New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-11

at these he says, and setting aside the GER
tainly apochryphal things, fancy pictures, or
pictures OF other ladies wrongly styled Mary, he
will find collection OF heaky hays and solemn or
sulky schoolgirls with good features, but entire
ly without charm, witchery the sorceTy of the
queen: or, lastly. he Will find ladies with fat,
fat faces and double chirs' The last, accord
ing to Mr.. Lang. are credible as portraits of
Mary in her forties. The only two portraits in
oils he adds. ''one Of Mary at about eighteen,
the other at about thirty-six, which explain her
undeniable sorcery. are more than doubted by
experts, though I believe in BOTH
Mr. Lang protests against this state of affairs.
He knows that friends and enemies who
the Flower of Fair Scotland" are unanimous
about her beauty and charm in youth; he be-
lieves that she must often have been painted
and drawn, and, while he realizes that some of
the portraits must have been failures, he thinks
that some must have been successes. He has
tried to run one of the latter to earth. and thus
| celebrates his find:
I have discovered splendid success that Wilma
/ ding and douna be disputed As far as l am
aware. it has never been publicly exhibited
| This piece Is = miniature in the collection of the
| Duke Of Portland at Welbeck Abbey. The duke,
Of HardVick' the Countess Of Shrewsbury, wife of
the Earl of Shrewsbury. who for so long was
captive Queen were terms of friendly gossip, and
i3 Gf T1 ' az 6ersef as 4l to Bess However
! this may be. surprising work of art. Mr..
aturist in 800. II is veritably "a symphony in
| white The pretty young lady is attred in all
shades OF milk and cream and ivory; in lawn, and
white silk pearls. and ermine-royal ermine. She
wears i thing like i gigantic coal scuttle bonnet,
J perhaps sunshade in torrid weather. but even
this clumsy COVERING is turned to favour and to
Queen of Scots in the index of DR.. Wiliiamson's
History of Portrait Miniature will find their way
| to excellent photograph of the portrait of this
| Queen Of a Summer Castle of Incidence, On the
! ley). is written Mary Q. of Scots" That is no
proof of identity; but Oxford was a man of taste
the other hand: THE beautiful miniature CPlate
X. Fig b probably does not represent Mary Queen
| Of Scots at all. but d French princess. D.. 1t is
| certainly a sixteenth century portrait
! 1 know of French princess of the Valois
Court who resenbled the miniature. The eyes
in the photograph look quite dark as Mary's
hazel eyes. But point is this-above the head
| are written the words Virtutis Anore, and. to
the virtue Of the subject, she holds in her
hand q little book devotion, though she looks
une elegante, mondaine, of the first flight.
| discovery? Why is the piece inscribed Virtutis
ATnore? What do the words mean in Latin? I
man in love with virtue" virtutis captus amore
but the two words alone Virtutis An.orc, seem
odd Now does the gentle reader the point?
TiTfu+is Ar1orc-Narfe Stouart The Latin words
IT, Is cot in tbusol.r sound 'oo'' IS in COO"
is in French 'ou,' as in couard, coUardise The
Si1I .Stooart'' The French spccd orr
names Theoretically (ny name Lang, is Lain, in
! the list of Scottish Archer Guards. and French
- ~ w Thus ST quart for Stewart was
mas no W 4HHS - ,,,,-+,'+co- -
of the anagrslm Virtuts Arnore the book of de
volon lending point to the words 9to9trn II!
than the French usually arrived. Who would
take lie Sieur de Crequy for Beaten Of Creleh2 J.,
the specialists in the history of portrait painting?
Probably it is not, and they Will say tnat 1Ile
Of the most extraordinary the history of fiukes
and. as such. is well worth recording But LINK