The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-11-03
RID AY, NOVEMBER 3, 1898.

oil painting by j. Reynolds, which rep
reseuts ''His Royal Highness William
Augustus, Duke of Cumberland" On
the walls of these rooms or some fine
and rare portla of General Washing
ton.
The next room, and the last we visit
is the most interesting of all-the din
ingroom. Around its walls hang the
family portraits, and here stands the
family silver. The room is to-day in
Its general aspect much as it was 100
years ago. Some of the old furniture
remains-a colonial mahogany table
with brass feet, some hugh, square, up
holstered chairs, the fine old brass and
irons in the vide open fireplace, with
the little pair of English bellows hang
ing near-but for the most part the
furniture is of more modern date,
though dark, heavy and substantial,
and in perfect harmony with the older
furnishings.
The room is of fine proportions,
being ~ feet long by 22 feet wide, with
a hign ceiling. 1t has four windows,
two on the north and two on the south
side, is wainscoted all around to the
height Of about three feet and the floor
is Of richly polished walnut. A glass
door opposite to the one by which we
entered from the hall leads to the con-
servatory on the left, which, in winter,
when filled with flowers, must lend a
grateful tone of brightness to the heavy
surroundings.
On the south wall of the dining-room
one recognizes the well-known face of
General Robert E. Lee. This is a life
sized painting by Elder of Richmond,
who has done several of the best known
OF the Gen. Lee portraits, one of them
hanging in the Senate at Richmond,
another in the University of Virginia,
and still another in the Council Cham
Der of the city of Savannah.
Near General Lees portrait hangs
that of his wife, by Ulke. It shows a
face of great refinement and strong in
tellectual power. Opposite to his faith
er hangs an oil painting of Gen. Will
liam Henry Fitzhugh Lee, very life
like portrait, and on either side of him
his ancestors, William Henry Fitzhugh
and his wife. The la,ter's picture is
that of a young woman of great beauty
offgure and sweetness of countenance.
On the wall hang two good specimens
OF st. Memin's portraiture, profles on
pink paper OF VIM. Fitzhugh and Of
Col. George Washington Parke Curtis.
Beside the latter is an oil painting of
his wife. Beneath these are life size
copies in oil paintings Of General and
Mrs. Washington in their younger days,
by Rembrandt Peale, who was the ar
tist of so many of the Washington por-
traits.
On the wall opposite to this hang
the ancestors of Mrs William Henry
Fitzhugh Lee, the present mistress OF
Ravensworth, who was one of the
Boillings of Virginia. Among them
are the portraits of her grandfather and
grandmother. The latter was Miss.
Stith, of King George Boiling, Of Pc
tersburg, Va, a descendant of Pocahon-
tas, when he was 60 and she II, and
was his fourth wife. She was consid-
cred great beauty in her day.
THE FAMILY SILVER.
On the sideboard and in a glass cup
board near it stands the family silver.
Most oft has descended from their an
cestors to it's present possessors and to
much of it there is some interesting
history attached. There is the rem
nant ola large silver service, basket
Of exquisite open work design, and a
salver, both marked with the Parke
coat of arms, which was presented by
Queen Anne to Colonel Parke for gal
lantry shown at the battle Of Blenheim,
when he acted as aid-de-camp to the
Duke of Marlborough. The story as
given to us by Miss Lee is that when
Queen Anne requested him to name
some favor or present she could bestow
on him in recognition of his services he
gallan ly asked only for her picture
So pleased was she with this act OF
chivalry to herself that she at once gave
him an exquisite miniature of herself
set in diamonds, and afterwards sent
him the magnificent service of which
the pieces spoken Of are part.
Near these stands a massive silver
stlrrup cup, which, when full, mus
have required stalwart arms to pass W
to the riders ere they started on thei
Journeys, for it takes both hands tt
hold 1t empty. This was once the prop
erty Of the Carers of Virginia, wh,
Highest of all in Leavening Eov