcovered by fome Travellers, who brought it over into France to prefent it to Cardinal Ri- chelieu -^ but the Cardinal dying in the mean Time, it came into the Hands of one of the Family of Rojlaingj and from that into M. Foucaulfs. The Tomb is white Marble, fix Feet four Inches long, and two Feet broad, and about the fame Height taking in the Cover, which is about two Inches and a Half thick , the Cover is raifed about one Foot higher before, and is adorned with fome Figures in Bafs-Relief, which relate to the Hiftory reprefented below, as we ihall take Notice of hereafter. The inner Super- ficies of the Tomb is plain, with a Riling of about one Inch in the Place where the Head of the deceafed fhould reft. "This is the Epitaph, ::ni\iBmM'TrL'NL\B.^\E?i/^ eohke; That is, 'Tothe Gods th.Q Manes. Antonia Valeria hath made this 'Tomb for Aurelius !I5paphroditus her Hufband, M. de In Wilton-House. 31 M. de Boze, Secretary of the Academy of Belles Lettres, a fkilful Antiquary, hath given a very ingenious and learned Explication of this Monument, which we fhall give an abflradt of here. Ceres, angry for the Rape of her Daugh- ter, efpecially becaufe the Gods had confented to it, refolved to lead a wandering Life among Men, and for this Purpole affumed a human Shape. She came to the Haven Eleii/is, and fat herfelf down on a Stone. Celetis King of the Eleii/tnians, perfuades her to come and Lodge in his Houfe. His Son Triptolemus, ihen an Infant, was Sick, and for want of Sleep was reduced to the lafl; Extremity. Ceres, at her arrival kiffed him, and by Virtue of that kifs only, reftored him to his Health, and not content with doing this, fhe takes Care of his Education, and deiigns to make him Immortal; to this End Ihe nourilh'd him by Day with her own divine Milk, and by Night puts him un- der hot Embers, in order to burn away all that was terreflrial in his Body. The Infant grew fo faft, that his Father and Mother Metanira were curious to fee what was done to the Child, Me- •tanlra feeing Ceres juft going to put the Child into the Fire, cried out, and interrupted the Goddefs in her Deiigns -, then {he declared who fhe was, gave 'Triptole??ius a Chariot drawn by two Dragons, and fent him thro' the World to leach Mankind Agriculture, and gave him fome Corn for that Purpofe. The Eleufmians, who were the Firft that applied themfelves to Agri- culture, 32 A Dejcription of the Curiojities culture, initituted a Feaft in Memory of it; and the Goddefs herfelf regulated the Ceremonies, and appointed the Four principal Men of ths Town, 'Triptolemtis, Diodes, Eumolpus, and Celeiis to prefide over them ; and this Inftitu- tion of the Rites called Eleiijinia, is the Thing reprefented on the Tomb of Epaphroditus. Ce- res is reprefented here fitting, and like an old Woman, but her Age takes nothing from her of the Majefty proper for a Goddefs. Her Head-drefs ends in a Peek, fomething raifed before , and half her Head is covered with a Veil, the ufual Drefs of the GoddeiTes and Em- prelTes. The Stone, on which fhe fits, repre- sents that on which Celeus found her fitting, and opprefTed with Grief. The Serpent is fre- quently pictured with Ceres, the Goddefs holds a crooked Staff in her Hand that is a Sceptre, and which we find reprefented longer, and more flrait in other antient Monuments. The four Perfons about Ceres, are Celeus and his Family. He appears at a Diflance from the Goddefs, but his Daughter nearer, Metanira is there too, they both have Ears of Corn in their Hands, becaufe they were the Firfl acquainted that fhe was a Goddefs. T^riptokmus is mounted in his Chariot, with a Cloak or Fallkim over his Shoulder, rather to hold the Corn he is going to fow, than to co- ver himfelf. The Chariot is drawn by two Dragons a-breafl. Beyond Triptolemus's Char- riot, two Women are picflur'd with Torches in their Hands as was ufual for Women to bear at the In Wilton-House. ^3 the Ceremonies of this Goddefs. The Man betw'een thefe two Women Eumolpiis, one of the Perfons appointed by Ceres to preiide at her Myileries -, and in whofe Family the Piieflhood continued for twelve hundred Years. The lIieropha?2t<^, of this Family of* the Eumolpidc^, were obliged to Celibacy. Rimiolpus leans one Hand on one of the Women's Shoulders, and the other Hand on the other Woman's Shoul- der, The Child holding Ears of Corn in his Hand, denotes that Ceres s Gifts are for every Age, and that' even Children were initiated in- to her Myfleries. The Woman lail in this Piece holds a Sickle in her Pland, an Inftru- ment the Pagans believed they owed to Ceres^ as alfo all others ufeful in Agriculture, This is all the Goddefs's Company on onq Side, but behind her there are other Figures. Bacchus, the Firft of them leans negligently on Ceres s Shoulder, and touches a Vine full of Grapes with his other Hand, the Crown of Vine Leaves which he v/ears, leaves us no Room to doubt that it is Bacchus, Ceres and Bacchus are fo frequently joined together in the Myfteries as well am.ong the Romans, as the Greeks and Sicilians, that it is not at all fl:range to meet them together in this Monumxcnt. On the Side of Bacchus a Man fcands, with his Hair in a Knot upon his Forehead, and his Ha- bit tied up twice with his Girdle, and holding a Whip in one Hand, and with his other feiz- ing the Reigns of Horfes in a Chariot in order to flop them, - It is probable this is Diodes one F 9i J4 -^ Defcription of the Curiofittes of the Four that Ceres had appointed to prefidc at her Feafts -, and what further fupports the Conjecture is, that Homer, when he Names thefe four Perfons in a Hymn, calls Diodes the Guiderof the Horfes. Beiides, lince we have feen, Celeusy Eumolpus, zndiT'riptolemus, three of thefe four Perfons in the Company, can we think Diodes alone would be omitted ? The Fi- gure that drives the Chariot is Proferpine or Diana y the Moon according to Mythologies, and who is called frequently by the Poets tri- ple Hecate, with Reference to the diiFerent Of- fices fhe performs under different Names in Heaven, in Hell, and on Earth. It may be proved by fuflicient Authorities, that Profer- pine partook of the Myfteries of her Mother Ceres. The Bacchanalian under the Chariot of Proferpine, hath laid herfelf there, tired with long Dancing, as was ufual in all Grecian Rites and Myfleries. This is the Explanation of the principal Face of the Tomb. We come now to that of the Cover or Lid, which exhibits the four Seafons of the Year, reprefented by a like Number of Women; the Diverfity of their Crowns and Habits, and the different Fruits they hold, to- gether with the Children or Geniufes with them, do accurately exprefs the Variety of the Seafons. The Artift hath not placed the Fi- gures in the ordinary Situation, but in an Order that makes a fine Contrafl in the whole, and gives more Force and Spirit to the Compolition. Summer and Winter Seafons, oppofite to each other. In Wilton-House. 35 ether, are reprefented by two Figures, one at each ExtreiTiity j the one lying down, leaning from the Right towards the Left, the other from the Left towards the Right ; and between both of thefe, the Spring and the Autumn are placed, as partaking equally o^ both thofe Sea- ions. The four Gefiii are placed in the famQ Order. The Summer is pictured at one Ex- tremity lying down, leaning from the Right towards the Left, is half naked, and is crowned with Ears of Corn, and touches others which are tied up together in the Cornucopia. The Genius by her, touches the fame, and holds befides, a Reaping-Hook in his Hand, denoting the Sealbns of Harveft. The Winter, at the other Extremity, lies down, leaning from the Left towards the Right, in the Figure of a Woman cloathed well, and with her Head covered with Part of her Robe ; fhe ftretches out her Hand over fome other Fruits. The Genius before her hath no Wings, jfeems to be cloathed warm, and holds a Hare, becaufe Hunting is the only Exercife of the Field in this Seafon. Autumn turns towards the Summer, is crowned with Vine-Twifts and Bunches of Grapes ; fhe touches the Vine-Leaves with one Hand, and her little Genius places Grapes in her Cornucopia. Laftly, that Part of her Body which is next to the Summer is naked, and that next the Winter cloathed. F z The ^6 A Defcripthn of the Curiofitles The Spring, with her Back joined to Au- tumn, is reprefented in the Figure of a Woman crowned with Flowers, and with her Cornu-- copia, which a Genius holds, filled with the fame. Her Foot, which fhe extends towards Winter, hath a Covering on, and that Part of her Breafl only is naked which is turned to- wards the Summer. The Torch which is pidured on both the fmall Sides of the Tomb, is fo frequently repre- fented in Funeral Monuments, that is enough to fay here they were as niuch in Ufe at the Funerals of thofe Times, as they are in thofe of the prefent Age. The two Griffins and the Tripos are the Symbols of Apollo, whofe Head is pidiured at each End of the Tomb, denoting he was the Tutelar God of Epaphroditus. There ftands upon this Tomb, a Colofs Bull; of Alexander the Great, of the beft Greek Sculpture; Medusa's Head is on the Breaft- Plate, a Lion's Face appears on the Helmet, which has a particular Creil: on it. Under the Tomb lajl mentioned. A little Statue of a crouched Bacchus. A fmall Tomb, fuppqfed for Children : There are two Cupids on the Front, fupporting a Circle wliich projedis -, under the Circle are two Bafkets lying fideways, with Fruit in them; a Lion at each Baiket, as going to devour the Fruit : At the Ends of the Front are two more Cupids, ;, In Wilton-House. ^f Cupids, they look very forrowful, with one Hand upon their Breaft, the other Hand hold- ing a Torch with the lighted End downward. There is a Griffin at each End of the Tomb. A Statue of Cupid lying afleep upon the afore- said Tomb. Another Cupid looking on him. In the two Windows of the Stair-Cafe, and in four Niches, fone on each Side of the Win- dows) are {x^ Statues. < In the firft Window is the Statue of Mer-^ cuRY, with all his three Symbols, Wings,^ Caduceus, and a Purfe in his Hand held up ; he has Wings alfo at his Heels, as well as his Head. ,, In the Niche on your Left-Hand. Saturn, with a Child irniling on his Hands as it looks up at him -, not as Ibme, (elpecially of the Moderns) who have made a cruel Spec- tacle, by reprefenting him as actually eating the Child. In the Niche on your Right-Hand. The Statue of Jupiter Ammon from 'Thrace, not only with Rams Horns, but with a Ram on his Shoulders ; it came out of the Temple, faid to be built there by Sefoftris. In 38^ A JDefcrlptlon of the Curiojitks In the other Window, The Statue of Bacchus clad with an entire Skin, the Head of which appears on the Breaft; his Sandal is fixed in a Manner differing from others. tn the Niche on your Left-Hand. A Shepherd playing on the Flute, admir'd for the Adion of his Fingers ; a Goat Handing hy him. In the other Niche. The Fofter Father of Paris, with the Phrygian Bonnet and Shepherd's Coat of Skins. " In the PafTage leading into the Billiard Room, J^egin on your Left-Hand. The Buflo of Ptolomy, Brother of Cleo' fatra. The Statue of Diana; fhe has a Crefceilt^ on her Head, holds Part of a Bow in her left Hand, and takes an Arrow with her right Hand out of her Quiver. The Bufto of Martin Folkes, Efq; of Hillington in Norfolk^ and Prelident of the Royal Society in the Year 1749. By Roiibiliac, The In Wilton-House. 3^ The Statue of Clio the Mufe. The Bufto of Aspasia, fhe who taught Socrates Rhetoric. The Bufto of Dolabella. The Statue of the Father of 'Julius Ccefar, when Governor in Egypt. The Buflo of Sir Andrew Fountain. ' By Roubiliac, The Statue of Plautilla, the Wife of CaracallUi drefs'd Hke Diana the Huntreis, The Bufto of Coriolanus. On the Right-Hand Side is. The View of Lincoln^ Inn Fields. By Inigo Jones, On the Left-Hand Side is, The View of Covent-Garden. By Inigo Jones. THE 40 A Defcripthn of the Curiojitm THE BILLIARD-ROOM, Begin on the Left-Hand. In the jirji Window, THE Statue of Bacchus, very fine an- tient Sculpture, adorn'd in a particular Manner with Poppies; the Poppies hang as a Belt from both Shoulders as low as the Knees. The Bufto of Titus Livius» The Statue of Pomona fitting; the Cufhion fo naturally cut as to appear foft. The Bufto of M. Junius Brutus, Xn the fecofid Window, The Statue of Marcus Antoninus, the Orator, very much admired. ^he Buftos and Statue between the fecond Window and the third. Annius Verus. The pi WlLTON-HoUSlS, ^1 Irhe Statue of Adonis : He was an Idol of Syria, and the fame as T^hammuz , the Lamen- tation of whom is condemn'd by the Prophet "RzekieL He is reprefented as a very beautiful Youth, and is faid to have made Gardens pleafant by pruning. Here he has a pruning Knife, hence the Proverb^ Adonidis Horti^ The BuAo of Plautilla, In the third WirldoW^ The Statue of Venus, ftanding in a Very genteel eafy Pofture, holding a Vafe which fhe has emptied, relHng her Elbow of that Arn> pn a Pillar, 071 the other Bide of the third Window, The Bufto of Nerva, The Statue of Hercules wreftling with Ant^us; he only gripes him high from the Ground, agreeable to the Story, that if he touch'd his Mother Earth he regain'd Strength. The Bufto of C^Lius Caldus^ On the Chimney Side, The Bufto of Lucilla Junior* G The 42 A Defcrlpthn of the Curiojities The Buflo of Labienus Parthicus. ^he Statues in the Chimney are. Young Bacchus Hiiiling, and Grapes grow- ing up a Tree. 'The other y The Infant Hercules killing the Serpent. In the Middle. A Statue of King Harry the Eighth. It is fronted with the Pembroke Arms. The Relievos in the Chimney are. On one Side, Neptune and Attendants. On the other Side, Venus and Attendants. The Buflo of Marcia Otacilla, Wife of Philip. A Bifrons of Janus and his Wife, A Statue of Ceres, a Cornucopia in her Right Hand, in her Left, Ihe holds Ears of Corn and a Poppy, a very genteel Figure and fine Sculpture. A Bifrons, In Wilton-House, 43 A Bifrons, two young Women, their Coun* tenances different, and foare their curled Locks; one has a Diadem, the other a triple Contex- ture of her Hair elegantly tied. The Buflo of Matidia. Over the "Doors two Bullos. A Greek Cupid with Agate Eyes. Gryphina, Daughter of Ptolemy Ever- getes, PI C T U R E S. The late Sr, Charles Hotham. By Mr. Richard/on. Barbara, Countefs of Pembrokey (fecond Wife to Earl 'Thomas) with her Daughter Lady Bab Herbert, the late Lady Bab North. By Sir Godfrey Kneller, The late Duke of Montague, By Del, Mary, Countefs of Pembroke, lafl: Wife to Earl T^homas. By "Jervois, In this Room is a Model of a feventy Gun Q% PIC- 44 -^ Defcriptton of the Ctirio/ittes PICTURES 1 N T H E White Marble-Table Room. T HE Virgin, Christ, St. john, and St. Chath ARiNE. 3. By Farmegiano. AMadona, 3- By C'/2r/i? Dulcu A Landfcape with Ferry-Boats and feveral Figures. 4. By liar man Sachtleven. St. John preaching in the JVildernefs, con- taining twenty Figures as big as the Life. In it are the Faces of 'Tintoret and Titian : It coil Earl Philip, fix hundred Piftoles. i . By Palm(f. Led A and the Swan. 3. By Leonardo da Vinci, The Head of an old Man. 4. By Augujlino Carrach. Belshazzar's Feafl, a Multitude of Fi- gures. A great Aftonifhment appears in all the Company at the Table, &c. 4. By Old Frank. Christ In Wilton-House. 4^ Christ in the Virgins Arms, the Straw below, three Angels are looking on. 3. By Carlo Maratti, St. Sebastian fliot with Arrows. 5. By Scarcelina da Ferrara. A Landfcape, Cattle, and Travellers, Horfes with Packs. 4. By Berchem. A Capital Pidlure. It reprefents our Saviour Waihing St. Peter s Feet, the other Difciples being prefent, Ibme reading, one of them pul- ling off another's Stocking, in order to be next Waihed. i. By TUntoretto, %X, Anthony. 4. By Correggio. A Nativity. 4. By Theadoro, Christ taken from the Crofs, ten other Fi- gures with jftrong Expreffions of the Solemnity. The Virgin has her Right Hand under our aS^- viours Head, as lifting him up, while Jofepb of Arimathea (who is richly drelTed) is wrap- ping the Linen-Cloth round him. Behind j^(?- feph are two Men, one of them has the Super- fcription in his Hands, and the Crown of Thorns upon his Arm -, the other is as talking to him, pointing with one Hand to the Virgin, and the other towards Jofeph. On the other §ide is St. John with his Hands folded toge- ther. 46 A Dejcriptlon of the Curiofities tlier, and jfihews great Concern. Mary Mag^ dakn is wiping off the Blood, and wrapping the Linen round our Saviour's Feet. Mary^ the Wife of Ckophas, is, as Ipeaking to Nico- demus, who is giving Directions about the Spices. Behind them are two Men, one holds the Nails taken from the Crofs, the other holds the Hammer and Pinchers. Here is alfo the Tomb fhewn, and the People rolling the Stone "from the Entrance of it, and Mount Calvary^ with Bones and Skulls fcatter'd about where the CroiTes ftand, with the View of the Multitude returning into Jerufakm j at a Diftance a Land-» fcape with Rocks, &c. 3. By Albert Durer, Two whole Lengths of two Kings of France^ Francis IL and Charles IX. 4, By Fred. Zuccbera. A Friar and Nun. 2. By Aldegraef. Bacchus and Ariadne. By Fran, Molas^ Three Children of King Henry VIL Arthur Prince of Wales -, Henry about three Years old, who was afterwards King Henry VIII, and Margaret, who mar-* ried the King of Scotland. 4. By Hans Holbein the Father, la In Wit ton-House. 47 In the Window is. The Statue of Isis : She has the Flower of the Lotus on her Head ; ihe is in a Pofition bend- ing, and her whole Legs and Arms appear round, not as commonly in Egyptian Statues, which were ftrait and formal, fhewing only the Feet. This was reckon'd the oldeft, and by the Mazarine Catalogue the only one known with that Improvement. It is a Group, for fhe holds betwixt her KneeS, Osiris her Huf- band, in a Coffin open, in one of whofe Hands is a Paftoral Staff, crook'd at the End as a Shep- herd's to draw his Sheep out of Danger. This was the antient fatherly Sceptre, (tho' flnce. Sceptres are very much otherways adorned) and anfwers to the Crolier of the Clergy, In the other Hand he has an Inflrument of Difciplinc like a Whip, the Symbols of Power to proted: and punifh. On his Head is the antienteil Dia- - dem or Mitre, being Triple, yet not as the Pope's Crown, but rather like the Mitre of Bifhops, only with three Points inftead of two at the Top. Or us, her Son, is about her Neck, Thefe were of the moft antient Divinities. There are a great Multitude of Hieroglyphicks quits round the Bottom, and behind the Statue. Over the Doors, The BuHos of Hesiod and Ph^dra. A white 4^ A "Defcrtption of the Curiojittes A white Marble Table, ten Feet and eight Inches long, four Feet and fix Inches wide, four Inches thick. On it a dying Gladiator. A large A. Relievo of a Vestal Virgin graved in Father Montfaucon. THE CHAPEL ROOM. p 'Begin with the Buftos on the Righf-Hand^ L A T O. An ACH ARSIS, (over a Marble Chimney- Piece of /;z/^o Jones) Mary Fitz-WilliaM Countefs of Pembroke, Socrates, Aristo- tle, Homer. On the Window Side begin with thefartheji on the K.ight^Hand. Isocrates. A Statue of Cupid, with a Phrygian Bon- net on his^ Head, and his Hands ty'd behind him. The Builo of Plotina, VJ'ik, oil'rajan,- In tn WiLTON-HoUSB. ^9 In the firjl Window. A very fine Greek Statue of a River, repre^ fented by a beautiful Naiad (or River Nymph) fleeping on the Bank, with a genteel Turn of her Body, the Linen covering her very de- cently. This is probably the River called in Scripture the River of Egypt, tranllated in the Septuagint Rhi7zocurura, and is the Boundary between Egypt and 'Palejline. In the Front,- a Bird holds a Lizard by the Tail : It has a Tuft of Feathers on its Head, and is like a fmall fpeckled Bird in Egypt, near as large as a Dove, which is caUed 'Ter Chaous, i. e. the MelTenger Bird ; it fpreads the Tuft of Feathers on its Head ver)^ beautifully, when it alights on the Ground. Another Lizard is going away, and a SnaU is near it, exactly like the Snail of Palejline. A Bird, like a Duck, has a Serpent in it's Mouth. Between the two Windows. The Bufto of Hercules. The Statue of a Boy holding up the Golden Apple in his Right-Hand. The Bufto of Libert as, H In 50 A Defcrlptlon of the Ciiriafities In the other Window. , A Figure recumbent, leaning on a Sea-Dog, and reprefenting the River Meander. On the other Side of ihefecond Window. A Buflo of DOMITIANUS. The Statue of Andt^omeda chain'd to the Rock. The Buflo of Anacreon. Phocion. Over the frfl Door, CuRius Dentatus. Over the Door leading into the Chapel. GORDIANUS. On the Wifidow in the Chapel is paititedy William, Earl o^ Pembroke y and his two Sons, Henry and Edward. Henry the Eldeft, who liicceeded his Father, married Mary, Sif- ter to Sir Philip Sidney, by whom he had two Sons, William and Philip -, William, in the Reign of King Charles the Firil, was Lord Steward -, Philip fucceeded him in the Earldom, and was Lord Chamberlain to King Charles the Firft. Edward the youngeft, was Anceftor of the Powis Family. In another Pannel is tlie Coun- tefs In Wilton-House. 51 tefs of Pembroke, who was Ann Parr, Sifter to Queen Catharine, the laft Wife to King Henry VIII. There is with her their Daughter, whofe Name was Ann, married to Francis, Earl of Shrew/bury. Over the Door in the Chapel. The Buflo of Libera. Over the Door leading into the Cube Room. The Buflo of Domitia. Begin the PiBures with thofe over the Bujlo of Plato. The Virgin, St. Ann, old Joseph, and our Saviour, who is putting a Ring on St. Catharine's Finger. 3 . By 'Julio Romano. Thirty of the Chief Reformers : Their Names are on a Stone in the Bottom of the Landfkip. Wickliff is fuppofed to be the Preacher. Thofe that were Bifhops are in Purple, the Priefts in Black, and fuch as were Martyrs in White, di- ftinguifhed by Purple and Black about their Necks. 3 , By a Difciple of Carlo Maratti, An Antique of the Virgin and our Sa- VIOUR. Judith cutting off Holif ernes s Head. 5. By Mantegna. H 2 A Na, ^2 A Defcnptlofi of the Curiofities A Nativity; at a Diftance the Shep- herds with the Sheep, an Angel in the Clouds. 3. By Dionigo Cahart. A Nativity. 3. By Giaco Inga, The Roman Charity. 3. By Pie fro Dandem. The Money Changers and People with the Doves in the Temple. 3. By FettL Lott and his two Daughters. 2. By Fra?icefchm. The Virgin, our Saviour, St. John, and an A N G E L . 3 ? ^7 Benardino Gatti, The Labours of Hercules. 4. By Francis F lor is. The Virgin with our Saviour in her Arms, old Joseph is looking on them, very fine. 2. By Guercino^ Noah, with his Family and Animals, go- ing into the Ark. 2. By Bajfano^ The Virgin, with Christ and St. John. Christ is very Hvely on her Knee, and St. John is afleep. 2. By Pelegrini da Modena. When In Wilton-House. 5^ When you enter the South Front towards the Garden (which whole Fnmt is a beautiful Build- ing of ImgQ Jones) pais thro' the Cube Rsom into the Hunting Rcom, the lail Room at the Weft End of that Front. «£_r4>a'-W\k •ait-./vnat'-^.A ^tC'-^ir'W.^ .k'..r~>iv-i_M> .alU!*o ^/.^r^ .^l—fk^i^J^ ^-.fti^^tmJA THE HUNTING ROOM. Begin the Bufios oji your left Hand. JULIA, incomparably fine Greek Sculpture, and (a.s feveral others in this CoDecSion) of Parian Marble. She was Wife to Agrippa, Daughter of Scriboma, third Wife to Au- gufius. An t c n I a j \\'ife of Drufus the Elder. The Linen ot this Bull is very natural. The B^jjIo of Alexander Severus. Berenicz the Mother, her Hair in a par- ticular Mariner. Berenice the Daughter. The 54 -^ Defcription of the Curiojities ^be tiext are two Statues, then -proceed on with the Biifts. Fa UN us, finely twifling his Body, by look- ing down over his Shoulder at his Leopards By Cleomenes. Cupid, when a Man, breaking his Bowaf^ terhe had married PJycbe. By Cloemenes. Julia, Daughter of Titits. Anna Faustina, third Wife o^ Helio" gabuhis; very fine like that of A^itonia. Ma GO, the famous Carthaginian. Scipio would not burn Carthage till he had fecur'd the Book which Mago had written of Agriculture ; the fubftance of which is flill preferv'd in the Writings of CatOy Varro, and the other Authors de Re-publica, Titus, Faunus, Jupiter^ Tullia. On a 'fable of antique Oriental Alabafter, (De- afpro f onto J which is of one folid Piece of great Value. A Group, Cupid and Ganymede: Gany- mede is fitting, and refting againft the Stump of a Laurel ; the Leaves fhew that it is an Alexandrian Laurel, the fame as we fee on antient T71 Wilton-House. 55 antient Medals, not the flifF, large leav'd Lau- rel, which adorns modern Kings in their Coins, from a Miftake of what the Antients ufed. It is rare to lee the difiin6l Form of the feven Pipes, as here exprefs'd. Cupid is very atten- tively looking on, and reaching his Hand out towards the Pipes, as if to inilrud: Ganymede how to play. On the Pannels of the Wainfcot are painted eighteen diiferent Sorts of Hunting. By Tejnpejia, Junr, l#i .^ B U S T O S AND S T A T M E S IN THE""' CUBE ROOM. Begin on the Left-Hand coming out of the Hunting-Room. As here are but four Sta- tues, I f:all mention the Word Statue as I come to them, 'ASSINISSA, Y^mgoi Nwnidia, with _„ the African Bonnet on his Head, and tlie Head of Medifa and the upper Parts of two ^6 A Defcripfton of the Ctiriojitles two Dragons on his Breafl- Plate ; between the Dragons is a Plant, probably the Bilphiwn, for 5 i which Numidia was famous. AvENTiNus, Son of Hercules ; the Head of a Lion's Skin making the Covering for his Head, and the two fore Paws tied in a Knot upon his right Shoulder ; an elegant Perform- ance. The Peculiarity of this Hero's Drefs agrees with the Defcription Virgil h.2iS given of him in the feventh Mneid ; Great Aventinus, great Alcides' Son, Wore the proud 'Trophy that his Father won. Hejialk'd before his Hojiy and wide defpread A Lions Teeth grinnd horrid der his Head-, Then fought the Palace in ajlrange Attire, And looked asjiern and dreadful as his Sire, Pitt, B. 7. L. 838, DiDiA Clara, Daughter of the Emperor Didius Julianusy with a Bracelet on her Arm. Her Right-Hand is holding up Part of her Cloathing, two little Cupids at the Bottom of the Bufto. On a Porphyry Table. Apollonius Tyan^us. It is lively in the Attitude, with his Arm . tucking his Gar- ment about him. When it was firfh fold at Valettd^ Sale, a Gentleman gave more than 270 1. for it. There w^re then in the South- Sea In WlLTON-HoU^E. ^J Sea Time feveral Antiques fold for above 200L each, as the Homer which the Emperor Con- Jlantine got from Smyrna-, Horace, the Poet, of Pophyry -, Cicero, of Touchfhone 5 and "Ju- lius Cafar, in Oriental Alabafter, which T^homas Earl of Pembroke afterwards bought. 071 a Forphyry 'Table, Popp^A, Neros fecond Wife: Her Right- Hand is holding up Part of her Garment, the plaiting and Drefs of the Hair very lingular. Semi RAM IS, at the Bottom of the Buft are two little Cupids. Marcellus the Younger* C^ SON I A, the Buflo all of tranfparent Ala- tafler, the fourth Wife of Caligula. Arsinoe, the Daughter. On a Table of Jafper Agate, fDeafpro Antlco) which is very beautiful, are the three follow- ing Things: A Nuptial Vafe, repreienting the whole Ce- remony of a Greek Wedding, Irom the Begin- ning of the Sacrifice to the Wafliing of the Bride's Feet 5 it is very fine Work. Th^ 58 A Defcrtption of the Curiofities The Statue of Diana of Ephefus ; the Head, Hands, and Feet black, the reft white Marble, as defcribed by P//;^j/ ; probably of the fame Form as the Statue of the Diana of Ephefus, mentioned in the ABs of the Apojiles, It is engraved in Montfaucon '$> firft Volume. A Pvoman Urn, Variety of very fine Work ail round it, of Figures, Foliages, Birds, 5cc. Oct AVI A, the firft Wife of Nero^ of fine colour'd Marble ; her Head-Drefs alio very fine, with Leaves and Ears of Corn bound round upon her Hair. This Buft, and that of Fop-- pcea, are both very curious. Metellus without a Beard, by a very fine Greek Sculptor, all of a Piece down to the Navel ; the only one which fhews the Orna- ment of a Chain, which is of very rich Work. On his Breaft-Plate is an Elephant, a Laurel quite round the Outfide of it. The Confular Medal of Me TELL us haslikewife an Elephant on the Reverfe, but the Head of that is bearded, fuppofed to be a Divinity with the Name- only of Metellus: The Elephant is added in Me- moiy of the Vicftory he gained over 'Jugiirtha, King of Numidia, upon which he obliged him to deliver up all his Elephants to the Romans. ^ Messalina, fifth Wife of Claudhis, of hard faline Marble: She has a confident Air ao;reeable Lz Wilton-House. 59 agreeable to her Character ; the Marble of her Cloathing very naturally reprefents a fine flriped Silk. The Bufto of Mar CI A, the firft Wife of Septimus Severus. The Plaiting of the Hair and the Drefs of the Head very fingular. On a Marble Table, (the Produce of Mount Edgcumbe) are the Jive following Things : An antient Greek triangular Altar to Bac- chus : On one Side Silenus holds a Torch in- verted in his Right-Hand, in his Left-Hand a Canifter full of Fruit : On another Side is an Attendant of Bacchus dancing v^ith one Foot up, and a Thyrfus in his Right-Hand ; in his Left-Hand a Bowl, and a Skin of a Beaft on his Arm : On the other Side is a Bacchus dancing in a long thin Garment. Upon this Altar ftands a little Statue of Bac^ chus, with Grapes and with the Snake, the pe- culiar Symbol of the 'Egyptian Bacchus, who invented Medicine, and was faid to be the Sun and Apollo^ An A. Relievo of Pyrrhus, the Son of Achilles i it is an Oval, and has a fplendid Aiped; as of a very large Gem, the Face is Porphyry, which the Cardinal Mazarine fo much valued as to finifh his Drefs with a. Helmet of difFe- fent coloured Marble. . ^ I 2 A fquare 00 A Defcrtption of the Curlofities A fquare Altar, each of the four Sides has a Divinity "Jupiter, Mars, Diana and Juno. This was one of thofe Altars for a private Room, which Altars they ufed to have in their Houfes, to Worlhip fuch Deities as th^y made their Lares and Penates. Upon this Altar ftands a little Satute of an antient Prieft with a Phrygian Cap, facrificing a Hog to IJis. . Vespasian Trajan, the Head, Buils and Plinth of Parian Marble, the Face and Neck only poli£hed. Marcus Aurelius on Horfeback, made at Athens and fo efteemed, that the Sculpture was fent for to Kome to make that which is there in Copper jis big as the Life. The Perfon is in the fame Pofhure, but this a Macedonian Horfe, fmall and of Marble ; to prevent the breali:ing. Cardinal Mazarine had one Side cemented to a Marble which comes out at the Bottom, fquared as a Pavement, on on which the Horfe is as walking ;. this ftands upon a gray Granite Table, which belonged to a Temple, and was for the facrificing of lelTer Animals, as Birds, &c. That the Blood might not run over the Edges -, it has a remarkable Channel as big as to lay one's Finger in, round the outermoft Edge of the four Sides of the Flat next the Moulding, and in the Middle of one of In Wilton-House. 6t of the Channels is a Hole for the Blood to run through. Claudius, the Buft is the Jafper Marble ; Pyrrhus King of Epirus, with a noble Air, it has a Dragon on the Helmet, and on his Breaft- Plate there is a Head with Wings -, it is like the Head of a Bat. Begin the PiStures with the two double half Lefigths, which are between the two laji Bujio's, then the two double half Lengths on, the other Side Door, Mrs. KiLLEGREw and Mrs. Morton ^ they were celebrated Beauties, By Vandyke, Mr. James Herbert and his Wife. By Sir Peter Lely. The Earl and Countefs of Bedford. By Vandyke. The Countefs of Pembroke (Mother of Earl Tho?nasJ and her Siiler. By Sir Peter Lely, Henry, Earl of Pembroke (Father of the prefent Earl) when about feventeen Years old. By Sir Godfrey Kneller, William Earl of Pembroke, elder Bro- ther to Earl Thomas, By Sir Peter Lely. Lady 6 2 A Defcription of the Curiqfities Lady Catherine, Eldeft Daughter toEari Thomas (was married to Sir Nicholas Morrice) and her Brother, Mr. Robert Herbert. By Sir Godfrey Kneller. Thomas Earl of Pembroke, when Lord High Admiral. By Mr. WiJJing, Our Saviour and the Woman of Samaria^, I. By Giofeppe Chinri. The Countefs of Pembroke, firfl Wife of Earl T^homas. By Mr. Wi/Jing, The Virgin, our Saviour, and Joseph reading : There are alfo feveral Boys in different A^Sions. I. By Gennari^ In the Cielmg. D^dalus and Icarus, I. By Giofeppe Arpmo. On the Bottom PanneJs of this Roord is Painted the Hijiory of the Countefs of Pembroke'^ Arcadia, Written by Sir Philip Sidney. By the Brother of Seignior Tommajb, P I C- In WiLTON-HoUS fi. 63 PICTURES, BUSTOS and TABLES I N T H E GREAT ROOM. 'Begin the ViSlures with the celebrated Family Piece. ' I ^HIS conlifls of ten whole Lengths, the \ two principal Figures (and thefe are fit- ting) are Philip Earl of Pembroke and his Lady ^ on the Right-Hand Hand their five Sons, Charles Lofd Herbert, Philip, (after- wards Lord Herbert) William, JAmes, and John J on the Left their Daughter Anna Sophia, and her Hufband Robert Earl of Carnarvon^ before them Lady Mary, Daugh- ter of George Duke of Buckingham, and Wife to Charles Lord Herbert -, and above in the Clouds are two Sons and a Daughter who died young. This and all the other Pidiures in this Room are By Vandyke ^ On the Right-Hand of the great Pidure, over a Door, is an half Length of King Charles 64 A Defcripiton of the Curiojities Charles theFirft; and on the Left-Hand, over a Door, an half Length of his Queen. On the Chimney Side. A whole Length of William, Earl of Pembroke, Lord Steward. A whole Length of the liril Lady of the fecond Earl Philip, Three Children of King Charles the Firil. Whole Lengths of the Dutchefs of Rich- mond, (firft married to Charles Lord Herbert J and Mrs. Gibson the Dwarf. A whole Length of Earl Philip^ who is in the great Picture. Over a Door, A half Length of the Countefs of Castle- haven. Over a Door. A half Length of the fecond Earl Philip, On the Garde?i Side* Two large Pier-Glafles, F. I. 6 7 high, 4 7 wide, in the Plate. Under tn WlLTON^HoUSE. ()^ Under the one, A Red Egyptian Granite Table, R I. Long - -^ 4 9 Wide - - I lo On it Morpheus, the God of Sleep, in black Touchftone ; his Head wreathed with Poppies, and ^ Poppy in one Hand. Under the other, A Lapis Lazuli Table, F. L Long - - 5 I Wide - - 2 z On it a fleeping CuPiD, The Paintings in the Ceiling repreient fe- veral Stories of Perseus, as, particularly, the cutting off Medufd^ Head, and the relieving of Andromeda. The great Oval, in the Middle dl thefe, ihews a very natural Sed:ion of a Temple in Perfpedive, feeing the Sky thro' a round Top : It plainly relates to Per feus, becaufe it fhews the fame Face and Drefs as in the former. There is a Prieft, in great Concern, at the Altar ; it is P erf ens, to revenge himfelf on PolydeSles, for the Injuries ofFer'd to his Mother and DiStys, whom he found at the Altar; whither they had been forced to fly for Sand;uary from his Violence. 66 A Defcription of the Curiofities' Begin the Biijlos on the Left-Hand of th^ Chimney Side. MarcelluSj the famous Conful. , Drusus the Elder, Brother of TVimz^j. Lucius Verus C^sar. Marcus Brutus, of the bell Greek Sculpture. Caius CuffiSAR, upon a Table of the Verde Anticoy or green antique Marble. DiDIUS JULIANUS. Lucius Verus, when Emperor- Lucius C^sar, Brother to Caius Ccefary upon an Agate Table. This Perfon and Caius were Sons of fulia. Daughter of the Emperor Augujius and Scribonia, Julius Caesar, oriental Alabafter, noted, as may be feen by what is faid of it in Valettds CoUeaion. The Marble of the Breft-Plate is of the Colour of Steel. Antinous ', Septimus Severus 5 Ho- race, in Porphyry, mentioned alio in Valettd% Collec- In Wilton-House. 67 Colledlon \ Fabretti m his Comment gives good Reafons for Vl^ being Horace. Marcus Aurelius, Antoninus Pius, on this Buft, as alfo on feveral others in this Room, may be i^^n the true Habit that the Emperors wore when they appeared in various Colours, different colour'd Marbles being chofen for that Purpofe. Cicero, of Touchftone, with the Mark of the Cicer or Vetch on his Face, from which he had the Name of Cicero. \tbe following Buftos on the Garden. Side are all of white Marble, and the '^erms upon which the Buftos Jiand in this Room are very fine Jaljper and Marbles, many of which are antient. Artemis or Diana ; her Hair tied behind her, not to hinder her Shooting : The Air of the whole Buil is like the upper Part of the celebrated Statue of this Goddefs, and thought to be by the fame Sculptor. This (as feveral Others) has, in Greek Characters, the Greek Name infcribed on it : It is of moil excellent Qreek Workmanfhip. Luc AN us, the Head and Buft of Parian Marble, fine Sculpture. On the Bottom of the Buft is infcribed a Pegafus, to exprefs the Poet's rapid and fublime Genius, ' " ' K 2 Cas- 6S A Defcriptton of the Curiofities Cassandra, Daughter of Priamus : She was a Prophetefs, and had a Temple, and therefore wears a peculiar Head-Drefs, with feveral Bandages. Ammonius ', on it is infcribed in Greek the 229th Olympiad, which anfwers to the Year of Christ, 137. Augustus, of the Parian Marble. Germanicus, Prusias King of Bithy- Ilia, excellent Sculpture, pairs with that of Aiigufius, Scipio, Asiaticus, Caracalla, Vi-* TELLius and Alcibiades, PIC^ In Wilton-House. 69 PICTURES AND B U S T O S IN THE LOBBY, Between the Great Room and the King's Bed-Chamber. Begin the FiBures with that over the Door, next the Bed-Chamber. THE Decollation of St. John. The Painter is an Honour to the Englijh Na- tion. This Pidture is fo finely painted, and with fuch ftrong Expreffions as to make him inferior to few of the beft Italian Mailers. King Charles ift, called him the Englijh Tin- toret. Sir Peter Lely reckoned this the chief Hiftorical Pidture that he did. 2. By Dob/on. There are Two more Pictures on the fame Sidct begin at the Top, Variety of Fruits, Vines growing up a Pomegranate-Tree, and two Vintage People as 70 A Defcrtption of the Curiojities as big as the Life j the young Man looks down on the young Woman whilft he is gathering fome Fruit for her, and as he reaches up to the Twig, his Shirt flips down from one Shoulder, and naturally fhews his Skin there not to be tanned. Michael Angelo, the Painter of this Pidture was famous for travelling Figures ; of which Sort one may fee at a Diftance, a Man driving an Afs. Sir Robert Gere gave Michael Angelas Widow three hundred Pifloles for this Pidlure, it being a favourite Pid:ure, which her Huiband always kept for himfelf. He himfelf too painted the Figures, that are as big as the Life. In mofl of his Pictures, the Figures as big as the Life, are put in by other Painters. I . By Michael Angela dalla Baftaglia. A Piece of ilill Life, of Fowls, and a young Boar. 3. By Gabriel Salci, 'The Side over againji the Window, Neptune and Amphytrite, with fe-^ veral other Figures. i. By JLiUca Giordano, ^nder the lajl are four Pi^hires, begin on the Right Hand, A Country Family, a Man and his Wife and two Children, one of which is afleep in a Cra^ die, 5. By JBrawer, TwQ In WlLTON-HoUSE. yt Two PidureSj compofed of diiFerent Sorts of Marble, out of the Duke of Florences Col- ledlion. This Work is called in Itatian Pietre CoinmeJJi. A Nativity. .5. By I'addio and Fred, Ziicchero, Over the Door next the Great Room. The Angel, asipeakingto Tobias about the Fifh, which is fwimming up to them. The Dog is between I'obiass Legs, barking at the Fifh. 2. By Procacino. On the fame Side are two PiBures^ Ceres ftanding with a moft genteel Air, holding up Wheat. Given by the Duke of Parma to the Earl of Peterborough, when he condudied 'James the Second's Queen to Fng^ land. 2, By Parmegiano. A Flemifh School. The Painter commonly called the litde Van Dyke. 2. By Gonfales. On the Garden Side, The Difcovery of Achilles. 2. By SahiatL Under 7 2 A Defcripiion of the Curiojitm Under the lajl are five PiBures, begin on the Left Hand, The Virgin with Christ. 4. By Solari, An Antique Pidiure from the Temple of yu?io ; funo is fitting by a Temple, there are coming to her, Pallas, Hercules, Diana, Apol-^ lo, Ceres and Vertumniis, all with their Sym-^ bols in their Hands. 4. A Nativity. 4. ^y fan Van Eyck, 1410. A Landfcape with Rocks, Water and three Travellers. 4. By Bartolemeo, A Landfcape with a Man carrying a Fifhing Net. 4. By Francefco Giovanni* B U S T O S. Begin at the Door next the Great Room, ARCUS MODIUS, theonlyBufto known with an Epitaph on it ; and the Bottom made round, fo as to fix it on the Hole in which his Aflies Were put. A Perfon of this Name is mentioned in one of Cicero^ Orations againft Verres. This might be the fame whom the Emperor Augufiiis made one of his Phyfi- cians. On In Wilton-House. Jrj On a black and yellow coloured Marble 'Table whereon Cards are reprefented, A Square Urn of the Emperor Frobus and his Sifter Claudia -, their Names are ill a Sqii^re in the Center of the Front j there are Feftoons at the Sides of the Infcription, over it is an Ea- gle ftanding upon a Fefloon of Fruits, from out of whofe Wings come two Serpents, they are folded up in Ringlets with their Heads di- rected towards the Head of the Eagle, at the Bottom is a Tripod with a Griffin on each Side of it ; at each Angle of the Front is a wreathed Column ; the Angles next to the back Part are fluted Pilafters, between which and the Co- lumns is a Laurel Tree, in the Pediment of the Cover are two Birds, that hold in their Bills the Ends of a String which ties a wreath of Laurel -, on the Top of the Cover are in Alto Relievo, the Emperor and his Sifter. Sappho, with the Bandage as deified, of the fineft Marble-like Ivory ; the laft Perfe(ftion of Greek Sculpture, white as at firft making, be- caufe (with feveral here) found in a Vault. T H ]^ 74 -^ Defcription of the Curwjittes THE K I N G ^s Bed -Chamber. Over the Chimney, TH E half Length of a Gentleman, fup- pofed to be Prince Rupert. By Vandyke. In this Chamber is a Mack Marble Table^ whereon Cards are reprefented* Next the Door going into the Lobby.- The Builo of Drusilla* Next the Door going into the Corner Room^ The Bufto of Horace the Confular. On the Chimney. The Buftos of Commodus and PoleMon^ I don't think it amifs to acquaint the Cu- rious, that the two next Rooms are worthy their Attention, for there are in them, fome of the beil Pidures in the CoUedionj namely, thofe In Wilton-House. 7^ thofe of Bloemarfy Spagnolef, Romanelli, Guido fLhenti and Rubens, of which Mr. Hoare, of Bath, has mad^ a very fin? Copy in Crayons, PICTURES IN THE CORNER ROOM. ^egin with that over the Door next to the KingV Bed-Chamber. THE Virgin, with Christ leaning the back Part of his Head againfl: her Breaft, He has a Bird in his Right-Hand. 3. By Crefpi, On the fame Side are ten mpre PiSfuresy begin with The Virgin teaching our Saviour to read. 3* -^7 Gtiercino, ' Philip Earl of Pembroke. The Women bringing the Children to Christ* 4. By Sebafiian Bourdon, h 2 The ^b A J}eJcripton of the Curi&fities The Head of Mieris. 5. By himfelf, A Charity with three Children, very na- tural. It was one of King Charles the Firll's- Pid:ures. 2. By Guido Rhem. A Landicape. 3. By Rubens, Mary Magbalene,, 2. By J'ifian. Christ from the Crofs, two Boys holding up the Arms,' and the Virgin devoutly ftretch- ing out her Hands. At a Diftance appear the three CrofTes, and a Group of little Figures with a Horfe. It was made for Henry II. King of France i which he gave to his Miftrefs, Diana Talentinois ; and on the painted £at Frarriej'Mn one Corner, are the Arms of France^ 'in another, a Monogram of the iirft Letters of their Names ; the other tv/o Corners the Emblems of Diana, three Half-Moons in one, and a Quiver and Bow in the other. 3. By Michael Angela. An Alfumption of the Virgin. In the Arundel Catalogue it is iaid, that his Lordihip defired Rubens to paint for him a fine finifhed Clofet Pidure, which is this Pidure, being on an old Flemijh Board, molt beautifully coloured. There is a Group at Bottom of nine Angels, all in different Poilures, as raifing the fn Wilton-House. 77 the Cloud under the Virgin Mary. There are feveral pretty Cherubims Heads at the Side, and at the Top. It fo much pleafed Rubens, that he faid he would make a great Picture after it^ which he did at a Church at a Con- vent at Antwerp, where he has added Apoftles, as big as the Life. 5. By Kubens, Bacchus, with a Bowl in his Left-Hand, his right Arm refting on a VelTel -, an old Man emptying a Baiket of Grapes into a Fat, a Woman and Boys with two Baskets of Fruit. 5. By a Scholar of Raphael. On the Chimney Side, A whole Length of Democritus laugh- ing, a Book in his Hand, very much efteemed. I. ^y Spagnolet. Magdalene, as a Penitent, over-looking the Vanities of tlie World. Below her are fix Boys, as Cupids ^ they are handling Jewels, &c, 5. By Dominicano, 2i Schohx oi Guido*. Narcissus feeing himfelf in the Water. There are feveral Cupids in various Actions. 3. By PouJJin, The Defcent of die Holy Ghost. 5. By Sakmbeni. -■ . Over -^S A Defcription of the Ciiriqfitks ^sL. . . Over the Chimney. ' V.-'-.- \<- The Countefs of Pembroke, and Lord Herbert, now Earl of Pembroke, when yeiy young. 3. By Mr. iZb^r^-, oi Bath. Christ aftride upon a Lamb, is held by the Virgin, old Joseph is looking on, and leaning on a Staff, 5. By Francefco Pennu Over the Door leading into the Clofet. The Virgin, our Saviour, and St. John, 3. By Barocci, ^he Side next to the Outer Court, begin with the upper one betwixt the Window and the Poor. A young Woman, with a Shock-Dog. 3. By Correggio^ ^ " A Madona, very fine, with feven Star% round her Head, 3-^7 Carlo Maretti. A Piper. 3* % Georgione,^ Old Joseph at Work, our Saviour hold- ing a lighted Lamp to him. 5. By Luca Qongiagio, The in Wilton-House. 79 The Virgin holding our Saviour by his Arms, St. John dmbracing him, old Joseph is reading. 5* By Lodovico CarraccL "io icv ::i. Ma r s and Venus* 4. By Va?idervuarfe.zl Four Children, reprefenting our Saviour^ an Angel, St. John, and a little Girl. The Angel is lifting a Lamb to St. John, who has his Left-Hand upon it, and is in Difcourfe with our Saviour, as they are all fitting clofe together. Behind our Saviour is a Tree^ and a Vine growing up it, with Grapes thereon. The Girl (reprefenting perhaps, fymbolically, the Chriftian Church) has hold of the Vine with one Hand, and in the other Hand has a Bunch of Grapes, which fhe is offering to our Saviour. This is allowed to be the beft Pid:ure in England of 2. Kubens, A Landfcape. 4. By Claudia Lorrain. The Virgin holding Christ in her Lap. St. John has led a Lamb to him. Christ is looking at an Angel below on the Ground gathering Flowers 5 old Jofeph is higher up, with an Afs by him. 4. By Cantarinu Christ lying on Straw in a Manger. 4. By Van Dyke, On So A Dsfcription of the Curiojities On the other Side of the Window, begin at the lowefi. .King Richard II. &c. I here tranfcribd Hollars Account of it. An elegant Reprefen- tation of King Richard the lid. (in his Youth) at his Devotion, painted on two Tables. In one he is reprefented kneeling by his three Patron Saints, St. fohn Baptift, King Edmund^ and King Edward the ConfelTor, having a Crown on his Head, clad in a Robe adorned with white Harts and Broom-Cods, in AUu- fion to his Mother s Arms, and his own Name of Flantagenifla. Thus he is praying to the Virgin Mary, with the Infant in her Arms, (on the other Table) furrounded witli Chriftian Virtues, in the Shape of Angels, with Collars of Broom-Cods about their Necks, and white Harts on their Boibms -, one holding up a Banner of the Crofs before them, and on the Ground are Lilies and Rofes. St. John Baptift holds a Lamb in his left Arm, King Edward the ConfelTor holds a Ring between the Thumb and Fore-finger of his left Hand; King Ens Mantbus Horatn Flaccid the other Letters to Fecit probably relate to the Perfon who had the Urn made, but they were de- faced, and lince mended, as they thought they faw the Traces of former Letters; the other Part is the Apotheofis of a Lyric Poet. There is a Woman in a loofe Garment holding a bump- ing Torch, as one of the Mufes -, another holds a Lyre in her Left-Hand, and a Volume in her Right, which fhe offers to a third Woman with large Wings, reprefenting Fame : Near them ftands a great Altar adorn'd with a Crown; in an obfcure Corner llts a Figure with his Head reclin'd, which fome think may be Mo- mus or Zoilus ; they are genteel Figures, and elegantly cloath'd, it is Baffo Relievo. s THE $4 -^ Defcription of the Curiq/ittes THE STONE HALL. Begin with the Relievo on the Left-Hand,^ N A. Relievo. A Rape of Neptune, tv^^elve Figures belides two Horfes. An A. Relievo. Six Figures, Nereides, and Tritons, and an Horfe. An A. Relievo, A Rape of the Centaurs, eight Figures. A Greek A. Relievo of very curious, fine Work. It is a Female Victoria : She has a wreathed Corona in each Hand, which fhe holds over two Captives bound at her Feet, There are a great many Weapons of War, with Armour and Enfigns, and a particular Trumpet, An A. Relievo. Two Figures, one repre- fenting Fainting, the other Sculpture, very fine Drapery. ' An In WiLToN-HotrsE, 95 An A. Relievo. A Prieftefs bringing a Sheep for Sacrifice. There are two Altars, upon one there is a Fire, upon the other an Idol. An A. Relievo. Jupiter and Juno; fix other Figures bringing Offerings. A Relievo. Two Men, one of them (land- ing, the other fitting ; their Right-Hands join'd together, as bidding an happy Adieu to each other. A Relievo. A Man and a Woman in the fame Fofhire as the two Men, the Woman fitting. , The Statue of Apollo, of the fineft Greek Sculpture : He ilands in a very genteel Poflure, with the Middle of his Bow in his Left-Hand. It was found in the Earth near Ep/je/uSf in which were mix'd fome Minerals, which have given it a Stain that makes it look like old Ivory. His Sandal is a fine Reprefentation of the antient Shape, and Manner of fixing it. The Statue of Urania the Mufe, with her Symbol cut on the Plinth, with fo reverend an Air of old Age, that Cardinal Mazarme would not fuffer any Part of it to be mended. A Re- g6 A De/cnption of the Viiriojities A Relievo. A Bull, with his Head adorn'd with a Mitre and Fillets j the Middle of his Belly bound round with a Ribband. He that facrifices is naked, with his Head laureated ; he leads the Bull with his Right-Hand : The Popa or Priefl follows behind, laureated like- wife, and cloathed from the Naval to his Knees ; in his Right-Hand is a facrificing 011a or Pot, and in his Left-Hand is the Ax, A very large A. Relievo, weighing about a Tun and a half, that was a Frieze in a Greek Temple of Diana and Apollo. It reprefents the Story of Niobe and her Children, &c. Here are feven Sons and feven Daughters, fuppofed to be hunting in the Heat ; and being ill, the Father and Mother, 6cc. come out of the Shade, in which they are, ^nd fave two of them. All the Figures and Trees, elJDecially the Horfes on which the Sons ride, are fo high, that the Heads and Necks ftand oif with- out touching the Marble behind. The Foreil: Cyth(zron in Bceotia, in which they are hunt- ing, is finely reprefented ; and at a Diftance, by fome of the Trees, Syhanus, the Divinity of the Woods, fits looking on with a grave Concern. In this, neither Apollo nor Diana appear, by which probably it was intended to reprefent their Deaths, as proceeding from the Heat of the Sun, the Rays of which are as Apollo s Arrows : He is, indeed, often in Me- dals fo reprefented, either by the Sun alone, or with ■xi. in Wilton-House. 97 With the Rays round his Head. Thus, by the iHeat of the Sun, which was Apollo ^ and from the Fatigue of Hunting, over which Diana prelided, they got fome mortal Fever. An Arrow fticks in one only, as a Symbol, it being infenfible whence it comes. Here are twenty Figures i Syhanus and three old Men, (the Father and two "LJncles or Tutors) and two old "Women, (the Mother and a Nurfe or Aunt) feven Sons, feven Daughters -, alfo five Horfes ; two of the youngeil Sons are on Foot, as are the Daughters. On the foregoing Relievo are. The Statue ofCALioPE, one of the Mufes, with a Roll in her Hand ; She invented Epic or Heroic Poetry. The Bufto of Cato Major, The Statue of Pandora* A Relievo. Two Priefts, or Minillers of the Prieft, as going before the Vidim : One of them is playing upon two Pipes, the other Hands laureated, prepared to do his Office, with an earthen Chalice or Simpulum in his Right^Hand, and a Patera in his Left. The Statue of Sab in a, Wife of Hadrian^ fine Draper}\ 9 AR^ 90 A Defer tptton of the CurhfiUes A Relievo, Jupiter fits on the Righf- Hand of JuNo> on Mount Olyntpia with a Thimder-bolt in his Right-Hand, and im- bracing her with his Left, who embraces him with her Right-Hand, both naked to the Na- vel ', before them is a Fire blazing upon an Al- tar> and a Priefl ftanding fhod with a very long Robe, and Bare-headed,, cafling fomething in- to the Fire.- An A. Relievo, Faun^ts playing on two- Pipes. A Baffo Relievo, having an Infer iptio Bouf tropha^ the Writing in the fuccefiive Lines go- ing forward and backward : Firil from left to right, then from right to left, as they turn or guide Oxen in the plowing of Lands. This was eiteemed the moft antient Way of Writ- ing, and proves the great Antiquity of this Marble. The Figures prefent a Hiflory agree- able to the Infcription. In the Middle is a Tripos of a very curious and peculiar Form ri- fing from the three Feet, with three Projedions one above another j on the uppermofl: of which is the Patera. The Dedicating of a Tripos was an ufaal Expreffion of Thanks to the Deity among the Antients ; and accordingly this (with the Infcription above) is the Expreffion of the Father's Thanks to Jupiter, who is here repre- fented fitting in a Chair, his Head bound with a Diadem and an Eagle not held, but refling on the Palm of his Hand, as ready to go and come at In WiLTON-HotrSE. 99 at Command. The other two Figures repre- ient a Libation made by the Son, and wafliing his Hands in a Bowl fet on the Tripos of the common Form. * The Bufto of Julia M^s^, Mother of Heliogabalus. An A. Relievo, fhewing the antient Man- ner of Eating -, here Jupiter, attended by Pallas, is ferved by Hebe. Mr. Ca/leel has graved this in his Book of the Villa's of Pliny, it being much older than any Print that was before made of that Cuflom, The Bufto of Oct a via the Elder. TheFront of Meleager's Tomb cut off from the reft, of fine Greek Marble, with thirteen Figures, belides a Dog and a Boar's Head J the whole Hiftory is reprefented from the firft Quarrel about the Boar's Head, 'till the Burning of the fatal Brand, and carrying of him away to be entomb'd. That which Mont~ faucon copy'd from Malfei has three Perfons lefs than this has, and wants the Quarrel at the Beginning with the Boar's-Head. A fmall Frieze from the Temple of NsPr TUNE, four Tritons and four Nereides. O 2 An * There is an exa£l Copper-Plate Print of this very antient curious Piece of Sculpture, drawn by Mr. Lyotis of Salisbury, §nd fold by Mr. Collins^ Price i s. ,> I oa A Defcription of the Curiofitm An A. Relievo. The Story of the Child ftealing the Meat from the Altar thro' the Idol's Mouth. An A. Relievo, Venus wringing the Water out of her Hair. An A. Relievo> Silenus Drunk, the Boys binding his Arms and Legs with Vine-Twifts. Mgle is painting his Face with a Mulberry,, fixteen Figures befides an Afs., Cleopatra, with the Afp in a cover'd Vafe : She is here reprefented, as having it rea- dy, but don't ihew it. Upon a Grey Granate Table, commonly called Moor Stone, from the Moors in Devonfhire. A very high A. Relievo of Marcus Au-^ Kelius and Faustina, as big as the Life. A Sarcophagus 5 in a Round in the Front is the Bufto of a Man; the Phyliognomy of which is on purpofe left unfinifhed by the Sculptor, It is defcribed by Salvini in Ta^ ble 9. Upon this Tomb isSESosTRis; the Head is of Red Rgyptian Granite \ the Buft Part is of the white Egyptian Granite; the Head is adorned with a Tiara after the Egyptian Form, and has a peculiar Livelinefs; it was found amongftthe Pyramids. F I C- In Wilton-House, loi PICTURES, BUSTOS and STATUES I N T H E Black Marble-Table Room. Begin 'with the great TiGiure on the Left-* Hand. ACHILLES dragging He^or\ Body round the Walls of T^roy. A Skirmilh between the 'Trojans and the Greeks. 2, By Polidora Caravaggio. TtTDiTH cutting ofF Holofernes's Head under a Canopy -, his Army has a Multitude of fine Figures. 4. By Bonifazio Bembi. The Birth of St, John. 4. By Dominico Puligo. Rome triumphing, many Figures. 4. By Carlo Baldari. Naked Figures, bathing. 3. By Gefft. ^ Jephtha^s 102 A Defcription of the Curiojitles Jephtha's rafH V0W3 feven Figures, three of them are dancing -, the foremoft is his Daughter. 3. By Flaminio Tori, A Triumphal Arch and Figures , the Fi- gures painted in Bajfo Kelievo. 3. By Defiderio, An Angel driving Adam and Eve out of Paradise. 3, By Ifenback, Hagar with Tears looking back on the ;ft.NGEL pointing, on Copper. 3. ^^ Francifco Buzi, Hagar, Ishmael and an Angel in the Sky. 3. By Giacomo Car am, Venus leading Cupid, With the three Graces following, to fee Vulcan, with four Others, forging Arrows Heads for Cupid, 4. By Allejfaridro T^urco Veronefe, Four of Diana's Nymphs bathing, ABeon looking at them. 4. By Sebajiian Concha, Three of Diana's Nymphs bathing, ABeon looking at them. 5. By Giojep del Sole. Cupid wrenching his Bow out of the Hands of a Boy, 4. By T^aruffi da Bologna, Mr, In Wilton-House. J03 Mr. Pitt, taken from a Print. Calista bathing is difcover'd to be with Child, and Nymphs appearing to bring her to Diana. 4. By Girolimo Pefchu The Judgment of P a R i s . 5. By Rofenhamer<, Jupiter, Cupid, and Psyche. 3. By Giofefpe Arigonu A Salutation of the Angel to the Virgin. 4. By Francifco T>ani» The AlTumption of the Virgin ; feveral of the Apoftles looking up, and one of the twelve is haftening down the Hill to the reft. 4. By Raphael TJrbtno<, Ganymede upon an Eagle, 4. By Giofeppe PafarL The Virgin, with Christ and St. John, as big as the Life, on Wood. 3. By Car kit Of Hercules and Dejanira. 4. By Giovanni Montoang, A Land- IX. ■ - ■ .Jio4 A Defcription of the Curiqptiei A Landfcape with Figures, and Sever us^s Arch. 4. By Qlaiidi GifoIphL Venus and Cupid beating a Satyr. 3. By Luigi GarzL A Landfcape with pretty Figures, and Dogs. 4. By Bott, A Concert of Mufick, I. By Nicola del Aibdte, Two naked Figures, one bathing, the other lying on the Bank of the River. 3. By Cerveliu Virtue coming to Parnassus to awaken Apollo and the Muses. 3. By Luigi Ge?ifzlL A Magdalen contemplating with a Cm- ciiix i Angels appear above. 4. By Elizabetha Daughter of Siranu A Landfcape with Figures fitting by the Water Side. 3. By OrizonU, Hercules killing the Bull, with Variety of Figures. 4. By Faolo Farbttfio. Tbe Baptifm of Christ « ^ 4. By Cafalafco. Virgin In WiLTONtHotrsE. 105 Virgin looking on Christ with great AfFedlion. 5. By Dominico Becafiuni^ Diogenes looking at a Statue with a Can- dle in his Hand. 5. By Gerar Doha* Beghi the Statues with that nearejl the DooVi Cleopatra, with C^sarion her Son, by "Julius Ct^faf'i very naturally fucking on her Lap : Her Seat is an Egyptian Improvement for Softnefs, and fo as to lit higher or lower as they pleafed. The Bottom has a Layer like fliort Bolflers, the next over thern crofs the con- trary Way, and fo on to the Height which they would lit. Her Poflure is very natural, and her Locks hang gracefully on her Shoulders. Augujlus killed C<^fario?t by the Advice oi Ari~ us the Philoibpher from too politic a Reafon, Non effk p'obanda?n ?niiltitudine77i Ccefaruin, A Statue of Shake spear, by Scheemakers^ in the fame Manner as in Wejiminjlei^- Abbey, only the Lines on the Scrole are diiferent, thefe are out of Macbeth. Life's but a walking Shadow, a poor Player, ^hat Jiruts and frets his Hour upon the Stage, And theji is heard no more, f The io6 A Defcription of the Curiofities The Statue of Manilia ScantillA^ Wife of Didius. Upon a Table ftain'd with Figures and Land- fcapes, the Statue of Venus afleep. It is about the Bignefs of the Hermaphrodite at Rome. It is a fine Greek Sculpture, and ap- pears much older than that, as is obferved in the Cardinal's Catalogue. The Buflos begin with that on the Left of Cleopatra and Cafarion. Lysias, Themistocles, Terentius, posidonius. A black Marble Table, 1 1 Feet 9 Inches Long, and 4 Feet 2 Inches wide. IN THE MANAGE ROOM. Over the Chimney. ABIFRONS of Cecrops and his Wife, in Memoiy of inftituting Mar- riage. Leaves of Sea Weed on his Beard, in Memory of his coming by Sea from Egypt. ^^ In Wilton-House, IQ7 A Pidlure of Baron De Eisenberg, Riding Mafter to Francis I, Emperor of Germany, IN T H E BUGLE ROOM. On the Railing, T HE Buflos.of Lucius Vitellius Pater, and Galba. In two Niche's, The Buftos of Olympias and Colla- TINUS. P i N I s. errata; Page 7. Line laft, for Squazzelia, read Squazzeli. 12. Line 5, for Saband Marco Ricci, read Sahat. and Marco Ricci. 1 5 . Line 2 1 , for Waterloe, read ^v^/. ^if/ Sarto. 16. Line 10, for Talbo, read Jalbo. 49. Line 21, ior Hercules, rtid Heraclifus. 71. Line 3, ior Itatian, ve3.d. Italian. M ' Line 4, for Commejji, read ComTneJfe. 79. After the Landfcape by Claude Lorrain, read, ^