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GENERAL INTRODUCTION. XXV
now at St. Petersburg. Luckily, some of the finest Van
Dycks—those of the Wharton family—had been sold pre-
viously to the Duke of Devonshire; they used, within
my memory, to adorn Devonshire House; but are now
among the glories of that glorious palace, Chatsworth,
where they are empanelled in the dining-room. Richard-
son, the painter, whose admirable book on his own art met
in his time with more scoffers than readers, left a collection
of drawings and pictures, sold in 1747.* In 1758, was sold
by auction, a collection formed by Sir Luke Schaub, a
merchant and banker, the Angerstein of his time. It pro-
duced 80007. Among his pictures was the Sigismunda of
the Duke of Newcastle. The price given for it, (400gs.,
a large sum in those days,) provoked Hogarth towrathand
envy, and a vain competition which covered him with ridi-
cule. Others of Sir Luke Schaub’s pictures were, the Christ
healing the Lame Man, now in the Queen’s Gallery ;f “ The
Tent of Darius,” in the Grosvenor Gallery and V an Dyck’s
small study for the portrait of Venetia Digby. § Another
great collector in the beginning of the last century was Sir
Andrew Fountaine, of Narford, whose descendant, the pre-
sent Mr. Fountaine, has inherited the elegant tastes of his an-
cestor. Dr. Mead, the physician, had at this time a very good
collection, dispersed on his death in 1754. General Guise
bequeathed his pictures, 220 in number, to Christ Church
College, Oxford, in 1765. A Mr. John Barnard, of Berkeley
Square, possessed at this time sixty-six pictures. A certain
Mr. Jennens, then of Ormond Street, could boast of the
possession of 358 pictures. Mr. Bourchier Cleeve, of Foot’s
Cray, in Kent, possessed seventy-seven pictures: amongthem
the two large pictures of Salvator Rosa, now in the Gros-
* The drawings, 474g in number, sold for 1966Z. The pictures for about 70W.
t No. 132. t No. 41.
§ It was lately in the possession of Sir Eliab Hervey. The large picture is
at Windsor, No. 6.
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now at St. Petersburg. Luckily, some of the finest Van
Dycks—those of the Wharton family—had been sold pre-
viously to the Duke of Devonshire; they used, within
my memory, to adorn Devonshire House; but are now
among the glories of that glorious palace, Chatsworth,
where they are empanelled in the dining-room. Richard-
son, the painter, whose admirable book on his own art met
in his time with more scoffers than readers, left a collection
of drawings and pictures, sold in 1747.* In 1758, was sold
by auction, a collection formed by Sir Luke Schaub, a
merchant and banker, the Angerstein of his time. It pro-
duced 80007. Among his pictures was the Sigismunda of
the Duke of Newcastle. The price given for it, (400gs.,
a large sum in those days,) provoked Hogarth towrathand
envy, and a vain competition which covered him with ridi-
cule. Others of Sir Luke Schaub’s pictures were, the Christ
healing the Lame Man, now in the Queen’s Gallery ;f “ The
Tent of Darius,” in the Grosvenor Gallery and V an Dyck’s
small study for the portrait of Venetia Digby. § Another
great collector in the beginning of the last century was Sir
Andrew Fountaine, of Narford, whose descendant, the pre-
sent Mr. Fountaine, has inherited the elegant tastes of his an-
cestor. Dr. Mead, the physician, had at this time a very good
collection, dispersed on his death in 1754. General Guise
bequeathed his pictures, 220 in number, to Christ Church
College, Oxford, in 1765. A Mr. John Barnard, of Berkeley
Square, possessed at this time sixty-six pictures. A certain
Mr. Jennens, then of Ormond Street, could boast of the
possession of 358 pictures. Mr. Bourchier Cleeve, of Foot’s
Cray, in Kent, possessed seventy-seven pictures: amongthem
the two large pictures of Salvator Rosa, now in the Gros-
* The drawings, 474g in number, sold for 1966Z. The pictures for about 70W.
t No. 132. t No. 41.
§ It was lately in the possession of Sir Eliab Hervey. The large picture is
at Windsor, No. 6.
b 3