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* A gentleman, unknown.

* William Fitzwilliam earl of Southampton.

* Edward Stanley, earl of Derby.

* Borbonius, a French poet.

* Father, bishop of Rochester. Richardson the painter had another of these, which was engraved among the illustrious Heads.

* Thomas Boleyn earl of Ormond, father of queen Anne Boleyn.

On the side opposite to the chimney :

A fine and very valuable picture by Lucas de Heere, representing Frances duchess of Suffolk, mother of the lady Jane Grey, and Adrian Stoke, her second husband. This picture was in the collection of the earl of Oxford, and was engraved by Vertue: *Vide Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting*.

Philip and Mary, copied in water-colours by Vertue, from the original by Antonio More, at the duke of Bedford's at Wooburn-Abbey.

A single combat before the emperor Maximilian, in terra cotta, by Albert Durer.

Anthony king of Navarre, father of Henry 4th. by Janet.

The marechal de Montluc, who wrote the Commentaries : by ditto.

A very small head of a man, in a round; by Holbein.

* Lord Wentworth.

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* Lord

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* Lord chancellor Rich.

* Lady Rich, his wife.

* Sir Thomas Wyat, the poet.

* George Brook, lord Cobham.

* Edward 6th. when a child; very like Henry 8th.

* Jane Seymour.

Frobenius, the printer, in a round.

Melancthon, ditto; by Holbein: very fine.

A man's head with a black beard; ditto.

Margaret queen of Scots, daughter of Henry 7th. copied
by Vertue from the picture at Hampton-court.

Jane Gray; by ditto, from the original, that was the
duke of SomerSET's.

Head of Henry 8th. with a watch at his neck, carved in
box by Holbein.

* John Ruffel, first earl of Bedford.

* Anne Savage, lady Berkeley. She held up the train of
Anne Boleyn, at her coronation: *Vide Stowe's Chron.* p. 543.

* Sir W. Sherrington, master of the mint, whence he
furnished admiral Seymour with money.

* Sir John Gage.

* Sir Richard Southwell, one of the accusers of the earl
of Surrey.

* Queen Mary, when princess.

* Thomas duke of Norfolk; beheaded in the reign of
Elizabeth: young.

Holbein

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Holbein; in a round. } Copies by Eckardt.
Anne Boleyn; ditto. }

Charlotte, daughter of Francis 1st. died at five years of age; by Janet: fine. From fir Luke Schaub's collection.

Lord Darnley, by Vertue, from the original at Hampton-court.

A young man's head; by Holbein.

Leonora, queen of Portugal, sister of Charles 5th. and
afterwards second wife of Francis 1st. by Vertue.

Henry 8th. fine whole figure in terra cotta, by Holbein;
from lady Elizabeth Germaine's collection.

Pictures in the alcove:

The triumph of Riches; by Frederic Zucchero, from the
original of Holbein that was in the Steel-yard. Henry 8th.
in the character of Crœsus, and one of his queens, I believe
Anne Boleyn, follow the carr. *Vide a description of this and
the next in the Anecdotes of Painting, vol. 1.*

The triumph of Poverty; ditto. These drawings, invfallable by the originals being lost, were purchased from Buckingham-house, when fir Charles Sheffield sold it to the king.

A man's head with a red beard, in the manner of Holbein.

Claude de Clermont fieur de Dampierre; by Janet.

Thomas lord Cromwell, in a round, after Holbein.

Lord keeper Bacon; by Vertue.

Mrs. Margaret Roper, daughter of fir T. More; copied
out of the great picture of the family, by Vertue.

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Over the door, Mary queen of Scots, a head; on her ruff,
the arms of France and England.

Between the door and the screen:

Henry the 8th. three quarters; a present from the reverend
Mr. Pennicott.

Henry duc de Longueville; in crayons.

Sir John Godsalve, knight of the carpet; after Holbein,

A drawing of architecture; by ditto.

Sir Thomas Wyat; by Vertue.

A man's head; an original drawing, by Holbein.

A man in a masquerade habit; ditto.

Louis 11th. an original: his prayer-book opens in the
shape of a heart. AA

A carpet worked by Mrs. Catharine Clive, the celebrated
comedian.

THE GALLERY.

FIFTY-fix feet long, seventeen high, and thirteen wide
without the five recesses. The cieling is taken from one
of the side ifles of Henry 7th's. chapel. In the windows,
painted by Peckitt, are all the quarterings of the family.
The great door is copied from the north door of Saint Al-
bans, and the two smaller are parts of the fame design. The
side with recesses, which are finished with a gold net-work
over

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over looking-glafs, is taken from the tomb of archbishop Bourchier at Canterbury. The chimney-piece was designed by Mr. John Chute, and Mr. Thomas Pitt of Boconnoch. The room is hung with crimson Norwich damask: the chairs, fettees, and long ftools are of the fame, mounted on black and gold frames. The carpet made at Moorfields.

East end:

Laura and Charlotte Walpole, eldeft and youngeft daugh-
ters of fir Edward Walpole, and wives of Frederic Keppel
bifhop of Exeter, and of Talmach earl of Dyfart;
Mrs Keppel in white, lady Dyfart in pink: by Ramfay.

Marriage of Henry 7th. and Elizabeth of York; by Ma-
befe: *Vide Anecdotes of Painting.*

Sir Francis Walfingham, with a view of his houſe at Scad-
bury in Kent; by Frederic Zucchero. This picture has
been engraved by Houbraken amongſt the Illuſtrious heads.

Sir George Villiers, leaning his hand on the head of a
greyhound. He was father of George duke of Buckingham,
and lord Clarendon relates a ſtory of his ghoſt. This is a
very fine picture, by Cornelius Jansen.

George duke of Buckingham, his ſon; a very fine head,
by Rubens: the garter is put on the wrong way.

Admiral Montagu, earl of Sandwich; by fir Peter Lely:
very good head. *Lord Sandwich gave this to Mr Blackwood, from whom Mr W. bought it.*

Holy family, with boy angels, in a landscape; by Van

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Artois

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Francis Seymour Conway earl of Hertford; by ditto.
Death of admiral Sandwich; by Scott.

Views, of Kirkfstall-Abbey, and of a church near Boulogne
in France; by ditto.

The eagle, found in the gardens of Boccapadugli within
the precinct of Caracalla's baths at Rome, in the year 1742.
One of the finest pieces of Greek sculpture in the world, and
reckoned superior to the eagle in the villa Mattei. There
are extremely few fine statues of animals; the chief are these
two eagles, the Tusan boar, the Barberini goat, and the
dog belonging to Mr. Jennings of Shiplake. The boldneſs,
and yet great finiſhing of this statue, are incomparable; the
eyes inimitable. Mr. Gray has drawn the flagging wing.*
It stands on a handsome antique ſepulchral altar, adorned
with eagles too.

Frances Bridges, daughter of the lord Chandos, and fe-
cond wife of Thomas Cecil earl of Exeter, on whose left
hand she refused to lie on his tomb in Westminfter-Abbey.
This picture, which is an excellent one of Vandyck, belong-
ed to Richardson the painter, who has written a differtation
of eight pages on it in one of his books.† It was purchased
of Hudson the Painter, son in law of Richardson. A young

• Ode on the Power of Poetry.

† This lady was moſt falsely accuſed of many crimes, of which ſhe was en-
tirely innocent, and acquitted; of which ſee an account in Granger's Biogra-
phical Hiftory of English portraits, vol. I, p. 548.

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A young man; by fir Godfrey Kneller : quære, if not his
own portrait? From the collection of Sclater Bacon of
Cambridgehire.

Over a door, Catharine Sidley countels of Dorchester,
miftrels of James 2d. and mother of the duchefs of Bucking-
ham; by Dahl.

Madame de Sevignè: a head. *a present from Lady Hervey.*

A girl scowering pots; a curious picture, being painted
by Watteau in the style of Rembrandt. It was in the collection
of Mr. Cooke, member of the Middlesex

A landscape by Muntz, painted in encaustic, which he
improved from count Caylus's rules.

Thomas earl of Arundel, and his grandson cardinal How-
ard; in water-colours, by Vertue, after Vandyck.

Right hand of the chimney :

------ Leneve, alderman of Norwich; son of the foregoing
Leneve. The best picture fir Peter Lely ever painted, and
as fine as Vandyck's countefs of Exeter, before-mentioned.

His wife, in blue; ditto.

John lord Sheffield, hufband of lady Douglas Sheffield, on
whose account it was furmifed that he was poifoned by R.
earl of Leicefter; by Ant. More: from Buckingham-houſe.

Henry Jermyn, earl of ſaint Alban's, favourite, and, as fir
John Rerefby ſays, ſecond hufband of queen Henrietta Ma-
ria: I believe by old Stone.

James earl of Waldegrave; by Reynolds.

Bacha

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Bacha Bonneval; by Liotard, bought at the sale of Werard Balkener; embalmed as aort to the Porte.
Henry Fox, lord Holland; by ditto.

Sea-piece; views, of Bristol-crofs, and of a gothic farm
near Marble-hill, belonging to the countefs of Suffolk, and
deligned by Richard Bentley: all by Sam. Scott.

Vespasian, in baltes; a noble buſt, bought out of the
collection of cardinal Ottoboni. It ſtands on a Roman ſe-
pulchral altar, on which, in bas-relief, is a man ſacrificing,
with this inscription,

TI. CLAVDIVS AVG. L.

DOCILIS

AEDITVS AEDIS

FORTVNAE TVLLIANAE.

Over a door, Anne Hyde duchefs of York; by Mrs. Beale,
after ſir Peter Lely.

Lady Sophia Farmor, eldeſt daughter of Thomas earl of
Pomfret, and ſecond wife of John earl Granville, prime
minifter to George 2d. by Roſalba. She is drawn as Juno.

Two men cheating another at cards; by John Miel: very
good.

A landscape, in encauſtic; by Muntz.

Weſt end:

A large piece of Catharine de' Medici and her children,
Charles 9th. Henry 3d. the duke d'Alençon, and Margaret
queen of Navarre; whole lengths, by Janet. bought from
Mr. Byde's in Hertfordshire.

Griffiere,

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Griffiere, the painter; by Zouft: the fattin on the arm remarkably well painted.

A young man's head, æt. 18; admirable nature: by Gior-gione. This was in the collection of Charles I. of Topher's Catalogue.

A pot of flowers, highly finished, yet very free; by old Baptist. from SrR. Walpole's collection.

Sevonyans, the painter, by himself; a very fine head.

Charles Brandon duke of Suffolk, and Mary queen of France. This picture was Lord Granville's. Kent designed the frame. The picture had before been at the University of Westminster at London.

Tobit burying the dead. And when Tobit found any dead, he buried them without the walls of Jerusalem: by Benedetto Caftiglione.

A coin of old japan; on it, bufts of Julia Domna, Julia Titi, and Cicero; the latter a present from lady Hervey; a flat vafe of white, blue, and gold Seve china, with cover and handles.

Another coin, ditto; statue of Harpocrates and Telepho-rus; Antinous, Greek work; and Zenocrates, a precent from general Conway; a flat vafe, like the former.

Window fide:

Thomas lord Howard of Bindon, father of Frances duchefs of Richmond and Lenox; whole length, in robes of the garter.

Lodowic Stuart, duke of Richmond and Lenox; ditto: these

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these two last came out of Luton-house in Bedfordshire,
where the latter lived.

Frances duchess of Richmond and Lenox. *See a curious account of this great lady in Wilson's Reign of King James the First.* This picture came from Easton-Nefton, the seat of Thomas earl of Pomfret. By Mark Garrard.

Henry Carey lord Falkland, deputy of Ireland, and father
of the famous Lucius lord Falkland; in white, by Vansomer.

Mrs. Catharine Phillips, the poetess; a head: it belonged to Charles earl of Halifax.

Philip Villiers de Lisle Adam, the last grand master of
Rhodes, which he defended two years againft Soliman the
Magnificent and a prodigious army: a head.

A view of Mount Orgueil in Jersey; by Richard Bentley, esq;

Heads in the upper line, begin from the left:

Vandyck. Richard Rigby, paymafter of the forces and
mafter of the Rolls in Ireland, by Eckardt. Prior, the poet.
Cooke, the painter; by himself. General Edward Cornwallis,
governor of Gibraltar and groom of the bedchamber
to George 2d. by Eckardt. Pearce, senior, statuary. Wal-
ler, the poet. Horatio lord Walpole, younger brother of
sir Robert Walpole; by Vanloo. Mr. Chiffinch, privy-purse
to Charles 2d. by Riley. Dobson, the painter. George
Keppel, third earl of Albemarle; by Eckardt. Sir Nicholas
Dorigny,

×The Ideas of the picture walking out of its frame in the
Castle of Otranto was suggested by this portrait.

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Dorigny, the engraver. Van Wyck, the younger, painter. George Montagu, esq; by Eckardt, after Vanloo. Dahl, the painter. Anne Clifford,* countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery. This is a medal of her taken exactly from this picture.

Thomas Howard duke of Norfolk, beheaded for the cause
of the queen of Scotts. In this picture he is young, and it
was probably painted in the reign of Edward 6th. before he
was restored in blood, for there are his arms without a co-
ronet, and yet on his handkerchief are an N and a t, to
mark his title and his religion, by Antonio More.

A sea-piece; by Scott.

Bronzes in the windows; an Ibis: a Ceres with silver
eyes, and a cow in her lap: the Laocoon: Antinous on a
tripod: an oftrich, very spirited.

Two tables of solid granite, from the Farnese gardens at
Rome; the frames black and gold, from a tomb in West-
minfter-abbey.

On the first table, bufts of Marcus Aurelius: Domitilla,
wife of Vespasian, exceedingly rare: a Camillus or sacri-
ficing prieſt. Beneath, a bronze from John of Boulogne's
rape of the Sabines: two antique urns of marble; that, with
a cover heavily designed by Kent, belonged to Brian Fairfax.

On the other table, buſts of Julia Mæſa; Fauſtina ſenior;
and Antonia Claudii Mater; very rare. Beneath, the līſten-
ing

* See an account of her in the second vol. of Royal and Noble Authors.

from Dr Middleton's collection.

This should be area
paragraph.

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ing slave in bronze; and two antique urns of marble; on
one this inscription. PAILIOVI RITIO FILIO SVO QVI BISIT
ANNIS XX FECIT SIBI.

Two commodes of old japan with marble flabs; on one,
a vafe, boat-shaped, of deep blue Seve china, mounted in or
moulu with snake handles; two large vases, ditto, of Roman
fayence finely painted, and inscribed, *Fatte in botega de
Oratio Fontana*.

On the other commode, another blue vafe like the former;
and two bottles of blue and white and gold Seve china, most
beautifully designed and ornamented.

A mother of pearl box, with fishes and counters of the
fame; a present from Mrs. Clive. ✗

THE ROUND DRAWING-ROOM.

HUNG with crimson Norwich damask: the chairs of
Aubusson tapestry, flowers on a white ground; the
frames green and gold, and a carpet of the manufacture of more fields, the design taken
from the Seve china
table in the green
closet.

The design of the chimney-piece is taken from the tomb
of Edward the Confessor, improved by Mr. Adam, and beau-
tifully executed in white marble inlaid with scagliuola, by
Richter. The dogs are silver: on the chimney are three
large jars and two beakers, of silver also, bought at the auc-
tion of lady Eliz. Germayne; on the middle one is the rape
U
of

In a closet with glared doors between the gallery round chamber, is fitted up in 1779, is a large collection of ancient porcelaine of China, which belonged to Catherine Lady Walpole. In the window in a shield of arms, which came out of Bliccklinghouse in Norfolk, & under the window a small alter, which was part of the shrine in the Chapel, on it silvered with a gold chain, is a gilt casket, used by the Indian Ladies for Incense. A present from Charles Duke of Richmond 1779.

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of the Sabines emboffed. Two silver fconces, with histories,
on the fides.

A screen, worked in Chenille, to suit with the chimney,
by the countefs of Ailefbury.

The cieling is taken from a round window in old Saint
Paul's; the freeze was designed by Mr. Adam.

In the great bow window is a large shield of the arms of Robert Dudley earl of Leicester; under it a thornbush with H R, the device of Henry 7th; the arms of queen Elizabeth, on the left hand, from Effex-house in the Strand; rofes; other arms of nobility; and fix fine pieces, by a scho- lar of Price, from Raphael's bible. The furbafe of the window is taken from the tomb of queen Eleanor in Westmin- fter-abbey.

Over the chimney, lady Dorothy Percy countefs of Lei-
cefter, in red, and her fitter lady Lucy, the famous countefs
of Carlifle; a very capital picture of Vandyck, fold out of
Penshurst by lady Yonge, when she inherited half of that an-
cient feat by the will of lady Brownlow. Mr. Hoare of
Stourhead offered the laft earl of Leicester of the Sidney fa-
mily an hundred pounds for this picture.

Over the door, Mrs. Lemon, miftrels of Vandyck, with
a Sword, as Judith; by Vandyck; bought out of Bucking-
ham-house: very boldly and freely painted.

A green gold table with St. Wenceslaus cypher, and two Bianca
High stands of the same, designed by St. Andrew Soubaine,
under the table a piece of Roman glass.
Upon the table a bronze 2.

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Bianca Capello; by Vafiari; bought out of the Vitelli pace at Florence by fir Horace Mann, and sent to Mr. Walpole: the hands never finished. Her story is thus written in a cartouche on the frame. Bianca Capello, a Venetian lady, who having disobliged her family by marrying a Florentine banker, was reduced to maintain him by washing linen; Francis the great duke, saw, fell in love with, and made her his mistres, and her husband his minister: but the latter, after numberles tyrannies, for which she obtained his pardon, and after repeated ill usage of her, for which she pardoned him, having murdered a man, and being again protected by her, the great duke told her, that though he would remit her husband's punishment, he would pardon whoever should kill him. The relations of the deceased murdered the affaffin, and Francis married his widow Bianca, who was poisoned with him at a banquet by cardinal Ferdinand, afterwards called the Great, brother and successor of duke Francis. ✶

Jacob travelling from Laban; very fine; by Salvator Roca: a present from the fame.

The education of Jupiter; by Nicolo Pouffin. This picture cost fir Robert Walpole an hundred and fourteen pounds.

A most beautiful landscape; by Paul Brill.

A piece of rocks, with the temple of Tivoli; by Gobbo Caracci.

A trunk of tortoisell and bronze; by Boul, on a frame of the fame; a small jar of Seve china under it.

A tea

Montaigne in his travels vol. 1. p. 251. gives a description of Bianca, which corresponds much with this portrait. "Le te Duc he se est belle à la opinion Italienne, un visage agreable et impenetrable, le corsage gros, et de tetins à leur souhait." The small portrait of her in the cabinet of enamels here p. 82. is younger and much handsomer.

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A tea-table of old japan, with white china.
Two old japan coffers on gilt frames.

THE TRIBUNE.

IT is a square with a femicircular receis in the middle of each fide, painted stone-colour with gilt ornaments, and with windows and niches, the latter taken from thofe on the fides of the north door of the great church at Saint Albans; the roof, which is taken from the chapter-house at York, is terminated by a star of yellow glafs that throws a golden gloom all over the room, and with the painted windows gives it the solemn air of a rich chapel. The windows contain a head of Chrift and two apostles, one in the middle of each, fet round with four hiftories, all old, but finely re-coloured by Price, and furrounded with moft beautiful mofaics of the pureft taſte. In five of the niches, on pedeſtals, are,

1. A caſt in plaifter bronzed of Catharine lady Walpole, the model of her ſtatue in Weſtminſter-abbey, executed at Rome by Valory, and taken from the Livia or Pudicitia in the villa Mattei. 2. The Venus of Medici. 3. Antinous. 4. The Apollo Belvedere. 5. The Farnefe Flora in bronze. In the windows, fix ſmaller bronzes from ancient ſtatues; a Chineſe incenſe-box of bronze; and two pots pourri of red japan fet in or moulu and ſurmounted with Indian figures by

Martin.

X The Venus and Antinous were Lord Waldegrave's.

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Martin. The carpet is taken from the mosaic of the windows, and in the middle has the reflection from the star in the ceiling. The grated door was designed by Mr. Thomas Pitt.

On the right hand stands an altar of black and gold, with a marble slab of the fame colours, taken from the tomb of two children of Edward 3d. in Westminster-abbey. On the altar, a Florentine box inlaid with hard stones, a present from Sir Horace Mann: two most beautiful vases in pate, imitating root of amethyst and ornamented with vines and heads of goats, by Germaine of Paris: a silver dish of basket-work, and two candlesticks of German agate, presents from general H. S. Conway. On the fides, two silver fconces with the arms of Frances Pelham * viscountefs Castlecomer; and two vases of ivory from the antique, carved by Verfkovis. Over the altar,

A cabinet of rose-wood, designed by Mr. Walpole; on the pediment, statues in ivory of Fiamingo, Inigo Jones, and Palladio, by Verfkovis, after the models of Ryfbrach. In the pediment, Mr. Walpole's arms, a cupid and lion, by the fame: on the doors, bas-reliefs in ivory, Herodias with the head of the baptist, by Gibbons; a lady, half-length, by the fame; Perseus and Andromeda; the Hercules Farnese; X the

* Sifter of Thomas duke of Newcaftle; he died, and is buried at Twickenham.

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the Flora; Diomede with the Palladium; the Medusa of
Strozzi; the Perseus of ditto; Caracalla and Alexander, by
Pozzo; and eight other heads. On the drawer, the Barbe-
rini lion, by Pozzo; and heads of eagles, by Verskovis.

Within the cabinet of enamels and miniatures :

The virgin and child, in miniature, round; by old Lens,
from the original by Annibal Caracci, at Kensington.

Head of Chrift; by Carlo Dolce; in a rich frame of filver
gilt and filver cherubim.

Venus, Cupid, and other figures in enamel; by Boit, from
the original by Luca Giordano, at Devonshire-houſe.

Ethelreda Harrifon, wife of Charles viſcount Townſhend;
a capital piece of enamel, by Zincke, after Vanloo; ſet in
a frame of enamel flowers in relief: on the back, her arms
ſupported by Cupids, enamelled by Groth.

A fine old enamelled watch-caſe, after Raphael and Do-
minichino.

Emperor Joſeph iſt. ſmall.

Colonel Horatio Walpole, uncle of ſir Robert Walpole;
ſmall.

The duchefles of Cleveland and Portsmouth; very ſmall.

Sir Edward Walpole, father of Maria duchefs of Glou-
ceſter, in enamel; by Zincke.

Galfridus Walpole, youngeſt brother of ſir Robert Wal-
pole; in water-colours.

Byzas,

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Byzas, imaginary founder of Byzantium; large intaglia
on onyx. M.*

A valuable jewel of lord Burleigh's head on onyx, by Valerio Vicentino, cut on the reverse of an antique of Caracalla; appendent is the head of queen Elizabeth, cut like-wife on fardonyx, by the fame Vicentino; the whole set with 53 brilliants: given to Mr. Walpole by his father, who bought it of fir Andrew Fountaine, who had it set on purpose, with allusion to queen Caroline and fir Robert Walpole.

Sir Robert Walpole, earl of Orford; very like; painted in enamel by Zincke, two years before fir Robert's death: set in a frame of enamelled oak-leaves.

Catharine Shorter, first wife of fir Robert Walpole; ditto, after fir Godfrey Kneller: set with enamel flowers. The two heads are in Zincke's beft manner, and were engraved for the Ædes Walpolianæ.

Mary Walpole, fecond daughter of fir Robert Walpole and Catharine Shorter, and wife of George Cholmondeley vifcount Malpas, afterwards earl of Cholmondeley; in water-colours; by Groth, after Jarvis.

Lady Maria Walpole, only child of fir Robert Walpole and Maria Skerret his fecond wife, married to Charles Churchill, efq; in enamel; by Zincke.

Horace

* All the curiosities marked M. belonged to Dr. Conyers Middleton, whose
whole collection Mr. Walpole bought. See an account of them in the doctor's
Germana quædam Antiquitatis Monumenta.

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Horace Walpole, [who made the collection] youngest son of Sir R. Walpole and Catharine Shorter; ditto.

Horatio Walpole, lord Walpole, brother of Sir Robert; in enamel; by Groth, after Vanloo.

Two lockets in shape of hearts, with hair of Sir Robert Walpole and Catharine Shorter, set with diamonds.

An Egyptian duck; antique cameo, on agate. M.

A sleeping hermaphrodite with two fatyrs; ditto; very fine. M.

Sir Anthony Shirley, embassador from the fophy of Persia to king James 1st. drels, half English half Persian; by Isaac Oliver.

The queen of Bohemia; by Isaac Oliver: bought out of the collection of lady Isabella Scott, daughter of the duchefs of Monmouth.

Serjeant Maynard; by Hopkins: given to Sir R. Walpole by Sir Everard Falkener.

Sir Kenelm Digby; by Peter Oliver: it was in doctor Meade's collection.

James the 1st. by Isaac Oliver.

X Charles 1st. by Petitot: fine.

Charles 2d. ditto; in a cafe enamelled blue; done abroad: bought of an old gentlewoman, to whom he gave it when he stood godfather to her in Holland.

James 2d. when duke of York; fine, by Petitot: bought at

× a present from J. Walker Esq. to Maria, lady Walpole.

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at the fale of Mrs. Dunch, daughter of his miſtrels, Mrs.
Godfrey.

Robert Cecil earl of Salisbury; by Isaac Oliver.

† A lady's head, in enamel; by Petitot.

Nicholas Burwell, brother of fir Jeffery Burwell, grand-
father of fir Robert Walpole; by Hofkins: fet in a cafe
with small diamonds, and enamelled with the judgment of
Paris in relief, very neat.

Mrs. Godfrey, miſtrels of king James, in enamel; by
Petitot: was Mrs. Dunch's, her Daughter.

Robert Devereux earl of Effex; by Isaac Oliver: it be-
longed to Frances lady Worseley, who was defcended from
him. It was engraved for the Illuſtrious Heads.

Frances, his wife, daughter of fir Francis Walfingham,
widow of fir Philip Sydney, and laſtly wife of the earl of
Clanrickard and ſaint Albans.

Robert Walpole, ſecond earl of Orford; painted in water-
colours by Rofalba with all the force of oil.

An elderly lady's head; by Cooper: fine.

Robert Carr earl of Somerset, in his latter time, favourite
of king James; by Hofkins: bought at the fale of the cu-
rious collection of T. Barrett of Lees in Kent, 1758.

Richard Cromwell, protector, in armour; by Cooper:
from the fame collection.

Marivaux, author of Marianne; by Liotard, in water-
colours.

Y

This was called the Duchefs de la Valière, but probably is not, but
Martinozzi Princes of lonti.

George

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George Walpole, third earl of Orford; ditto.

John Chute, esq; of the Vine in Hampshire; finely paint-
ed in water-colours, by Pompeio Battoni, at Rome.

A watch enamelled with hiftories, after Pietro Cortona.

Another enamelled watch.

Admiral Churchill, brother of John duke of Marlborough;
very finely enamelled by Boit: it belonged to his neice,
Mrs. Dunch.

A curious antique miniature in gold, of a Roman lady and
her fon; the boy has a bulla at his neck. M.

Lady Arabella Stuart; by Hilliard: it was lord Wil-
mington's.

Queen Elizabeth; ditto: ditto.

George the 2d. by Mr. Deacon.

Cowley, the poet, after fir Peter Lely; by Zincke; his
mafter-piece, and perhaps the fineſt piece of enamel in the
world. It was engraved for Mr. Hurd's edition of Cowley.

A lady, ſaid to be Henrietta duchefs of Orleans, but pro-
bably Martinozzi, princeſs of Conti: one of the fineſt works
of Petitot. A looking-glaſs behind it: bought of Zincke.

Bianca Capello, great duchefs of Tusćany; a ſmall head
in oil, by Bronzino. See her hiftory, p. 75.

Louis 14th: Mary of Auftria, his queen: Anne of Auf-
tria, his mother, very delicate: madame de Montefpan, his
miftrefſs, beautiful. These four are ſmall heads in enamel,
by Petitot.

Mrs.

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Mrs. Middleton, a beauty in the reign of Charles 2d. ditto, by Petit.
Duchess of Mazarin, in water-colours.

Conftant Hayes, wife of Galfridus Walpole, and after-
wards of Mr. Kerwood; very small.

Katharine duchefs of Buckingham, daughter of James 2d.
in enamel; by Zincke: given to Mr. Walpole by her neice
madame de Bouzols, daughter of marſhal Berwick. how in the breakſttoom.

A filver gilt heart; within, the arms of fir Robert and
Catharine lady Walpole, his first prefent to her on their
marriage.

Anne Boleyn; copied by Wale from a portrait of her by
Hofkins, which he did from an ancient picture of her for
king Charles 1ſt. and which is mentioned in his catalogue
with other royal miniatures in the fame frame; all which
are now in the poſſection of the duke of Richmond.

Catharine Parr; by Holbein: a moſt ſcarce head, and
exactly like the picture of her at the earl of Denbigh's at
Nuneham Padox, Warwickſhire.

A girl with flowers, in water-colours; by Rofalba.

Oliver Cromwell; by Boit, after Cooper: given to Mr.
Walpole by his brother lord Orford.

John Dodd, of Swallowfield, Bucks. by Rouquet.

Catharine Clopton, wife of Henry Talbot, and couſin of
Catharine lady Walpole; by Zincke.

Jane Seymour; by Holbein, in water-colours: was lady
Worſeley's.
Peter

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Peter Oliver, profile in black lead, from a leaf of his own
pocket-book, and his wife, full-faced, on the other side;
both fine: it belonged to Vertue the engraver.

Lucius Carey, the famous lord Falkland; by Hopkins;
fine: it was doctor Meade's.

Doctor Bragge, a dealer in pictures; by Mr. J. Deacon.

A Calcedonian stone, antique, used as an ornament to a
horse of a triumphal chariot. M.

Another stone; described in Germana quædam. M.

On the insides of the doors:

Thomas Howard duke of Norfolk, beheaded temp. Eliza-
beth; by Antonio More: belonged to Richardson the paint-
er, and engraved amongst the Illustrious Heads.

A lady, painted by Holbein; engraved by Hollar when in
the Arundelian collection, and probably Mary Tudor queen
of France, first of Henry 8th. but amongst the Illustrious
Heads called Catharine Howard. This also was Richardson's.

Lucy Barlow, alias Waters, mother of the duke of Monmouth; by Cooper.

Countefs of Dorset; by Dixon, not the famous Countefs of Dorset, whose

Catharine of Arragon, first wife of Henry 8th. an admir-
able original; by Holbein. These three were bought at the
auction of lady Isabella Scott.

Isaac Oliver; by himself: perfectly fine.

Waller, the poet; by Cooper. And a lord Digby; ditto.
These three from the collection of Mr. Barrett of Lees.

Liotard

This now hangs by one of the glass cases, in its room a young man
in black finely copied by Lady Bringham from a picture by Titian.
in the collection of the duke of Devonshire.

A lady's head by Rosalba, finely painted, in a tortoise-shell frame.
Printed Charles I. of England, in a like frame.

James Brydges, first Duke of Chandos, in a name by which he is best
known, a present from G. S. Harcourt of Harcourt.

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Liotard, the painter, in his Turkish dres, in enamel;
by himself: given to Mr. Walpole by his sister Mary
Churchill.

Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, a most beautiful miniature
by Clinksted; given to Mr. Walpole by Mr. Chute: set in
a gold frame enamelled blue.

Maria Skerret lady Walpole, whole length, and very fine;
the attitude copied by Zincke from a picture of Annibal
Caracci in the collection at Houghton: set in a frame like
the former. [End of the cabinet of enamels and miniatures.

Other pictures and curiosities in the same room :

Little children presented to Christ; Italian, on copper.

The virgin, child, and Saint John; Baroccio, after Correggio.

The virgin and child; by Carlo Cignani: from lord Cholmondeley's collection.

Head of a cardinal, and an old man's head; rounds, on
fayence.

A fine dish, enamelled on copper, with the history of
Moses. P. R. 1557.

A fayence dish, painted in grotesque.

Rembrandt; by old Lens.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, as a shepherdess; after
Jarvis, by ditto.

Two vases carved in ivory, by Verfkovis, after the antique.

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Queen Anne of Denmark, and a lady of the fame time;
by Isaac Oliver: in one frame.

Louis 12th. of France, and fir John Gage; by Holbein:
in another frame. These from the collection of lady Eliza-
beth Germaine.

Margaret of Austria, daughter of Charles 5th. in a white
religious habit; enamelled on copper, in a round: behind
it, Mofes receiving the law; enamelled on gold.

Henry d'Albret, king of Navarre, grandfather of Henry
4th. in enamel. These two were presents to Mr. Walpole
from Mifs Rachael Loyd, and belonged to the prince's So-
phia, mother of king George 1st. A

In the glafs-cafe near the window :

A chalice of silver gilt, richly ornamented with figures,
jewels, and chrysal.
Model of the shrine of Thomas Becket, enamelled.

An amber jewel box.

Great feal of Theodore king of Corfica.

That very curious piece by which he took the benefit of
the act of insolvency: he is only ftiled, Theodore Stephen
baron de Newhoff.

His capitulations made with the people of Corfica, on his
election, signed by his own hand.

An antique figure of the deity of gardens; fine.

Two phalli, a fibula, two sacrificing instruments, and a
small eagle; all of bronze. M.

Gold

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Gold medal of Maximilian, with a chain enamelled.

A cros of cedar inlaid with mother of pearl.

A small gold watch, given by George 2d. when prince of Wales to Catharine lady Walpole.

A coffer enamelled on all sides with battles, and set in filver gilt.

Two caudle-cups, with flowers on gold grounds, of Chelsea porcelaine.

A red snuff-box, with enamelled top and bottom; given to Mr. W. by Francis earl of Hertford.

A square snuff-box of lapis lazuli, set in gold.

A round snuff-box of ditto, set in gold enamelled.

A small bust of Vespasian in cornelian.

An agate cup and saucer.

A small cornelian saucer.

Two antique Roman ear-rings, one with a pearl, the other of gold. M.

A box in compartments of old japan.

A small bust in bronze of Caligula, with filver eyes. This exquisite piece is one of the finest things in the collection, and shows the great art of the ancients. It is evidently a portrait, carefully done, and seems to represent that emperor at the beginning of his madnes. It was found with some other small busts at the very first discovery of Herculaneum, which happened by digging a well for the prince d'Elbœuf, who

an ancient German watch precisely chased in silver gilt, and in a square form.

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who resided many years afterwards at Florence, where it was
fold on his return to France, and being purchased by Sir
Horace Mann, was by him sent to Mr. Walpole.

A broken patera engraved. M.

A sacrificing instrument in the shape of a shell. M.

A Roman bulla of gold, very rare: bought at Rome of
Ficaroni, who wrote his book of La Bolla d'oro from this.

A lady's head, miniature, set in gold: given to Mr. Walpole by Isabella de Jonghe, countess of Denbigh.

A chrysalis sceptre, set in gold enamelled, with pearls;
from lady E. Germayne's collection, and given to Mr. Wal-
pole by her neice lady Temple.

A cup and saucer of Seve china, blue ground with white
heads and festoons.

A dressing-box and tray of the finest old silver japan.

Two caudle-cups of Chelsea china, claret colour and gold.

A magnificent miffal, with miniatures by Raphael and his
scholars, set in gold enamelled, and adorned with rubies
and turquoises; the fides are of cornelian, engraved with
religious subjects; the clasp, a large garnet. This precious
prayer-book belonged to Claude queen of France, wife of
Francis I. and seems to have belonged to the father of
Thuanus; *vide vol. I, p. 142, of the French edition.* It was
purchased by Mr. Walpole from the collection of doctor
Meade, 1755.

A silver Turkish ornament, taken by a Russian. A round
officer in the late war, brought over by Charles, Lord Caestarian, and
given by him to Margaret, Lady Brown, by her to Mr. Walpole.

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A round snuff-box, enamelled with the stories of Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Susannah and the elders, Lot and his daughters, and a landscape.

A gold snuff-box, enamelled: at top, a miniature of James I. and within, of queen Elizabeth; an onyx at bottom.

A small snuff-box fet in gold, with a fragment of a fine antique cameo in grotesque foliage on fardonyx; from the Arundelian collection.

A needle-cafe, with monkies, of old japan.

Two boxes in compartments, ditto.

Two small ewers of bronze. M.

A tea-kettle of Chinese silver, richly chafed.

An agate oval caſket.

Henry 8th's. dagger, of Turkish work; the blade is of steel damasked with gold, the cafe and handle of chalcedonyx, fet with diamonds and many rubies. From the collection of lady Elizabeth Germaine. The duchefs of Portland has such another fet with jacinths.

Antique figure of a muſe caſt in filver; fitting: given to Mr. Walpole by lord Frederic Campbell, from the collection of his father John duke of Argyll.

Four small japan boxes.

A boy's head modelled in wax on copper, by Abraham Simon.

A ditto with a bulla, in Roman glaſs.

A a

A large

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A large amethyst, set coarsely in gold. It belonged to the second bishop of Landaff, and was given by doctor John Ewer bishop of Landaff, in whose time * it was found, to doctor Frederic Keppel bishop of Exeter, and by him to his wife's uncle Mr. Walpole.

One of the only seven mourning rings given at the burial of Charles I. It has the king's head in miniature; behind, a death's head between the letters C. R. The motto, *Prepared be to follow me*. A present to Mr. Walpole from lady Murray Elliot.

An urn, cameo on onyx, mourning ring for Henrietta Hobart countess of Suffolk.

An urn set with diamonds, mourning ring for Arthur Onslow, speaker of the house of commons.

A chimera, antique intaglia, a green stone in the ancient brafs fetting.

A small antique ring with the head of Cybele, all of one piece of gold.

A gold ring for a child with a phallus; ditto.

A boy with his head in a scenic mask, on a red stone; antique, set in gold.

An Egyptian pebble representing exactly the portrait of a woman in profile, a rock behind her, sky before; set in gold.

Two

* Anno 1764.

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Two pateras of bronze, engraved. M.

Ivory covers of a Roman pocket-book. M.

A fibula, a small votive foot, an agate ornament for a bri-
dle, and some other small bronzes. M.

In the other glafs cafe :

A leaf of a water-plant, gracefully tied up into the shape
of a cup, with a faucer, of Chinese bronze.

Two vases of Chelfea porcelaine, claret colour, gold and
white, with cartouches of hiftoric figures.

Two long japan boxes

Two Roman spears, a votive foot and toe.

A point cravat carved by Gibbons. a present from Mr Grosvenor Bedford.

An old enamelled watch, given by Mr. Ch. Churchill,
junior.

A filver gilt reliquaire and chain; given to Mr. Walpole
by George lord Edgcumbe.

An Etruscan Mars; very barbarous.

A small Egyptian figure sitting, of bifaltes. M.

A naked man. M.

The feal of archbishop Dowdall, laft popish primate of
Ireland; in filver, from Mr Bristo's collection.

Two cups and a faucer of Milan stone.

Two caudle-cups of Chelfea porcelaine, blue with gold
figures.

A japan pomatum-pot.

A small

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A small bloodstone cup set in gold enamelled.

A small cornelian box set in gold.

A triangular cornelian seal, with the heads of the two Faustinas and Lucilla, intaglias; by Christian Reisin.

A silver seal, extremely ancient, of Hugh Oneal, king of Ulster; brought out of Ireland by Mr. William Briftow.

A large ancient gold ring, with a castle on it, and within, *Un bon An*: found in the Thames.

A cornelian seal, with half figure of Omphale; antique intaglia. M.

Seal of Richard Clitherol, admiral for the west coasts in the reign of Henry 5th.

Seal for indulgences of pope Eugenius.

Seal of the corporation of Pool.

Seal of the fraternity of Saint Mary of Hitchin. These four are of bronze and ancient; from Mr. Bristow's collection.

A spoon of English pebble, with gold handle of foliage.

A silver bottle for effences, that opens into several divisions.

A small bust of Omphale in bronze.

A round flat box of silver philigree.

A toothpick-cafe of Egyptian pebble, and a smelling-bottle of agate.

A fet of beads mounted in silver philigree, taken in Spain in queen Anne's war by captain Galfridus Walpole, brother of Sir Robert.

Head of Sir R. Walpole on white cornelian by Natter, a seal; A silver present from Lady Browne.

There were also some spoons made by order of Catherine, Lady Walpole as a present to Queen Caroline, after whom Death, Mr.met with this and the handle of another iron shop. The countess dowager, mother of Mr. Earl of Studley, was the first who countersigned the polishing of English pebbles, ogave a fine table of them, which is now at this time, to her son.

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A silver popish medal mounted in philigree.

A cup and saucer of Seve porcelaine, blue with white heads.

A dreffing-box and tray of fine old gold japan.

A tea-canifter of fstraw; on one fide Meleager and Ata-
lanta, on the other the arms of fir Robert Walpole and
Catharine Shorter.

A japan dreffing-box and tray of irregular fhape.

Ditto, octagon, with tray and fix round boxes within.

A Pollux, small fine antique bronze. M.

A small Terminus. M.

A round white fnuff-box; on the top, miniature of ma-
dame de Sevigné; at bottom, the cypher of Rabutin and
Sevigné in marcasites. This box, with the letter* in it
from madame de Sevigné in the Elysian fields to Mr. Wal-
pole, was ſent to him by madame du Deffand.

B b

A blood-

* Letter written by madame Marie de Vichy, marquife du Deffand [the
lady to whom Mr. W. afterwards dedicated his edition of the Memoires de
Grammont] in the name of madame de Sevigné from the Elysian fields to Mr.
Walpole, after his return from Paris in 1766.

“ Des champs Elifées; point de fucceſſion de tems, point de datte.

Je connois votre folle paſſion pour moi; votre enthouſaſme pour mes lettres,
votre veneration pour les lieux que j'ai habités: J'ai appris le culte que vous
m'y † avez rendu: j'en fuis ſi penetrée, que j'ai ſollicité & obtenu la permiſ-
fion de mes Souverains de vous venir trouver pour ne vous quitter jamais. J'a-
bandonne ſans regret ces lieux fortunés; je vous prefere à tous ſes habitans ;

jouiffez.

† He had dined at Livry.

A toothpickcase of gold enamelled with medallions, a present
from Lady Diana Beaucclerc.

a green & white snuffbox of Dresden porcelaine set in gold; a present
from Francis Earl of Huntington.

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A man's head; alto relievo on onyx.
An Egyptian goddeſs's head on a green ſtone. M.
A cock and cornucopia; intaglia on cornelian.
A bacchante and goat; fine cameo on onyx: given to Mr.
Walpole by the princeſs de Craon.

Germanicus; very fine intaglia on cornelian, with the
workman's name Epitu, for Epitynchanes: from the col-
lection of the marquis Riccardi at Florence. X

Head of Jupiter; ditto: from ditto.
A ſcenic maſk; cameo on onyx.
Caius, nephew of Auguſtus; ditto.
A lion; intaglia on ſardonyx.

A caprice, on white cornelian; intaglia. M.

Apollo; intaglia on cornelian. *ap* present *from* St. Horace. *Mann.*

Ifis; Egyptian cameo on onyx. M.

A Cicada; fine intaglia on cornelian.

A Syrian king; ditto. M.

Fauſtina, ſenior; ditto.

Chriftert inſcription; *Vitas Luxuriam, Homo bone*: cameo on onyx.

Matidia; intaglia in a green paſte: a moſt rare head. M.

The Horatii; intaglia on cornelian: given by fir Robert Walpole to his ſon Horatio.

Mercury; intaglia in amethyſt: given to Mr. Walpole by general Conway.

Jupiter

Jupiter

* In Baron Storch's collection of pietres gravées which have the names of their Artists, there is another Germanicus with the name of the same Workman Epitynchanes. It is larger than Mr Walpole's representation of that Prince younger, but it is imperfect, the lower part being broken off directly from the chin.

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Jupiter Serapis; altissimo relievo in bloodstone.

A ram's head; intaglia on cornelian. [End of the rings.

Old japan plate of different colours.

Popish beads, bought at the church of Saint Anthony of Padua.

Turkish beads enamelled with blue and gold; probably for ornaments in a procession: bought at the sale of monsieur Julienne, at Paris.

A small wooden crofs, curiously carved.

A most beautiful silver bell, made for a pope by Benvenuto Cellini. It is covered all over in the highest relievo with antique masks, flies, grafshoppers, and other insects; the virgin and boy-angels at top, a wreath of leaves at bottom. Nothing can exceed the taste of the whole design, or the delicate and natural representation of the insects: the wonderful execution makes almost every thing credible that He says of himself in his Life. It came out of the collection of the marquis Leonati at Parma, and was bought by the marquis of Rockingham, who exchanged it with Mr. Walpole for some very scarce Roman medals of great bronze, amongst which was an unique medaliuncino of Alexander Severus with the amphitheatre, in the highest preservation.

Two Cornish diamonds, one inclosed green, the other yellow mofs.

A bronze altar-pot and a tripod. M.

A large

† Mr W. called it, as Madame de Montbaron was called, La Belle des belles.

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A large Goa stone.

A silver box, almost in the shape of an egg, engraved.

A small box of the gold and white japan. In it are two
dates found in a jar at Herculaneum; they are burnt to a
coal, but the shapes and rivelled skins are entire.

A cornelian spoon that belonged to Coffim Aly Caun.

An amber toothpick-cafe.

A tortoiseshell snuff-box, the top represents Flemish lace;
given to Mr. Walpole by lady Mary Coke.

A round snuff-box, and an egg-shaped ditto.

Pictures and bronzes in the other parts of the Tribune.

Side opposite to the door:

A drawing by Mr. Bentley, representing two lovers in a
church looking at the tombs of Abelard and Eloisa, from
these lines of Pope,

*If ever chance two wand'ring lovers brings*

*To Paraclete's white walls and silver springs, &c.*

Christ and Mary Magdalen in the garden, in water-colours;
by Catharine lady Walpole.

Two flower-pieces; by Baptiste Monoyer.

Christ laid in the sepulchre, after the fine picture of Par-
megiano at Houghton; by Mr. Horace Walpole.

Two more flower-pieces; by Baptiste Monoyer.

Madonna and child; by Salfa Ferrata, after Guido.

Correggio's Magdalen copied in crayons by Rosalba.

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Mary queen of Scots, whole length in water-colours; by
Vertue, from the picture at Hatfield.

A merry-making; very neat; by a Swims lady.

A rural ball; ditto.

A wreath of flowers; octagon; by Phil. Laura: in the
middle, head of Rofalba's Tirolese girl, by Carlevares, a fe-
male scholar of Rofalba.

Cornelius Polemberg, by himself, oval on copper; ex-
quifitely finished like enamel, yet with great freedom.

His wife, by ditto; inferior in freedom and labour. These
two from fir Robert Walpole's collection.

St. Sebaftian; by Goltzius.

An old woman's head; by Gerard Dow.

Boys with vines on a monument; from fir Robert Wal-
pole's collection, by Philippo Laura.

Chrift as a pilgrim, and faint Catharine, crowned by an
angel; by Taddeo Zucchero.

A calm sea with ships; by Samuel Scott.

The engagement between the Lion and Elizabeth in the
year 1745; the young pretender was on board the latter:
by Samuel Scott.

The Florentine boar, in bronze.

A small bronze vafe, with a sacrifice to Priapus.

A larger, ditto. These two from Dr. Meade's collection.

A bronze bull.

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An Egyptian hieroglyphic hand; bronze.

A sphinx; ditto. M.

Pictures and bronzes on the side opposite to the altar.

A dog drinking; by Caftiglione.

Two larger; by young Baptiste.

Charlotte de la Tremouille, grand-daughter of William
the great prince of Orange, and wife of James Stanley earl
of Derby, who was beheaded in the civil war: she defended
Latham-house for several weeks against the republicans.

The virgin and child, with other Saints; a capital drawing by Parmegiano.

Ulysses discovering Achilles among the daughters of Ly-
comedes; by Wermer, in water-colours, after Nicolo Pouf-
fin. The architecture is most beautiful, and in the roof
Pouffin has judiciously introduced an ancient bas-relief with
the judgment of Paris, as connected with the story of
Achilles.

Madame Suarez, a Florentine beauty; in crayons, by
Rosalba.

Madame de Sevigné, when a young widow.

Madame de Grignan. These two are ovals on copper, by Muntz.

A woman carrying a pig to be sacrificed; bronze. M.

A lamp with a fatyr's head; ditto: copied from the antique.

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An antique lamp, of bronze, with a face.

Sketch of the head of Roger Palmer earl of Castlemaine,
husband of the duchess of Cleveland; by Sir Godfrey Kneller.

Chrift deposed in the sepulchre; by Mola, after Raphael.

Chrift praying in the garden; by Philippo Laura: from
the collection of monfieur Julienne.

Margaret Cecil lady Brown, in crayons; by Rosalba.

Madame de la Fayette, on copper; by Muntz.

Lady Mary Coke, in wax; by Goffet.

Raphael's Jonas, in ivory.

A beautiful lamp, in the shape of a foot, Cupid fallen
asleep over the flame; antique bronze with silver ornaments:
it was found in the temple of Cupid, is published by Mont-
faucon, and was bought at the sale of the Harleian collection.

Another bronze lamp.

Pictures and bronzes on the door side:

A landscape; by Muntz.

Two hermits; after Rubens.

Two flower-pieces; by young Baptiste.

A Dutch surgeon dressing a boor's leg; from Sir Robert
Walpole's collection.

The circumcision; by Ludovico Caracci, on copper: a
design for an altar-piece which he executed at Bologna.

A farm yard; most natural.

Young Hercules with the serpents; by Annibal Caracci.

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St.

Lady Mary Campbell, 4th Daughter of John Duke of Shrewsbury,
and Greenwich, widow of Edward, lord Coke, only son of Thomas
Lay of Leicester. This was the lady to whom Mr Walpole
dedicated the Castle of Otran to.

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St. George; painted by Gioseppe d'Arpino on lapis lazuli.

Sir Godfrey Kneller, when young; by himself: great
spirit. These four left from Sir Robert Walpole's collection.

A Roman emperor in bronze, as an idol, with thunder-
bolt and caduceus. M.

Two Roman lamps of bronze; one Christian, of the lat-
ter empire.

Sir Peter Lely, in crayons; by himself.

The virgin and child in the clouds, the city of Bologna
beneath; by Goupy, after Annibal Caracci.

A drunken boor; by Brauwer.

Head of an abbé; by Teniers: from the collection of
monsieur Hareng.

Bust of an emperor, in black marble.

A bagpiper; bronze. M.

A sacrificing priest; ditto. M.

N. B. All the bronzes, lamps, &c. stand on brackets under
the pictures. ✠

Judaico

THE GREAT NORTH BEDCHAMBER,

A and a small whole length
after Vandyck of Mary II of
Richmond, daughter of the
皇

Vandyck of Mary II of
Richmond, daughter of the
Villiers introduced Bucks,
as St Agnes, and
the head of Giamingo
the scepht, holding a
groupe of boys carried
by him in Ivory.

Ahead in profiled of
Rob. Veres East of Oxford
Duchess of Ireland, favorite
of Richard II.

Owl in cut paper, by
Bermingharn

IS hung with crimson Norwich damask. The bed is of
tapestry of Aubusson, feftoons of flowers on a white
ground, lined with crimson silk; plumes of oftrich feathers
at the corners. Six elbow chairs of the fame tapestry, with
white

omitted,
Aubons, his wife & child, in watercolours, by old lens, from
the Original at St Olav's.
A battle, in black & gold, exquisitely touched, by Callot, bought
at Mrs Stanley's sale.

In the little passage, an Indian bottle for smoking Perfumes, at
to it richly ornamented with gold & pearls; brought from Bengal by
Heary Churchill Esq. in 1776. ✠

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white and gold frames; and fix ebony chairs. A carpet and
foot carpet of the manufacture of Moorfields, and a foot carpet of needle work, and

The chimney was designed by Mr. Walpole from the
a five-screen of
tapestry of the
Gobelin's.
tomb of W. Dudley bishop of Durham, in Westmin-
abbey, and is of Portland stone, gilt; with dogs of or
moulu with arms and trophies; the chimney-back is an-
cient, and bears the arms of Henry 7th. On the hearth, two bodied china bottles.

Over the chimney, a large picture of Henry 8th. and his
children; bought out of the collection of James West, esq;
in 1773. See a description of this curious piece in the first vol.
of the Anecdotes of Painting. On the chimney,

A bust of Francis 2d. king of France, husband of Mary
queen of Scots.

A bronze bas-relief in profile of Anne of Bretagne, queen
of Charles 8th. and of Louis 12th. These two heads from
the collection of the count de Caylus.

A nautilus mounted in filver gilt, with fatyrs and the arms
of Pafton.

A crystal tankard and cover, mounted in filver gilt. These
two pieces belonged to the last earl of Yarmouth.

Four old blue and white china bottles.

On one side of the chimney, A fine whole length, by Van-
dyck, of Margaret Smith, wife of Thomas Carye, groom
of the bedchamber to Charles rft. From the Wharton col-
lection, afterwards in that of fir Robert Walpole.

On

A Two bas-reliefs of Boys in wax onglafs, designed & modelled in the most
gracefull & perfect Roman taste, by Lady Diana Beaulere, Sister of George
Spencer, Duke of Marlborough, 1775.

The Taste and grace through all my Limbs you see,
From Marlbro sprung—Wim one heaven-born race
And Nature breathes her soft simplicity;
That溫er rays of the same geniuse trace;
Minor Drapives nor Philias form'd;
As big with matters from one cloud depart
These Beaulere's art the wort creation warm;
Majestic Thunder & bright Lightning's dart. H.W.

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On the other side, Philip Herbert earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, (with a view of old Wilton) whole length; by Mytens.

On one side of the bed, A whole length of Henry Vere earl of Oxford, in his robes. He was made knight of the bath at the creation of Henry prince of Wales, and died in Flanders in 1625.

On the other side, Robert Walpole, 2d. earl of Orford; whole length, in robes of the Bath; by Vanloo.

On the side opposite to the bed :

Head of Niobe; by Guido. *a present from H. Mann.*

Two views of Venice; by Marieski.

A fine landscape with cattle; by Gaspard Poussin.

The duchess de la Valiere, mistres of Louis 14th. *given by the duchess to Mademoiselle Hamilton, comtesse de Grammont; copy of original in Portland after Lely, by Eckardt.*

Ninon L'Enclos, the only original picture of her; given by herself to the countefs of Sandwich, daughter of Wilmot earl of Rochester, and by her grandson John earl of Sandwich to Mr. Walpole.

Richard 1st. prisoner to the archduke of Austria; highly finished, by Mieris.

The presentation in the temple; its companion; by Rembrandt.

These two pictures were bought of a very old Gentlewoman, Over for whose grandfather they had been painted, and till then had never been taken out of their old black frames.

This is now removed into its room, in the Portrait of Granees daughter of Richard, Son of the Mad, the Jenaings of the memory of J. Grammont, first married to George Hamilton, and afterwards to Richard Talbot, Duke of Tyrconnel. A copy by Milbourn, from the original in the possession of Earl Spencer.

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Over the the doors, which were designed by Mr. Chute, and have medallions of Louis 14th. and Charles 5th. in bronze,

Madame de Maintenon; and Hortense Mancini duchefs of Mazarin: the latter a copy from Carlo Maratti.

A small japan cabinet; a dejuné of Seve china, blue and white with coloured birds; and a blue and white old china jar.

On the window side:

A large looking-glass in a rich ebony frame; and two bronze arms with masks, for candles.

Over the glafs, Henry 8th. aged 29, and Charles 5th. aged 20, in one picture; from Mr. West's collection. ✗

A table of Saracen mosaic, sent to Mr. Walpole from Rome by Sir W. Hamilton, mounted on an ebony frame, with two ebony stands.

An ewer and two beakers, of Roman fayence; a present to Mr. Walpole from mis's Speed, afterwards married to the comte de Virri, minifter from Turin.

A small table with a landscape of Seve porcelaine, mounted in old japan; a legacy to Mr. Walpole from Mary lady Hervey.

In the windows two China porcelaine stands.

Richard Wellborn, master of requests temp. Henry 8th. He was defcended from a younger son of Simon de Montford earl of Leicester, on whose death, to secure himself,

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× Behind Charles 5th. are two figures, probably designed for his grand father. Father, the Emperor Maximilian, &c. This picture now hangs on the staircase, in its place is a portrait of Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II. in the depth of the room from Lisbon. It is the identical picture from which Faithome made his print, &c. It is much father, was probably a present before the revolution, for it was found at a lodge in the new forest in 1778 in a very dirty condition, resembling a cover or a table, by Richard Bull Esq. who gave it to me.

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A DESCRIPTION OF

he changed his name to Wellborn: a present from the earl of Exeter.

A woman's head in crayons, after Guido.

Sir John Perrot, lord deputy of Ireland in the time of queen Elizabeth; in black and white chalk, by Chambars, from the original at fir Herbert Perrot Packington's.

The original sketch of the Beggar's Opera: Walker, as Macheth; misFenton, afterwards duchess of Bolton, as Polly; Hippifley, as Peach'em; Hall, as Lockit: on one fide in a box, fir Thomas Robinson, very tall and lean; fir Robert Fagg, a famous horfe-racer, fat, with short grey hair: by Hogarth. Bought at the sale of John Rich, the well known harlequin, and master of the theatres in Lincoln's-inn-fields and Covent-garden, for whom the picture was painted.

Van Helmont, the chymift; copied by Muntz from a fine original by fir Peter Lely, at the earl of Hertford's at Ragley.

Lady Henrietta Berkeley, firfer-in-law and miftrefis of Ford lord Grey in the reign of Charles 2d. bought at lady Suffolks sale.

Mary princeſs of Orange, daughter of king Charles I.ſt. given to Mr. Walpole by the prince of Monaco.

Rehearsal of an opera, with caricatures of the principal performers: Nicolini ſtands in front, Mrs. Toft is at the harpfichord, Margarita is entering in black. Bought at the sale

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fale of John duke of Argyll, who bought it at that of Charles
Stanhope, esq. by Sebastian Ricci, the landscape artist, by Mari
In the bow windows are ten coats of arms in painted glaſs,
by Peckitt of York, with the principal matches of the family
of Walpole.

The cieling was copied from one at the Vine in Hampshire.

Curiosities in the glaſs closet in the great bedchamber :

A falver of Raphael fayence; ſtory of the prodigal ſon.

A large diſh; ditto, ſtory of Abſalom.

One ditto, ſmaller; ſtory of Jael and Sifera.

A large plate, ditto; feaſt of the gods.

One ſmaller; Chriſt walking on the water.

One ditto; Cupids in relievo; ribbed border.

Ditto; Apollo and Marſyas; ſcolloped border.

Two ſmall ditto; with landſcapes and buildings.

Two ditto, twelve ſquare; very coarſe.

Two ten ſquare diſhes of the old dragon china.

A fine filver trunk to hold perfumes, with bas-reliefs; the
top from Raphael's judgment of Paris: the work of Ben-
venuto Cellini. Bought out of the great duke's wardrobe;
a preſent from fir Horace Mann.

A Chineſe ſteelyard.

An amber standing cup and cover, from Mrs. Kennard's collection.

A bottle of purple glaſs. * This and all the following
articles marked with an afterſim, were bought at the fale
of count Caylus at Paris.

Seven

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A DESCRIPTION OF

Seven boxes of the old gold and white japan, with smaller
boxes of the same within.

A silver gilt plate in relievo, the meeting of Charles 5th.
and Francis 1st. A present from Sir William Hamilton.

A pair of gloves worn by king James the 1st. bought out
of Thoresby's museum.

The wedding gloves of Mrs. Hampden, wife of the cele-
brated John Hampden.

An agate puncheon with the arms of Mr. Gray the poet,
and a Goa stone; given to Mr. Walpole by doctor Browne
and Mr. W. Mason, Mr. Gray's executors.

A carved bottle for perfumes, mounted in silver; Indian.

A bronze perfume-pot.

A clouded ewer of polished earth. *

An ewer of Villeroy ware.

Three packs of Florentine cards, for playing at Minchiati
and Tarocco.

Rubens's child, in biscuit china of Nancy.

Three French snuff-boxes mounted in gold.

A small ivory box, containing a suite of prints representing medals on the victories in the war at the end of the reign of George 2d.

A snuff-box with views of Spa; given by Mrs. Churchill.

Two enamel plates, presents from Caroline lady Greenwich.

A silver

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A silver gilt apoſſle-spoon. Addiſon, in the Drummer,
mentions apoſſle-spoons; and ſo do Beaumont and Fletcher,
in one of their plays. It was an ancient ſaſhion to have a
little figure at the end of a spoon's handle, as this has. It
was a preſent from the reverend Mr. W. Cole. *Threepence.*
*This is ungilt.*

An antique bronze of a man, naked, the head of fir Robert
Walpole added by Nattier.

A ſmall octagon diſh of old china with figures.

Nineteen draftſmen of box, with heads of German princes
and princesſes; a preſent from Charles duke of Richmond. 14 more baught at Mr. Battſman's sale.

Two vaſes of blue china mounted in or moulu.

A blue and white plate with the brown edge, old china.

A ſmaller with dragons, without the border.

Two octagons of blue and white with figures, pierced.

Two hexagon ſaucers, ditto, with feet.

A box with ancient round trenchers, with ſcriptural mot-
toes; a preſent from the reverend Mr. W. Cole.

A German pitcher and cover, with bas-reliefs of figures
dancing. *

Two plates of Chantilly china, of different ſizes.

A tea-pot of the old red Japan ware.

Another, red and black, of China.

A Turkifh mug, with characters. *

An earthen pot, Indian. *

A blue and white earthen barrel, with handles. *

F f

A drinking

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A DESCRIPTION OF

A drinking vessel of black earth, with ditto. *

A salt seller of old fayence supported by dolphins.

Two blue and white dishes and seven plates of old china; a legacy from Mrs. Henrietta Conway, sister of Francis earl of Hertford.

Two old blue and white water-plates.

A copper dish with a foot, enamelled with the story of Abraham and Melchizedec; a present from Geo. William Hervey, earl of Briftol.

A basket of Seve china, blue, gold, and white.

A Staffordshire Etruscan vafe.

A blue vafe of antique Roman glafs with a boy's head. *

Four water-plates of old coloured china.

An urn and cover of Volterra alabaster.

Two ewers of ancient glafs. *

A blue and white square pot for flowers, of old china.

A speculum of kennel-coal, in a leathern-cafe. It is curious for having been used to deceive the mob by Dr. Dee, the conjurer, in the reign of queen Elizabeth. It was in the collection of the Mordaunts earls of Peterborough, in whose catalogue it is called, the black stone into which Dr. Dee used to call his spirits. From the Mordaunts it passed to lady Elizabeth Germayne, and from her to John last duke of Argyll, whose son, lord Frederic Cambell, gave it to Mr. Walpole.

A snuff-box of clay's ware, Etruscan pattern.

Two iron billiard strikes engraved; they belonged to H. Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, in the time of James II. who have his cost; the Wyvern holding a blue hand, at the bear-urged staff, that of his wife, the famous Mary, Countess of Pembroke, sister of Prince Sidney; from the collection of Mr. Herbert.

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A DESCRIPTION of

THE GREAT CLOYSTER.

AT each end, a blue and white china flower-pot, and in
the middle, the tub ditto in which Mr. Walpole's cat
was drowned; on a label of the pedestal is written the first
flanza of Mr. Gray's beautiful ode on that occasion,

'Twas on this lefty wafe's side,
Where China's gayest art has dy'd
The azure flow'rs that blow,
Demureft of the tabby kind,
The pensive Selima reclin'd,
Gaz'd on the lake below.

The piers of the garden-gates are of artificial stone, and
taken from the tomb of William de Luda bishop of Ely, in
that cathedral. Before the chapel stand on pedestals
four rare Indian flowers, bought at Mr Bateman's.

THE CHAPEL,

IN the south-west corner of the wood, is built of brick,
with a beautiful front of Portland stone, executed by Mr.
Gayfere of Westminfter, and taken from the tomb of Ed-
mund Audley bishop of Salisbury, in that cathedral. In the
anti-chapel is an oaken gothic bench, designed by Mr. Bent-
ley;

ley;

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ley; over it, a head of Saint John Baptist, alto relievo, in
marble, on a pedestal of the fame in a fine taste, the work
of Donatello, and a present from Sir Horace Mann. On the
opposite side, a crucifix of bronze; and beneath it, on an
angular pedestal of fayence on which is a bust of an angel,
stands an eneensoir of bronze. By the door is a holy-water-
pot of earthen-ware, given by Mr. G. A. Selwyn.

In the window are the original portraits * of Henry 3d.
and his queen in painted glafs, with other Saints and coats of
arms. Fronting the door stands a magnificent *fhrine of mo-
faic, three stories high; and beneath it, a crucifix inlaid
with mother of pearl, bought at the sale of the honorable
Richard Bateman in 1774. On one side of the fhrine, in a
recefs, stands on a console a figure of an ancient king of
France, in fayence; on the other side, the virgin Mary, of
bronze. The roof was designed by Mr. Chute. On a ta-
blet over the door is the following inscription,

The fhrine in front was brought in the year 1768 from the
church of Santa Maria maggiore in Rome, when the new pave-
ment was laid there. This fhrine was erected in the year 1256
over the bodies of the holy martyrs Simplicius, Faustina, and
Beatrix, by John James Capoccio and Vinia his wife; and
was the work of Peter Cavalini, who made the tomb of Ed-

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ward

* Thefe were a prefent from the earl of Aftburnham.

It was repaired and parts supplied by Richter, who
made the chimney-piece in the great chamber;
but the cloud not supply the goldenglafs of the original,
the art of which is lost.

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A DESCRIPTION OF THE COTTAGE IN THE Flower-Garden

WARD the Confessor in Westminister-Abbey. See the Anecdotes of Painting, vol. I. p. 17.

The window was brought from the church of Bexhill in Sussex. The two principal figures are King Henry III. and Elton of Provence his queen, the only portraits of them extant. King Henry died in 1272, and we know of no painted glass more ancient than the reign of his father, King John. These portraits have been engraved for the frontispiece to the *Anecdotes of Painting*.

This chapel was erected by Horace Walpole in the year 1771. The facade was copied from a chapel-tomb in the cathedral of Salisbury.

At the end of the winding walk is a large feat in the form of a shell, carved in oak, from a design by Mr. Bentley.

## The Cottage in the Flower-Garden.

### THE TEA-ROOM

I

IS hung with green paper and prints. Over the chimney, two sconces of Chantilly china, a iceau for liquors of Seve, two chocolate-cups ditto, a handle cup and faucer, a caudle-cup and deep faucer, all with coloured flowers; a present from the Comte de Borealquier at Paris, rice, a portrait of Lady Hervey, by Ramsay, in a frame carved by Gibbons, on looking-glass; from Mr. Bateman's collection.

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rice cup on feet, a saltceller of old fayence, and four biscuit
figures. On the hearth, a flower-pot of fine blue earth. This now stands in the
little library; and
in the plate of it is

On a shelf and brackets, two blue and white pot pourris
of Nankin china, two pierced blue and white bafons of old
delft, and two iceaus of coloured Seve; a blue and white
vase and cover, and two old fayence bottles.

On the tea-table, a white tea-pot with gold edge of Seve,
four handle cups and faucers, a fugar-dish, milk-pot, bason,
and plate of the fame; a tea-pot of crackled china with blue
and brown flowers, an octagon green bason with coloured
flowers, a ditto white with ditto, a green leaf of Stafford-
shire-ware, two blue and white handle cups of Seve, one
ditto larger in shape of a pail, two ditto with coloured flow-
ers and blue rims, one ditto with dark blue and gold edges
and coloured flowers, and one ditto with blue and gold mo-
faic on white.

large green vase
of german ware with
appear, for handles,
bought at mr k.
bateman's sale.

THE LITTLE LIBRARY

IS painted green and white. Over the chimney, an original half-length of Milton, æt. 45, in black, a ring tied to one of his button-holes. In the key-stone of the chimney, an antique bas-relief with the story of Mars and Venus. On the mantle-piece, a thirteen antique cepulchral earthen lamps.

Over the door, an antique painting in fresco. Vide Mid-
dleton's Germana, &c.

Four ancient Welsh chairs, one of them very tall with a bronze
coat-of-arms, bought at Mr Bateman's sale.

Three of these lamps some of the vases over the books were broken
in 1977, by an curl that fell down the chimney.

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A DESCRIPTION OF

A bronze tripod for burning incense. M.

A marble Canopus. <ins>Das</ins> smaller bought at Mr Bateman's.

Over the book-cafées; A small marble bust of lord chan-
cellor Clarendon.

Fourteen small Etruscan vases.

Ten black Staffordshire ditto.

Two yellow beakers with flowers of Staffordshire-ware.

Two red china ditto.

Two flower-pots of crackled china.

A blue china bottle.

In this library are several volumes of MSS.

A bronze Inkstand in good taste, bought at Count Caylus's sale.

IN THE GARDEN.

AN extraordinary large brain-stone: a present from Mr. Grofvenor Bedford.

Bernini's Apollo and Daphne in bronze.

A large antique farcophagus in marble, with bas-reliefs :
from the collection of Bryan Fairfax, esq;

Two offuaria.

The sleeping Morpheus in plaister.

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Twelve plates of Wedgwood's ware, with cameos of blue and white, and blue feftoons; from a design of lady Diana Beauclerc.

A bason and ewer of Roman fayence, painted with land-
scapes; a preſent from the earl of Exeter.

A large round vafe and cover, and a diſh to it, of Roman
fayence.

Two diſhes of the fame.

A cup and ſaucer, white with green feſtoons, of Briftol
porcelaine.

A round picture of white flowers in alto relievo, of the
fame manufacture.

A ſquare compotier with blue and gold flowers, of Salo-
pian porcelaine.

A blue, gold, and colour'd fugar-diſh and plate, of Wor-
ceſter porcelaine.

Two white glaſs cups, with gold feſtoons and rams heads,
of English manufacture.

Two dessert-plates of old china in form of herons.

A groupe of two figures and five single cupids, of Hefſe
and Brunſwick porcelaine; preſents from lord Beauchamp.

Sir William Hamilton, envoy at Naples, and Catherine
lady Walpole; medallions of Wedgwood's ware.

Louis quinze, the queen of Louis ſeize, and Dr. Franklin,
medallions in biscuit.

A témblor of a rochled china within, japanned without, Two
very rare, apresent from Mrs French.

a bason of turkish earthen ware, gilt within; a present from
Mr. Fitzwilliam.

a glaſſ saucer gilt, silvered; given by, Lord Ofſory.
A white beaker, blue with lighter flowers.

Two blue & white Jelft bottles, with square-sides.

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Two tall chocolate-cups and faucers, beautifully painted
with holyoaks, of Seve china.

A white and gold mug and faucer, with Chinese pheasants, of ditto.

A cup and faucer of ditto, all over strawberries; a present
from madame du Deffand.

A cup and faucer of ditto, lilac and gold, with the story
of Pan and Syrinx in crimson.

A cup and faucer of Wedgwood's ware, finely painted
with English views.

Portraits of some of the family of the Earl of Harcourt in Wedgwood's ware; the only one executed in that manner.

IN THE YELLOW BEDCHAMBER,
OR BEAUTY-ROOM.

The chimney-piece was designed by Mr. Bentley. The
room is hung with grey spotted paper, the bed and chairs of
yellow silk and stuff damask. On the ebony table, two large
old blue and white china candlesticks, and a writing-box of
fandal-wood inlaid with ivory. On the commode with a flab
of white marble, bought at Mr. Bateman's sale, a bronze caft
of the hermaphrodite. A fire-screen worked by lady Offory.

Over the chimney, Charles 2d. James duke of York and
Mary princess of Orange, when children, copied from Van-
dyck by Charles Beale.

A fine portrait of sir Peter Lely, after himself, by ditto.

Elizabeth

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APPENDIX.

Elizabeth Wriothefly countefs of Southampton, and after-
wards firft wife of Ralph the firft duke of Montagu, by dit-
to, after ditto. These three are in water-colours.

Nineteen small heads in oil of the court of Charles 2d.
(except Sachariffa) copied by Jarvis for himself, and bought
with his house at Hampton by Mr. Lovibonde, at whose fale
thefe and the three foregoing were purchafed.

Charles the Second.

Queen Catherine.

King William when prince of Orange.

Queen Mary, when princefs.

Catharine Sidley, countefs of Dorchester, miſtrels of
James 2d.

Frances Stuart (of Grammont's Memoires) duchefs of
Richmond.

Louife de Querouaille, duchefs of Portsmouth.

Lady Dorothy Sidney, countefs of Sunderland, Waller's
Sachariffa.

Barbara Villiers, duchefs of Cleveland.

Arabella Churchill, wife of Mr. Godfrey, miſtrels of
James 2d.

Mrs. Philadelphia Saunders.

Mrs. Trevor, maid of honour: having seen the duke of
Monmouth in bed with another lady, and divulged it, the
duke engaged Mr. Thynne to debauch her. Mr. Thynne
being

APPENDIX.

being killed before he bedded lady Ogle, this epigram was
made on him,

Here lies Tom Thynne of Longleat-hall,
Who never would have miscarried,
Had he married the woman he lay withal,
Or lain with the woman he married.

Lady Anne Cavendish, daughter of William earl of De-
vonshire, and wife of John earl of Exeter.

Lady Gertrude Pierpoint, daughter of William earl of
Kingston, and wife of George Saville, marquis of Halifax.

Lady Mary Rich, daughter of Robert earl of Warwick,
wife of Henry viscount St. John, and mother of the famous
lord Bolingbroke.

Henry earl of Ogle, only son of Henry Cavendish duke
of Newcaftle.

Lady Elizabeth Percy, only daughter and heirefs of Jofce-
line laft earl of Northumberland, married first to Henry lord
Ogle, fecondly to Thomas Thynne, esq; and laftly to Charles
Seymour, duke of Somerſet.

Two other ladies, unknown.

Over the door, Mary queen of Scots, by Vertue.

Lady Anne Hamilton, daughter of W. duke of Hamilton,
and wife of Robert Carnegie, earl of Southeſk.

Lady Elizabeth Butler, daughter of James duke of Ormond,
and wife of Philip Stanhope earl of Cheſterfield. These two

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APPENDIX.

heads are copied in chalks by Mr. Faringdon, from the origi-
nals by sir Peter Lely, at Mr. Fountaine's at Narford. See
an account of the two ladies in the Memoires de Grammont.

IN THE BREAKFAST-ROOM.

A most curious picture of Rose, the royal gardiner, pre-
senting the first pine-apple raised in England to Charles 2d.
who is standing in a garden: The whole piece is well paint-
ed, probably by Danckers. It was a present to Mr. W.
from the rev. Mr. Pennicott of Ditton, to whom it was be-
queathed by Mr. London, grandson of him who was partner
with Wife.

Lady Elizabeth Berkeley, wife of lord Craven; by Rom-
ney.

Cowley, by sir Peter Lely; the fine original of Zincke's
Cowley in enamel, in the cabinet; bought at the sale of
Mr. Lovibonde in 1776.

The virgin and child, and two angels holding tapers; an
ancient carving in ivory: a present from Mr. Watson the
chirurgeon.

Sir Kenelm Digby, his wife and two sons, by Peter Oli-
ver, after Vandyck; a large miniature in the highest pre-
fervation; in an ebony case set with Wedgwood's cameos.
On the insides of the doors, two other ladies of the same set.

Two

APPENDIX.

Two other ebony cafes, ditto. In one, a lady of the Digby family, half-length, after Vandyck, with a beautiful landscape, by Peter Oliver.

In the other cafe, lady Digby enamelled, in a frame of the fame, with her arms, and Latin mottoes, supported by two goddesse's; by G. Toulin, 1637.

Lady Catharine Howard, daughter of H. Fred. earl of Arundel, and first wife of John Digby son of Sir Kenelm.

On the reverse, in the fame enamelled frame, another lady of the family, exquisitely painted by Peter Oliver; probably the second wife of John Digby.

Lady Frances Howard countess of Effex and then of Sommerfet; copied by lady Bingham, now lady Lucan, from the original at Woburn.

Catherine duchess of Buckingham, daughter of James 2d. in enamel by Zincke: a present from her niece madame de Bouzzols.

Added to the second frame and glafs. Two boys, sons of Sir Kenelm Digby. Note, these and the above-mentioned additional pictures of the Digby's were the other division of that collection, and were purchased by Mr. W. of the lady who shared them with the other heir.

John duke of Lauderdale, copied by lady Lucan from the original by Cooper, in the possession of lady Greenwich.

William Henry, duke of Gloucester; by lady Lucan, after Meyer.

Charlotte

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Charlotte de la Tremouille countess of Derby; in a frame of silver filigraine.

A lady's head, supposed to be the countess of Pembroke, wife of earl William; by Houghtons: finely preserved. A present from the duchess dowager of Portland.

Miff's Temple, maid of honour to Anne Hyde duchess of York, and second wife of Sir Charles Lyttelton; by Spenster, after the unfinished picture by Cooper, in the posseion of lord Lyttelton.

Two beautiful bas-reliefs of boys in wax, by lady Diana Beauclerc; set in frames with her arms, and cameos by Wedgwood and Taffie.

A print by Bartolozzi of Giorgiana Spencer duchess of Devonshire, from the drawing of lady Diana Beauclerc; in a frame with Wedgwood's cameos, and two flies engraved and painted by Hill.

Lady D. Beauclerc's two daughters, engraved from her drawing by Bartolozzi; in a blue and gold frame painted in mosaic with lions and flower de luces, in allusions to the arms of Beauclerc.

Four washed views of the chateau de Grignan in Provence: a present from George Hardinge, esq;

A view of the church of Stokepogeys in Buckinghamshire; the moon shining on Mr. Gray's tomb in the church-yard; by Baron: a present from Sir Edward Walpole.

A holy family in wax from Sarlo Maratti by ms. Mary Stoughton, Anne sister of Stephen Stoughton, painter; a present from Mr. Anne Clement.

APPENDIX.

Anne Liddel counteſs of Oſſory; in crayons, by Hamilton.
Margaret Smith, wife of ſir Charles Bingham lord Lucan;
ditto. This lady arrived in ſive months, by copying in wa-
ter-colours the enamels and miniatures in this collection, at
great perſection, and in that ſhort time copied forty pieces,
imitating moſt exaſtly the manners of the ſeveral maſters.
Mr. W. wrote the following lines on that ſubject;

Without a rival long on painting's throne

Urbino's modeſt artiſt ſat alone.

At laſt a British Fair's unerring eyes

In ſive ſhort moons conteſts the glorious prize.

Raphael by genius, nurſ'd by labour, gain'd it---

Bingham but ſaw perſection, and attain'd it.

An allegoric waſhed drawing of Chriſtina of Pisa writing
her Cité des Dames, from an illumination in the library of
of the king of France.

A flower, in paper moſaic, executed by Mrs. Delany, the
inventreſs, who between the ſeventieth and eightieth years
of her age executed 500 plants in this manner. She was
daughter of Mr. Granville by the daughter of ſir John Stan-
ley, and was firſt married to Mr. Pendarvis, and then to Dr.
Delany.

Its companion, by Mrs. Delany's ſcholar, miſs Jennings
of Shiplake.

George Hamilton, brother of count Antony Hamilton;

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small copy in oil by E. Edwards, from the original in the
possession of lord Kingsland.

Vandermeer, the painter, himself in watercolours, finely done; in oil, inebriety, in water, a lapidary night, a present from Rich. Bull, of.

IN THE GREEN CLOSET.

Inside of a church, by Steenwick.

Profile of an angel, after Guido; done in hair by Mary
Lane, 1778.

Mrs. Catharine Clive, the excellent comedian, in the char-
racter of the fine lady in Lethe; in water-colours by Wor-
lidge.

Henry Howard earl of Northampton; copied in water-
colours by Harding, from the original at the earl's college
at Greenwich.

Small bronze bust of Caravaggio.

IN THE BLUE BEDCHAMBER.

Two blue and white square candlesticks of the old Delft
ware.

The Hercules Farnese, small bronze.

An ancient lock to the door, richly wrought of brafs and
steel.

IN THE RED BEDCHAMBER.

A small half-length of a young man, octagon on copper,
by Fr. Hals, from Mr. Jennings's collection.

The original drawing of Jules Oates in black lead, by Robert White, a present from his father, Bull, of.

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A head of the duke d'Epernon, favourite of Henry 3d. painted on oriental alabaster; a present from colonel St. Paul, chargé d'affaires at Paris.

Madame de Prie, mistres of the duc of Bourbon, prime minister in the minority of Louis 15. in crayons; she died of vexation at the disgrace of the duke: a present from madame du Deffand, who was intimate with her.

A young lady reading the Castle of Otranto to her companion; a graceful and expressive drawing, done for a present to Mr. W. by Lavinia Bingham, eldest daughter of lady Lucan, the celebrated copyist, and since married to lord Althorp.

ON THE STAIRCASE.

Two shields of leather, for tournaments, painted by Polidore; one has the head of Medusa, the other of Perseus: on the inside are battles in gold. They came out of the collection of commendatore Vittoria at Naples, and were sent to Mr. W. by Sir W. Hamilton, with a third of iron, representing the story of Curtius, but certainly not antique, as there is a cannon and an embattled tower at a distance.

Over the middle arcade is a curious ancient head of Henry 3d. carved in alto-relievo on oak, from the church of Barnwell near Oundle, which he endowed.

This head is very like the effigy of his tomb, and to that unpainted glass in the chapel here at Strawberry Hill,

IN

A Portrait of a man in a red velvet gown holding a plan of a church; a host of chaps before his restoration, a cup being the detailed quarters of the arms of England, viz: the other scale a crowd of lapdogs and fragments of columns. It seems to be a Christopher Wren as the church assembled of Pauls, but the face does not resemble his print, nor are the arms, which seem to have been altered, his. It is well painted by a Frenchor Flemish man; who may have represented his orders ill. The piece too is not English.

A monogram, the marine painter showing a piece to Thomas Walker Esq. in whose collection this picture was. The figure were painted by John Smith, the畫ers by John Smith himself. A present from Richard Mcll. Esq.

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IN THE ARMOURY.

Two halberds, from the old house at Houghton.

An American calumet; a warrior's wreath; and a neck
ornament: presents from governal Pownall.

An ancient musket, richly carved; a present from Mofes
Franks, esq;

IN THE LIBRARY.

1 An ancient curfeu, or couvre-feu; from Mr. Gofling's
collection.

2 A book of French portraits in the time of Francis 1st. It
belonged to Brantome, who has inscribed the names of feve-
ral of the persons. From the collection of Monf. Mariette
at Paris.

3 A large volume bound in red morocco and gold, contain-
ing etchings of various persons of quality.

4 A large book of miscellaneous drawings by various mafters,
ancient and modern.

Bathoe's catalogues of the collections of Charles 1st. James
2d. and the duke of Buckingham; with their portraits, and
large additions and notes, by Mr. Walpole.

Catalogue of the pictures belonging to the crown, temp.
Annæ, MS. A present from Mr. Topham Beauclerc.

Two

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Two large volumes of catalogues of all the exhibitions
from the first, to the end of the year 1780, with MS. notes.

IN MR. WALPOLE'S BEDCHAMBER.

George Cholmondeley 4th. earl of Cholmondeley, grand-
son of Mary Walpole lady Malpas; by Pompeio Battoni.

Colonel Edward Walpole, only son of Sir Edward Wal-
pole, knight of the Bath; by Hudson.

Six portraits in miniature, by Charles Beale; a head of
Rubens in chalk, by Lens; and a print of madame de Se-
vignè.

A drawing in black chalk of Jacob Hall the rope-dancer,
favourite of the duchefs of Cleveland; copied by Dean from
an unique print in the collection of Dr. Fothergill.

IN THE STAR CHAMBER.

Two small Welch armed chairs, painted blue and white,
with cushions of point-lace, and on one the arms of Mr.
Richard Bateman, at whose sale they were purchased.

A mahogany cabinet, containing a collection of English
and foreign coins and medals. Under it a vase of false por-
phyry; from the collection of the comte de Caylus.

Another like cabinet, with gold, silver, and braς Greek
and Roman coins, and a compleat set of Roman weights
M m from

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from Dr. Middleton's collection. Beneath, a vane, compation to the former.

A Tuscan vane of Wedgwood's ware, now in the China room.

A porringer, cover and plate, white, with different golds, of Seye china; a present from Mrs. Damer.

A bust of Gibbets the architect, in marble, byrysbreak.

IN THE HOLBEIN CHAMBER.

The red hat of cardinal Wolfey, found in the great wardrobe by bishop Burnet when clerk of the closet. From his son the judge it came to the counteſs dowager of Albemarle, who gave it to Mr. Walpole.

A chair covered with purple; made after one in a pane of painted glaſs.

Head of fir Thomas Wyat the younger, beheaded in the reign of queen Mary, in a round on board; copied by Milbourn, from the original in the possession of lord Romney.

A man in black, by Holbein, in a rich gold frame; from the collection of H. Conſtantine Jennings, eſq; of Shiplake.

A drawing of a clock, by Holbein; designed for fir Anſtony Denny as a new year's gift to Henry 8th. Bought at the ſale of monſ. Mariette.

A drawing of a Romiſh epifcopal faint; whole length, by Holbein.

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IN THE GALLERY.

A bust of Tiberius, from Mr. Jennings's collection.

Two tubs of old blue and white porcelaine; a present from Mr. Goftling.

In the cheft, three flash'd doublets, a cloak ditto, and a
pair of black embroidered breeches, which belonged to Ro-
bert Walpole, great grandfather of fir Robert Walpole firft
earl of Orford, and had been preserved in the old house at
Houghton : given by George lord Orford.

IN A CLOSET,

With glaſs doors, between the gallery and round chamber,
is a large collection of ancient porcelaine of China, which
belonged to Catherine lady Walpole. Under the window, a
ſmall altar, part of theſhrine in the chapel, and on it a silver
ladle with an ivory handle carved and gilt, uſed by Indian la-
dies for incenſe; a preſent from Charles duke of Richmond.

IN THE ROUND DRAWING-ROOM.

A large vafe of Florentine fayence, with the arms of the
great duke.

Two

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Two large bottles, ditto, with the arms of duke Ferdinand of Medici and his wife Chriftina of Lorrain.

A bottle of Roman fayence.

A green and gold table and two high stands, with the arms of Sir Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter, his first wife.

IN THE TRIBUNE.

In the cabinet of enamels: A beautiful enamel by Petitot, of Catherine Henriette d'Angennes comtesse d'Olonne, as a Diana, a character very different from that given of her in Buffy's Histoire amoureuse des Gaulles. It is set in a frame of flowers enamelled in relief by Giles Legaré de Chaumont en Baffigni, who was famous for that sort of works: from the collection of monf. Mariette.

A young man in black; copied by lady Lucan from a portrait by Titian, in the collection of the duke of Devonshire.

A lady's head by Rosalba; set in tortoiseshell.

James Brydges, first duke of Chandos, in enamel, by Zincke; a present from G. S. earl of Harcourt.

Lord Loudon, chancellor of Scotland; by Samuel Cooper.

A silver Turkish ornament, taken by a Ruffian officer in the last war; brought over by Charles lord Cathcart, and given

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given by him to Margeret lady Brown, and by her to Mr.
Walpole.

A seal of the head of sir Robert Walpole on white corne-
lian, by Natter; a preſent from ditto.

A toothpick-cafe of gold, enamelled with cameos; a pre-
sent from lady Diana Beauclerc.

A gold snuff-box, with the image in wax of mad. du Def-
fand's dog, Tonton, whom she bequeathed with this snuff-
box and her MSS. to Mr. Walpole.

Vandyck's head by himself, a sketch for the duke of Graf-
ton's picture.

Soldiers at cards; a curious picture, being painted in the
manner of Teniers, by Vandyck: from lord Oxford's collec-
tion.

The education of Cyrus, in water-colours, by Judith Bois-
fiere, a French woman, in 1725: from Caſtiglione, in the
collection at Houghton.

Rubens, his wife and child, in water-colours, by B. Lens,
from the original at Blenheim.

A battle, in black and gold, exquisitely touched by Cal-
lot: bought at Mrs. Stanley's fale.

IN THE PASSAGE.

An Indian bottle and pipe, ornamented with gold and
pearls; brought from Bengal by Henry Churchill, esq; in 1776.

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Head of Fiamingo the sculptor, holding an ivory groupe of boys.

Mary duchess of Richmond, daughter of George Villiers, duke of Bucks, small whole length from Vandyck.

IN THE GREAT BEDCHAMBER.

A fire-screen of the tapestry of the Gobelins.

Two bas-reliefs of boys in wax on glafs, designed and modelled by lady Diana Beauclerc, fister of George duke of Marlborough. On the back are written these lines :

```
Tho taſte and grace thro' all my limbs you ſee,
And nature breathes her ſoft ſimplicity,
Me nor Praxiteles nor Phidias form'd;
'Twas Beauclerc's art the ſweet creation warm'd,
From Marlbro' ſprung.---We in one heav'n-born race
Th' attemper'd rays of the ſame genuis trace;
As big with meteors from one cloud depart
Majeſtic thunder and keen lightning's dart.
H. W.
```

In the place of the Niobe, hangs the portrait of Frances daughter of Richard Jennings, esq; [the mademoiselle Jennings of Grammont] first married to George Hamilton, and afterwards to Richard Talbot duke of Tirconnel: copy by Milbourn from the original at lord Spencer's.

In the place of the picture of Henry 8th. and Charles 5th. which now hangs on the staircaſe, is the original portrait of

Catherine

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Catherine of Braganza, that was sent from Portugal previous to her marriage with Charles 2d. and from which Faithorne scraped his print: a present from Richard Bull, esq;

Sir Nicholas Carew, knight of the garter and master of the horde to Henry 8th. in whose reign he was beheaded: copied by Milbourn from the original by Holbein, at Beddington in Surrey.

In the glass closet: A small bust in terra-cotta of Nicolo Poussin's wife, beautifully simple and natural, by Fiamingo, amicitæ caufà: from monf. Mariette's collection.

Two square flower-tubs of Wedgwood's ware, painted with antique cameos and masks in blue, from designs of lady Diana Beauclerc.

The spurs worn by king William at the battle of the Boyne, preserved in an Irish family, and given to the late earl of Harcourt when lord-lieutenant, and by the present earl to Mr. W. in a red leather box lined with green velvet.

A tortoiseshell cafe studded with silver, in which Van Tromp used to carry his pipes to fea: a present from Mr. Hamilton.

Two ivory billiard-sticks, engraved; they belonged to H. Herbert earl of Pembroke, and have his crest a wyvern holding a bloody hand, and the bear and ragged staff for his third wife, the famous Mary, sister of Sir Philip Sidney; and an ancient ivory bust, engraved with French devices and motors.

140 APPENDIX.

toes: all three from the collection of Mr. Goftling of Canterbury.

Twelve filver defliert-plates, engraved with the hiftory of
the prodigal fon. They belonged to lord chancellor Clarendon,
and defcended to his great grand-daughter the celebrat-
ed duchefs of Queensberry, and were purchafed at the duke's
auction.

ON THE BACK STAIRS.

Lady Catharine Fitzalan marchioneſs of Dorſet, daughter
of William earl of Arundel, and first wife of Henry Grey,
afterwards duke of Suffolk, from whom ſhe was divorced to
make room for his marriage with lady Frances Brandon,
daughter of Mary queen of France and Charles duke of Suſ-
folk.

THE BEAUCLERC CLOSET,

Is a hexagon, built in 1776, and defigned by Mr. Eſſex, ar-
chiteſt, of Cambridge, who drew the cieling, door, win-
dow, and ſurbafe. In the window is a lion and two fleurs de
lys, royally crowned, ancient, but repaired and ornamented
by Price; and being bearings in the royal arms, ſerve for
Beauclerc. The cloſet is hung with Indian blue damasſk,
and was built on purpofe to receive ſeven incomparable
drawings of lady Diana Beauclerc for Mr. Walpole's tragedy
of the Mysterious Mother. The beauty and grace of the
figures

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figures and of the children are inimitable; the expression of
the passions most masterly, particularly in the devotion of
the countess with the porter, of Benedict in the scene with
Martin, and the tenderest, despair, and resolution of the
countess in the last scene; in which is a new stroke of double
passion in Edmund, whose right hand is clenched and ready to
strike with anger, the left hand relents. In the scene of the
children, some are evidently vulgar, the others children of
rank; and the first child, that pretends to look down and does
leer upwards, is charming. Only two scenes are represented
in all the seven, and yet all are varied; and the ground in the
first, by a very uncommon effect, evidently descends and rises
again. These sublime drawings, the first histories she ever
attempted, were all conceived and executed in a fortnight.
Other pictures in this closet are,

Lady Diana Beauclerc, by Powel, after Sir J. Reynolds.

Charles Lenox 3d. duke of Richmond, profile, by Milbourn after Romney.

Count Schouallow, favourite of the Czarina Elizabeth,
whose image he holds. This worthy man, who enjoyed absolute
power for twelve years, never did an injury or made
an enemy. Painted at Paris in 1775.

Two young women and a boy, a drawing in a round, by
lady Diana Beauclerc.

Four fronts of a gothic house, designed by Mr. John

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Chute for Mr. Andrews, and built at Spinehill near Don-
nington-castle, Berkshire.

Two capital drawings by Paulo Panini, bought at Mari-
ette's sale.

A view of the fictitious monument designed and erected by
general H. S. Conway, near the Thames, at his seat at
Park-place near Henley: and,

A view of the lefter arch, designed and erected by the
fame, at ditto. These two by Paul Sandby, in 1781.

All these pictures have black and gold frames.

Two arms for candles of or-molu, in the form of lillies,
from Paris.

Two black and gold triangular stands.

A tea-service of old blue and white porcelaine.

A tea-cheft of Clay's ware, painted with loose feathers.

A head of Augustus, from an antique cameo belonging to
sir William Hamilton, modelled in wax by Mrs. Damer,
daughter of general Conway, in 1777.

A head of Voltaire, ditto, its companion.

A writing-table of Clay's ware, highly varnished: it is
black, with blue and white ornaments in a gothic pattern,
designed by Paul Sandby. In one of the drawers the play of
the Mysterious Mother, to explain the drawings, bound in
blue leather and gilt.

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IN THE ROUND BEDCHAMBER, Two pair of Stairs.

Christian Reisin, feal-engraver, in an oval; freely painted by Dahl.

Enoch Zeeman, the painter, in his original prebyterian habit, and his daughter as a boy by him: well painted by himself.

Pearce, sen. statuary, by Fuller; from Vertue's collection.

In the PLAID BEDCHAMBER, in the South Tower, is the portrait of Henry Walpole the jefuit, who was executed for attempting to poison queen Elizabeth. He is crowned with glory and holds a palm-branch, the emblem of martyrdom; the arms of the family in one corner. This picture came from Mr. Walpole's of Lincolnshire, the last of the Roman catholic branch of the family, who died about the year 1748.

IN THE GREAT CLOYSTER.

In the place of the cat's tub, which is removed to the smaller cloyster at the entrance of the house, stands a fine antique marble vafe with a Greek inscription; bought at the sale of Chafe Price, esq; in 1778.

Eight very ancient Welch chairs, turned, and four stands; bought at the sale of Mr. Richard Bateman of old Windsor.

IN

APPENDIX.

IN THE CHAPEL,

Before which stand on pedestals four rare Indian flower-tubs,
bought at Mr. Bateman's,

Four pannels that came out of the abbey of St. Edmund's-
bury, and were doors to an altar-piece, and were since in
the possession of Peter Leneve, Norroy, and after him of
Mr. Martin and Mr. Ives, antiquaries; on whose death Mr.
W. bought and had them sawed into four pictures. On the
outside pannels are Henry Beaufort cardinal of Winchester,
and John Kemp archbishop of Canterbury. On one of the
insides is Humphrey duke of Gloucester praying, and behind
him a saint holding the duke's cap of estate in one hand, and
a golden chalice in the other. On the other is a person in
the act of adoration in a table, whence it is probable that
the virgin and child were represented on the middle piece
which is wanting. This person seems to be Joseph, but
may be the donor of the altar-piece, as over him is a shield
of arms of Tate, impaling Boleyn or Sanders, for the colour
of the chevron is turned black. These perhaps might be at-
tached to the house of Lancaster, who were great benefactors
to the abbey, and two princes of which family, afterwards
so memorable for their enmity, are here represented. The
three portraits agree remarkably with those of the same per-
sons.

LIST OF THE BOOKS

Printed at Strawberry-Hill.

TWO Odes by Mr. Gray; quarto, 1757. 1000 copies.
Translation of part of Hentzner's Travels; duodecimo, 1757.
220 copies.

Royal and Noble Authors; 2 vol. duod. 1758. 300 copies.

Walpole's Fugitive Pieces; duod. 1758. 200 copies.

Whitworth's Account of Ruffia; duod. 1758. 700 copies.

Spence's Parallel of Magliabechi and Hill; duod. 1758.
700 copies.

Bentley's Lucan; quarto, 1759. 500 copies.

Anecdotes of Painting; small quarto, 3 vol. and one of En-
gravers, 1761. 600 copies.

A second edition of the fame, 1765.

Lord Herbert's Life; small quarto, 1764. 200 copies.

Lady Temple's Poems; quarto, 1764. 100 copies.

Cornélie, Tragedie de Henaut; duod. 1768. 200 copies;
150 went to Paris.

The Mysterious Mother, Tragedy; duod. 1768. 50 copies.

Hoyland's Poems; duod. 1769. 300 copies.

Memoires

BOOKS PRINTED AT STRAWBERRY-HILL.

Memoires de Grammont; small quarto; 1771. 100 copies;
30 went to Paris.

Letters of Edward VI. small quarto, 1771. 200 copies.

Miscellaneous Antiquities, 2 numbers; small quarto, 1772.
500 copies.

Description of Strawberry-Hill; small quarto, 1774. 100
copies, 6 on large paper.

Mr. Fitzpatrick's Dorinda, and Mr. Charles Fox's Verses to
Mrs. Crewe; small quarto, 1775. 300 copies.

The Sleep-Walker, Comedy, by lady Craven, 1778. 75
copies.

Letter to the Editor of Chatterton's Miscellanies; octavo,
1779. 200 copies.

Mr. Charles Miller's Verses to lady Horatia Waldegrave;
small quarto, 1780. 150 copies.

Fourth volume of the Anecdotes of Painting, printed in
1770, but not published till Oct. 1780. 600 copies.

Mr. Jones's Ode on lord Althorp's Marriage; quarto, 1781.
250 copies.

Letter from the hon. Thomas Walpole; small quarto, 1781.
120 copies.

N. B. Mr. Miller's, Mr. Fitzpatrick's and Mr. Fox's verses,
Hoyland's poems, and Mr. Walpole's letter, were only loose
sheets or small tracts.

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IN THE GREAT PARLOUR. A large piece of the ladies Laura, Maria, and Horatia Waldegrave, daughters of James second earl of Waldegrave and Maria Walpole, afterwards duchess of Gloucester; by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1781.

A two-leafed screen, containing part of a map of Surry and Middlesex. It is a piece of the first tapestry woven in England, and came from Weston in Warwickshire, the seat of the Sheldons who introduced the manufacture. The complete suite of hangings were purchased by Mr. Walpole, and presented by him to the earl of Harcourt. This specimen had never been hung up.

IN THE LITTLE PARLOUR. Two sleeping dogs, the original model in terra-cotta, by the honorable Mrs. Damer, which she afterwards executed in marble for the duke of Richmond.

ON THE STAIRCASE. View of Richmond-hill, the original drawing by Mr. Henry Bunbury; a present from himself.

A curious emblematic picture of a man standing, small whole length, with a bust of Charles 2d. seemingly before

Qq his

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his restoration, for a cupid is weighing the broken arms of
England (as a commonwealth) againſt crowns and ſceptres,
(but the ſceptre is a French one, therefore probably painted
abroad) fragments of architecture, and the man holds a plan
like St. Paul's; thence it has been ſupposed a portrait of fir
Christopher Wren, but does not reſemble him, nor are the
arms his.

Monamy the painter, chewing a ſea-piece to Mr. Thomas
Walker, a collector of pictures; ſmall life: the figures by
Hogarth, the ſea-piece by Monamy. A preſent from Rich-
ard Bull, esq.

IN THE BREAKFAST-ROOM. Vandervaart the painter,
by himself, in water-colours, finely done; a preſent from
Richard Bull, esq.

A holy family, modelled in wax, by Mrs. Mary Slaughter,
ſilter of Stephen Slaughter, painter; a preſent from miſs
Anne Clement.

IN THE RED BEDCHAMBER. Gypsies telling a country-
maiden her fortune at the entrance of a beech-wood; a moſt
beautiful drawing in water-colours, defigned and executed by
lady Diana Beauclerc in 1781; the chef-d'œuvre of her works.

A drawing in Indian-ink of a forest, by Mary Danby, first
married to Mr. Lockhart, and afterwards to colonel Har-
court, only brother of George Simon second earl of Harcourt.

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**IN THE STAR-CHAMBER.** A marble bust of Gibbs, the architect; by Ryfbrack.

**IN THE HOLBEIN CHAMBER.** A large drawing of a magnificent chimney-piece; a design by Holbein for one of the palaces of Henry 8th.

Arthur prince of Wales; a washed drawing, by E. Edwards, from the only original of that prince when grown up, which belonged to Mr. Sheldon of Weston in Warwickshire, and was purchased by Mr. Child of Osterley-park, Middlesex, 1781.

A fire-screen embroidered by mils Hotham, to whom Mr. W. addressed the fable of the magpie and her young.

Two blue china beakers.

**IN THE GALLERY.** Two triangular cisterns of Roman fayence, finely painted with figures, probably from designs of Julio Romano; presents from the earl of Exeter.

**IN THE ROUND ROOM.** A Japan cabinet. On it, two double-branched silver candlesticks with figures of women, bought at lady Vere's sale, in 1783.

**IN THE TRIBUNE.** In the cabinet of enamels: A golden heart, set with jewels, and ornamented with emblematic figures enamelled, and Scottish mottoes; made by order of the

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the lady Margaret Douglas, mother of Henry lord Darnley,
in memory of her husband Matthew Stuart earl of Lenox and
regent of Scotland, murdered by the papists.

In one of the glafs cafés: An ancient square German
watch, curioufly chafed in filver gilt.

IN THE PASSAGE. A head in profile of Robert Vere earl of Oxford and duke of Ireland, favourite of Richard 2d.

IN THE GREAT BEDCHAMBER. An ebony cabinet, or-
namented with or moulu, lapis-lazuli, agates, pieces of an-
cient enamel, bas-reliefs of Wedgwood, and nine capital
drawings of a gipfy girl and beautiful children by lady Diana
Beauclerc, with other drawings by her; and with fstraw-
berries and Mr. Walpole's arms and creft. The defign of
the cabinet by Mr. E. Edwards, in 1783.

In the glafs closet : ♫ snuff-box, beautifully painted in
brown and white with figures from Etruscan vases, beſpoken
at Naples, and given by fir William Hamilton.

An ancient German wooden spoon, curioufly carved with
religious figures and mottoes.

A vafe of rock chryſtal, carved with battles, unfinifhed,
having been cracked in the workmanship, with a filver gilt
foot; bought out of the great duke's wardrobe by fir Horace
Mann, and ſent to Mr. W.

THE END.

For the Public Advertiser.

VERSES on the TIMES, A.D. 1768.

BREATHING SECTION, a rain-hy Band
Of all th' unfettled Humours of the Land,

With brazen Front rebellious gives the Law,
And free-born Riot bids the King withdraw;

Guiltles and juft, to all that's good inclin'd,
And almost to a Fault humane and kind.

They'd carve their Way thro' Blood to what they
reek,

And change their Plan and Doctrine once a Week.

The proud Inferior—Levelling's his Part,
Howe'er disguis'd, a Tyrant in his Heart.

The Desperate, whose ebbing Caft runs low,
By gen'ral Rapine trufts to see it flow.

Who pines for Fame, with specious Parts elate,
Dreams of each Rogue that did subvert a State.

The Mob-led Patriot, Idol of a Day,
Barters his Truth and Soul for one Huzza,

The private Vice-monger, by public Zeal,
Repairs the venial Whole, and fins at Will.—

Thus motley clashing Interests combine,
Which no good Caufe could e'er unite and join.

O Liberty ! the Luft thy Charms infpire
Endangers thee, and lets the World on Fire.

Chafte Liberty may God proteet and blefs,
And damn the Profltitute that apes her Drefs !

On seeing STRAWBERRY-HILL, the Scapt of Horace Walpole, Eijfs.

WHEN Walpole's genius watch'd Brit-
tania's fate,

And held with ready hand the helm of state,
Her commerce flourish'd, and, throughout the
world,

To every gale her streamers were unfurl'd.

Long had her fons war's fierceft dangers
brav'd, [wav'd.

And vieſt'ry follow'd where her banners
At vieſt'ry's found each British heart beats high,
Throbs ev'ry pulſe, and sparkles ev'ry eye;

And yet what heart the widow's tear but
grieves!

What splendid ruin war behind it leaves!

The victor's triumph is extended toilt,

The waffe which mocks the peant's fruit-
leſs toil.

Not ſuch his beaſt!—'twas his mankind
Give wealth to England, and to Europe peace;
'Twas his from faction's dark designs to favet,
To fix that crown the voice of freedom gave.

Beneath his feet in iron fetters bound,

Rebellion lay, indignant bit the ground:—

Remov'd that hand,† whose pow'r the fury
fear'd, [rear'd.

Her chains the broke, her ſnaky head the
Yet midſt these cares, to ſhew what art
could do,

At his command a Houghton † role to view;

There hines the moderns' ſkill—in Twick'n-
ham's bow'rs, [hours,

Where his ſon § spends in learned caſe his
And throws new light upon th' hiftoric line,
Or holds (too short a) dalliance with the Nine,
See battled tow'rs and ſpicy ſanes arise,

What faireſt ſeem'd in our fore-father's eyes.

Here may you view what'e'r was wort of old
To grace the manſion of the Baron bold,

Or at religion's altars zeal inſpire,

When pealing anthems founded thro' the choir.

A Houghton's grandeur strikes the wond'ring
light,

But Strawberry-hill is seen with pure delight;
With rapture we the sweet retreat survey,
Abode of soft content, inſpirer of the lay.

*St. Robert Walpole.*

Y.

To Major-General H. Conway,

WHEN Fontenoy's impurpled Plain
Shall vanish from th' historic Page,
Thy youthful Valour shall in vain
Have taught the Gaul to flun thy Rage.
When hostile Squadrons round thee flood,
On Laffelt's unsuccessful Field,
Thy captive Sabre, drench'd in Blood,
The vaunting Victor's Triumph feal'd.

forgot these—let Scotland too
Culloden from her Annals tear;
Left Envy, and her fadious Crew,
Should blush to find thy Laurels there.

When each fair Deed is thus defac'd,
A thousand Virtues too difguis'd,
Thy grateful Country's Voice shall hae
To censure Worth so little priz'd.

Thou patient hear the Thunder roll;
Pity the Blind you cannot hate ;

Nor, blest with Ariftides' Soul,
Repine at Ariftides' Fate.

Extract of a letter from Bir, Dec. 1, 1757

"A daring and numberous band of robbers, completely armed, has appeared in this neighbourhood; the latter end of last month, nine of them attacked the house of Edmond Flaherty, a Farmer, on Lard Glandore's estate, and rifled it of various valuable effects and threatened the life of him and his whole family, by tying them all together and swearing to broil them on a hot griddle which they put on a large fire for that purpose, in order to extort confession of money; this being no sooner known to Thomas Coghlan, of Strawberry Hill, Eq, the next magistrate, than that gentleman with his usual spirit and activity, immediately went into pursuit of them, accompanied by two or three friends and his own servants only, and took in person one of the ringleaders, before three o'clock next day, and lodged him in the goal of this town; and yesterday he seized three others, and lodged them also in goal, one of whom has become approver; and we have great reason to hope, from this gentleman's known perfeverance and vigilance, not to be surpassed, that they will be totally extirpated from our neighbourhood."

1 Apr 1692

Wm Cole de Milton

Juxta Cantabrigiam,
A: m. Vicarius de

Burnham Juxta Win-
desoviam. 1775

Johān. Gooch Avm: Odis
Chrisli apud Oxōn. Filius
Dni Thome Gooch Baro-
netti, fecit 1771.

By Lady Deana Beaucleret, 1776.