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70 the queen’s gallery.
general cold and defective in colour. He was father of the first Lord
Lyndhurst.]
190 The three Princesses, Mar}7, Sophia, andAmelia,
daughters of George III., when children.—
Group, life size, with dogs and parrots, in a garden; one
of Copley’s finest pictures in arrangement and colour; it
was formerly at Windsor. “ Copley painted so slowly and
tediously, and required such long sittings, that when he
was at Windsor, painting this picture, the attendants,
children, dogs, and parrots, became equally wearied: the
attendants complained to the queen, the queen complained
to the king, and the king complained to West, who had
obtained the commission for Copley, and succeeded in con-
vincing the king that the painter must be allowed to go
on his own way and take his own time.” The result is
certainly a most beautiful picture.
COTES (Francis), b. 1735; d. 1770.
[A painter of portraits in oil and in crayons; in the last he excelled.]
] 91 The Princesses Augusta (afterwards Duchess
of Brunswick) and Matilda (the unfortunate
Queen of Denmark), daughters of George II.—
Full-length figures, with musical instruments. Very ele-
gant.
Over the door leading to the Throne Room.
192 Portraits of the three eldest Children of the
Elector Palatine and Elizabeth, daughter of
James I.—Formerly in the possession of James I., to
whom it was sent from Heidelberg: brought here from
Kensington. It stands thus exactly described in Charles I.’s
catalogue:—“ The picture wherein is painted the red and
white rose above the Palsgrave’s three first-born children,
at Heydelberch, being only heads in three several oval
places, in an all-over gilded frame.” No painter’s name.
This picture has been erroneously supposed to represent
the three children of Henry VII., of which we have authentic
portraits wholly different from these.
general cold and defective in colour. He was father of the first Lord
Lyndhurst.]
190 The three Princesses, Mar}7, Sophia, andAmelia,
daughters of George III., when children.—
Group, life size, with dogs and parrots, in a garden; one
of Copley’s finest pictures in arrangement and colour; it
was formerly at Windsor. “ Copley painted so slowly and
tediously, and required such long sittings, that when he
was at Windsor, painting this picture, the attendants,
children, dogs, and parrots, became equally wearied: the
attendants complained to the queen, the queen complained
to the king, and the king complained to West, who had
obtained the commission for Copley, and succeeded in con-
vincing the king that the painter must be allowed to go
on his own way and take his own time.” The result is
certainly a most beautiful picture.
COTES (Francis), b. 1735; d. 1770.
[A painter of portraits in oil and in crayons; in the last he excelled.]
] 91 The Princesses Augusta (afterwards Duchess
of Brunswick) and Matilda (the unfortunate
Queen of Denmark), daughters of George II.—
Full-length figures, with musical instruments. Very ele-
gant.
Over the door leading to the Throne Room.
192 Portraits of the three eldest Children of the
Elector Palatine and Elizabeth, daughter of
James I.—Formerly in the possession of James I., to
whom it was sent from Heidelberg: brought here from
Kensington. It stands thus exactly described in Charles I.’s
catalogue:—“ The picture wherein is painted the red and
white rose above the Palsgrave’s three first-born children,
at Heydelberch, being only heads in three several oval
places, in an all-over gilded frame.” No painter’s name.
This picture has been erroneously supposed to represent
the three children of Henry VII., of which we have authentic
portraits wholly different from these.