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GOODRICH CASTLE AND COURT.
133
Henry VI., the length of which is one hundred and fix feet.
The window is an admirable fpecimen of German painted
glafs, reprefenting St. George in fluted armour, with the date
1517. On the right hand, in a niche, (lands a figure accoutred
in probably the moft magnificent fuit of armour in exiftence :
beautifully embofled with bas-reliefs, and inlaid with gold. It
belonged to the Duke of Ferrara, the patron of Taflb. It is
one of thofe gleanings of the world with which Buonaparte
intended to enrich Paris, and was defigned for Malmaifon, but
did not reach France before Buonaparte was dethroned in
1814, and was purchafed at Modena by Sir Samuel.
Quitting the entrance-hall on the right, you are introduced
to the Asiatic Gallery, in which are arranged a great
number of articles of coftume, arms, armour, etc., from India,
China, and other parts of Afia. The room is papered to
imitate the walls of the Alhambra in Spain, and there is a
figure in Moorifh armour brought from Spain, made of pieces
of hide cut into fcales, and refembling the lorica of the
Romans. In the centre is a Pindaree warrior on horfeback.
The chain-armour of the warrior and the trappings of the
horfe were brought by Captain Grindley from India, the head-
gear being of folid filver. The whole group was prepared
from a drawing by Captain Grindley. There are two glafs
cafes filled with arms and armour from various countries of
Afia, including China. Behind this, feparated from the ante-
room by a row of arches, is the Asiatic Armoury, in which
is a grand group of Indian figures on horfeback, to exhibit
varieties of Indian and Perfian armour and coftume. There
is another glafs-cafe containing arms and other articles ; and
two others, one on each fide of the window, containing a
variety of Hindoo deities and Chinefe curiofities. Then
comes the South Sea Room, fimilarly furnifhed with the
133
Henry VI., the length of which is one hundred and fix feet.
The window is an admirable fpecimen of German painted
glafs, reprefenting St. George in fluted armour, with the date
1517. On the right hand, in a niche, (lands a figure accoutred
in probably the moft magnificent fuit of armour in exiftence :
beautifully embofled with bas-reliefs, and inlaid with gold. It
belonged to the Duke of Ferrara, the patron of Taflb. It is
one of thofe gleanings of the world with which Buonaparte
intended to enrich Paris, and was defigned for Malmaifon, but
did not reach France before Buonaparte was dethroned in
1814, and was purchafed at Modena by Sir Samuel.
Quitting the entrance-hall on the right, you are introduced
to the Asiatic Gallery, in which are arranged a great
number of articles of coftume, arms, armour, etc., from India,
China, and other parts of Afia. The room is papered to
imitate the walls of the Alhambra in Spain, and there is a
figure in Moorifh armour brought from Spain, made of pieces
of hide cut into fcales, and refembling the lorica of the
Romans. In the centre is a Pindaree warrior on horfeback.
The chain-armour of the warrior and the trappings of the
horfe were brought by Captain Grindley from India, the head-
gear being of folid filver. The whole group was prepared
from a drawing by Captain Grindley. There are two glafs
cafes filled with arms and armour from various countries of
Afia, including China. Behind this, feparated from the ante-
room by a row of arches, is the Asiatic Armoury, in which
is a grand group of Indian figures on horfeback, to exhibit
varieties of Indian and Perfian armour and coftume. There
is another glafs-cafe containing arms and other articles ; and
two others, one on each fide of the window, containing a
variety of Hindoo deities and Chinefe curiofities. Then
comes the South Sea Room, fimilarly furnifhed with the