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332 LANSDOWNE COLLECTION.
at Toledo.—An old monk is listening to the confession of
a young monk, who kneels at his feet, with looks of eager
and imploring agony. The scene is the interior of a
chapel, dimly lighted. An hour-glass, a skull, books,
chalices for incense, are scattered in the foreground. For
poetical conception, and powerful expression, one of the
very finest pictures ever painted by Wilkie. It was exe-
cuted shortly after his return from Spain, in 1833, at the
price of 3001.; and with more feeling, and freedom, and
depth of tone, than any of his earlier productions; it is
more carefully and conscientiously finished than any of his
later pictures. B.
180 The Jews’Harp.—Small group of three figures. Fainted,
in 1809, for Francis Annesly, Esq., at the price of 25
guineas. B.
181 “ Grandmamma’s Cap.”—Small group of two figures and
a dog. Painted in 1810, for Lord De Dunstanville, at the
price of 100 guineas. B.
WILSON (Richard), R.A., b. 1728; d. 1782.
182 Landscape.
GALLERY OF SCULPTURE.
The Gallery of Antique Sculpture at Lansdowne House,
is, in beauty of arrangement, and in the value of the con-
tents, unequalled by any private collection with which I
am acquainted.
The Earl of Arundel, of whom a particular account has
been given in the general introduction, was the first indi-
vidual in this country who collected ancient marbles; but
from the specimens which remain of the Arundelian col-
lection, at Oxford, (the Pomfret marbles,) and those at
Wilton, there is reason to suppose that the greater part
consisted of Roman sculpture of a late period. After the
dispersion of the collections of Charles I. and the Earl of
Arundel, we hear no more of any genuine taste for an-
at Toledo.—An old monk is listening to the confession of
a young monk, who kneels at his feet, with looks of eager
and imploring agony. The scene is the interior of a
chapel, dimly lighted. An hour-glass, a skull, books,
chalices for incense, are scattered in the foreground. For
poetical conception, and powerful expression, one of the
very finest pictures ever painted by Wilkie. It was exe-
cuted shortly after his return from Spain, in 1833, at the
price of 3001.; and with more feeling, and freedom, and
depth of tone, than any of his earlier productions; it is
more carefully and conscientiously finished than any of his
later pictures. B.
180 The Jews’Harp.—Small group of three figures. Fainted,
in 1809, for Francis Annesly, Esq., at the price of 25
guineas. B.
181 “ Grandmamma’s Cap.”—Small group of two figures and
a dog. Painted in 1810, for Lord De Dunstanville, at the
price of 100 guineas. B.
WILSON (Richard), R.A., b. 1728; d. 1782.
182 Landscape.
GALLERY OF SCULPTURE.
The Gallery of Antique Sculpture at Lansdowne House,
is, in beauty of arrangement, and in the value of the con-
tents, unequalled by any private collection with which I
am acquainted.
The Earl of Arundel, of whom a particular account has
been given in the general introduction, was the first indi-
vidual in this country who collected ancient marbles; but
from the specimens which remain of the Arundelian col-
lection, at Oxford, (the Pomfret marbles,) and those at
Wilton, there is reason to suppose that the greater part
consisted of Roman sculpture of a late period. After the
dispersion of the collections of Charles I. and the Earl of
Arundel, we hear no more of any genuine taste for an-