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LANSDOWNE COLLECTION.
A Marble Chair, dedicated to Apollo.—On the back is
represented the sacred serpent entwined with the bow.
Roman Candelabrum, in marble, wreathed with ivy.—Of
the most rich and elegant workmanship. It is placed on
an ara, or small altar, also of great beauty.
ADDENDA TO THE CATALOGUE.
ECKHARDT (John Giles), d. at Chelsea, 1779. [He was a German
by birth, a scholar of Vanloo, and painted small portraits neatly.
Horace Walpole addressed some verses to him, which may be found
in his works.]
Sir Robert Walpole and his first wife, Catherine Shorter,
small full lengths, in the same picture. He is seated in
his robes; near him the busts of George I. and George II.,
to whom he was prime minister, and the purse of the chan-
cellor of the Exchequer. Near Lady Walpole are flowers,
shells, palette, and pencils, to denote her love of science
and the arts. The dogs, and the view of Houghton, in the
background, are painted by John Wootton, (d. 1765,) the
best animal and landscape painter of his time. The rich
carved frame is by Gibbons. Purchased out of the Straw-
berry Hill collection, in 1842. L. H.
The following memorandum relative to the picture (No. 35) of
Poussin, was unfortunately received too late for insertion in its proper
place; as it adds greatly to the interest of the picture, it is subjoined.
The Poet sleeping in the shade of the sepulchral Monument
of Anacreon. The landscape by Gaspar, the monument
and bas-relief by Nicold Poussin. This picture was for-
merly in the possession of the Elector Palatine, Charles
Theodore of Bavaria, and was saved, with other objects of
art, during the siege of Manheim, in the revolutionary war.
Forgotten during the succeeding troubles, it was neither
reclaimed nor restored; and being at length sold by a dis-
honest servant, it passed from one possessor to another,
into the hands of M. de Metzler, of Frankfort, from whom
Lord Lansdowne purchased it.
LANSDOWNE COLLECTION.
A Marble Chair, dedicated to Apollo.—On the back is
represented the sacred serpent entwined with the bow.
Roman Candelabrum, in marble, wreathed with ivy.—Of
the most rich and elegant workmanship. It is placed on
an ara, or small altar, also of great beauty.
ADDENDA TO THE CATALOGUE.
ECKHARDT (John Giles), d. at Chelsea, 1779. [He was a German
by birth, a scholar of Vanloo, and painted small portraits neatly.
Horace Walpole addressed some verses to him, which may be found
in his works.]
Sir Robert Walpole and his first wife, Catherine Shorter,
small full lengths, in the same picture. He is seated in
his robes; near him the busts of George I. and George II.,
to whom he was prime minister, and the purse of the chan-
cellor of the Exchequer. Near Lady Walpole are flowers,
shells, palette, and pencils, to denote her love of science
and the arts. The dogs, and the view of Houghton, in the
background, are painted by John Wootton, (d. 1765,) the
best animal and landscape painter of his time. The rich
carved frame is by Gibbons. Purchased out of the Straw-
berry Hill collection, in 1842. L. H.
The following memorandum relative to the picture (No. 35) of
Poussin, was unfortunately received too late for insertion in its proper
place; as it adds greatly to the interest of the picture, it is subjoined.
The Poet sleeping in the shade of the sepulchral Monument
of Anacreon. The landscape by Gaspar, the monument
and bas-relief by Nicold Poussin. This picture was for-
merly in the possession of the Elector Palatine, Charles
Theodore of Bavaria, and was saved, with other objects of
art, during the siege of Manheim, in the revolutionary war.
Forgotten during the succeeding troubles, it was neither
reclaimed nor restored; and being at length sold by a dis-
honest servant, it passed from one possessor to another,
into the hands of M. de Metzler, of Frankfort, from whom
Lord Lansdowne purchased it.