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mache in 1770, and -he remained in the Army till he had
attained the rank of Major.
hi [ 779 Lad) Jane’s portrait was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds,
■ i j d the portrait of her sister, Lady Louisa
rtrait is by far the most striking of the two.
k or! .Lady Jane is represented walking in a high
vin 1, he t dress flowing about her. Her left arm is extended,
md holds her gown, which is of white and amber, and she has
a bandeau of pearls round her head. Fhe picture was engraved by
Valentine Green in 1779,
Captain Halliday had relatives n:i . d Delap, residing in the West
Indies, and he eventually inherited their j ' and of Antigua.
On his marriage he bought a small place called The Leasowes in Wor-
cestershire, near Halesowen. The place had belonged to Shenstone, a
poet who is now almost forgr>ttei SI or e's father had been a yeoman
residing on his own pn pert I k> dish poet on inheriting the place
made so mam ] it rations there that he reduced himself to
penury w istone unfortunately died before Dr. Johnson visited The
I in 1774, and never received the tribute of admiration which
ntical traveller bestowed on his place. Dr. Johnson wrote1: ‘‘ Shen-
stone began to point his prospects, to diversify his surfaces, to entangle
his walks, and to wind his waters: which he did. with such judgment and
such fancy as made his little Domain the envy of the great and th 5 admir-
ation of the skilful; a place to be visited by travellers and copied by
designers. The pleasure of Shensio, , valued what
he valued merely for its looks. Nothing raised his indignation more than
to be asked if there were any fish in his waters. There were in one spot
fourteen, waterfalls in a very short line/’
Major and Lady Jane Halliday spent many years at The Leasowes,
devoting themselves to the care of their four children. Major Halliday
re in 1794, and he was buried at Halesowen His widow and
children erected an elaborate monument to his memory, which was exe-
cuted by the Royal Academician Thomas Bank . and placed in Hales-
owen church. The monument was so much mimred at the time that a
description of it appeared in the • I An extract
from this description will be of interest as si he taste of the time:
1 Johnsons Life, vol. v., p. 457; Johnsons ' Gentleman!s Magazine, July, 1803, vol. Ixxiii.,
IMorhs, vol. viii., p. 409. (T32ojo azih? 2, p. 614.
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attained the rank of Major.
hi [ 779 Lad) Jane’s portrait was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds,
■ i j d the portrait of her sister, Lady Louisa
rtrait is by far the most striking of the two.
k or! .Lady Jane is represented walking in a high
vin 1, he t dress flowing about her. Her left arm is extended,
md holds her gown, which is of white and amber, and she has
a bandeau of pearls round her head. Fhe picture was engraved by
Valentine Green in 1779,
Captain Halliday had relatives n:i . d Delap, residing in the West
Indies, and he eventually inherited their j ' and of Antigua.
On his marriage he bought a small place called The Leasowes in Wor-
cestershire, near Halesowen. The place had belonged to Shenstone, a
poet who is now almost forgr>ttei SI or e's father had been a yeoman
residing on his own pn pert I k> dish poet on inheriting the place
made so mam ] it rations there that he reduced himself to
penury w istone unfortunately died before Dr. Johnson visited The
I in 1774, and never received the tribute of admiration which
ntical traveller bestowed on his place. Dr. Johnson wrote1: ‘‘ Shen-
stone began to point his prospects, to diversify his surfaces, to entangle
his walks, and to wind his waters: which he did. with such judgment and
such fancy as made his little Domain the envy of the great and th 5 admir-
ation of the skilful; a place to be visited by travellers and copied by
designers. The pleasure of Shensio, , valued what
he valued merely for its looks. Nothing raised his indignation more than
to be asked if there were any fish in his waters. There were in one spot
fourteen, waterfalls in a very short line/’
Major and Lady Jane Halliday spent many years at The Leasowes,
devoting themselves to the care of their four children. Major Halliday
re in 1794, and he was buried at Halesowen His widow and
children erected an elaborate monument to his memory, which was exe-
cuted by the Royal Academician Thomas Bank . and placed in Hales-
owen church. The monument was so much mimred at the time that a
description of it appeared in the • I An extract
from this description will be of interest as si he taste of the time:
1 Johnsons Life, vol. v., p. 457; Johnsons ' Gentleman!s Magazine, July, 1803, vol. Ixxiii.,
IMorhs, vol. viii., p. 409. (T32ojo azih? 2, p. 614.
.rixoiT?. ozixiaw R’ajAaxaauAj to .aaanoua mht .)kiwoh«
118 e
-T-TAYH TT3JJAH .t Yfl TMiflS 3SV