New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
AN AMBASSADOR PRINTS
More Mezzotlnts at Dorchest.,
House-Monarchs and
Men of Letters.
London. senre1.,l,a- /,

J at Dorchester House which are nnt o.,
| nected with the American ReeoIr,,.-
| These are mainly mezzotints by skut.,
| engravers after portraits OF famous a..
| ereigns, generals and men OF letters ~.
most familiar face is that Of Henry vrr,
/ because il is engraved from Haiss..
1 the great character painter, who ha7s,'
I down that hard headed, pleasure io,f..
sovereign 10 posterity. This Is not -
7 corpulcnt. strong limbed. bloated -.
ured monarch whom Hornebolt ~.
/ trayed with offensive realism, but .,
more dignified and jovial Henry vr,,
whom Holbein frequently painted ia
best of these portraits are the priceI.,,
! one at Petworth, the Chatsworth -.
toon and the miniature at Althrop A..
the face in the ambassadors ur-.
closely resembles them. 1t is 2 hal.
! length. with bright eyes, round cbeas,
fun habit and dark hat. The ensravs.
was the younger John Tabsr. who -,
passed his father in nnezzotint ara
rivalled in boldneSs and freedom OF stv.
the best work of the eighteenth centu.~
This print is fine impression, cansp,s,-
Gus for passages from half dark 70 u,s.
die tint
In addition TO the print OF Queen Eli.
abeth by Jean Simon after Hrlia-a
which I described in a previous Ietts-
the ambassador has by recent purcbs..
an exceedingly quaint engraving. la.,
wilfuI and unfeTninine than Ms,k
Gerard's Burleigh House portrait. AMI
denoting her barbaric taste in dress ana
passion for finery. The real Amazcs
Queen died with a sword beside bar
her bed so that she could thrust II INT,
the arras whenever she suspected IA.
an enemy might be lurking th4re: aps
advantage IN helmet and corszIet az d.
appeared in reviewing her troops II II
bury, where she exclaimed IN Lara
voice: az know [ have the body ~ !,
weak, feeble woman, but I have TIA
heart and stomach OF q King, and a .
King Of England, too.' This pr.nr "a /,
ceremonial one, with the sogsrsig
crowned and jewelled. holding scspr.
and sphere. with sword on the Bihts All
all the splsndorS Of high collar and I.
full spread Of lace wings. Il Is sensuaus
Anne Boleyn's daughter, who 5aI.sh.s
in royal progresses from town 70 ess,s
loved gorgeous costumes er1hroide-si
with eyes or shellz or with lizards, crss
odiles Gnu serpents. bearded diansnss
greedily, and long after she was Old sas
haggard was as vain as girl n IL
teens. The costume in this print vas
worn on a state occasion OF unique il.
terest when she went to St. Paurs caihe
dral to return thanks after the defeat i. Z
the Spanish Armada
The painter and engrayer OF this spir.
tied likeness OF Queen Elizabeth wers
among the best artists OF their time in f
England Isaac Oliver, who used 20 sign
his works under the French guise },
Olivier" was a miniature painter who
studied under Nicholas billiard s.t
FEDERICO Zuccaro and went 70 Italy te.
fore settling down in London. His min-
atures are treasured in the collections :;
Windsor and at South Kensington asd
in the country houses OF the Dukes q
Devonshire and Buccleuch The wors
was remarkable for painstaklng care Il
the treatment Of details of costumes an
jewels. He painted Mary Queen q f
Scots. James I, Sir Philip Sidney. Rics'
ard Sackyille and Ben Jonso1. but tEs
Virgin Queen was perhaps his best SUB
broidered robes was finely engraved aF
Crispin Van de Pass. Dutch aris1
who worked in Utrecht. AMSTERDAM
Cologne, Paris and London While soHa
of his drawings are preserved In ts
British Museum. he was more successful
with graver than with brush. The pru
Of Queen Eliza beth is one or his bes
works, which include engravings
James I, Henry " Of France, Philip L u
the Earl OF Essex and Sir Philip Sldna
The engraving Of Mary Queen OF Scon
and her son, afterward James I. IS TOE
Il plate of the picture in the Drapefs
Hall, near the Stock Exchange IE
mother. with q mass book in one hala
Is standing beside a table with vase :
flowers and with her right hand IS ilsas'
" touching the head Of q boy aoos.
eight years old. who is CIasping Fss'
In his fingers. The plate is dedicated /"
the company OF Diapers by Spiria'a
Roma, who arrived in England from 'H'
Continent during the eighteenth cenEal
and published the print in 1i'S- a'''
eight years before his death Inc q
graver was All Italian. BartolozZl. ah -
cellent mezzotint artist. and the deais3
ton was an Acknowledgment OL u'
courteSies OF the company IN aiie"N'
the picture to be reproduced Inc pSiii"
ing was attributed 70 FEDERICO LNces-s
1r Zuccheri. who arrived in Ens'sa4
from Italy in 1914. when Queen AS
Stuart's son was about seven years
and she herself was thirry-t"0'
painted il the next yedr' Wa
she was a prisoner and was allowed
see her son. The simple costume VIZ
'ufr suggests Imprisonment Lofa
lord left record that the Queen %
sat for Zuccaro for the portrait 10"
Chatsworth and that Nertue chs
, plate from IT, The portrait OF j.
II OF Scotland (Jamss l OF Great %
sinl as a boy OF eight. which IS ho'
he National Portrait Gallery. an" T" .sn
ributed 10 Zuccaro. must have
painted about the same time. =.