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EAEL OF DARN LEY'S COLLECTION. Letter XXIIT.
English School.
Sir Joshua Reynolds.—1. Samuel. This is the title given
to the picture of a very pretty boy looking upwards, with a ray of
light falling upon him. Of warm transparent colouring and
pleasing execution.
2. Portrait of Lady Frances Cole, as a child, with a dog. In
every respect one of the finest pictures of the master. Here we
find the whole naivete of his conception, the deep glow of his
flesh-tones, and the transparency of his brown hair. The land-
scape of the background is one of the finest specimens of his skill
that I know. The picture is engraved : 4 ft. 7 in. high, 3 ft. 8 in.
wide.
3. Portrait of Mrs. D. Monk, three-quarters length; it has all
the charm of his beautiful female portraits.
4. The Countess of Clanwilliam, niece of John third Earl of
Darnley. Also a masterly work.
Gainsborough.—1. Miss McGill, daughter of the first Lord
Darnley, and afterwards Countess of Clanwilliam. A companion
to the last-named picture by Sir Joshua, and a particularly pleasing
and careful work.
2. A female portrait; bust-size. Of great clearness and delicacy
of colouring.
Among the objects of interest in the mansion, I cannot omit a
large antique bath of the finest red oriental granite, which the
Italians call coralline It adorns the gallery.
After enjoying these treasures of art, Lord Darnley led us to
some of the most beautiful points in the fine park, where the
grandeur of the trees and the full verdure of the meadows delighted
our eyes.
On taking our departure his Lordship favoured me with a copy
of' A Day's Excursion to Cobham by Felix Summerley,' which is
drawn up from various sources, and has been the more acceptable
to me as I find the writer agreeing in most of my conclusions. I
learnt from this work, though too late to profit by the information,
that no less than 13 brasses are in the church at Cobham, repre-
senting members of the family of Cobham and Brook, formerly
possessors of Cobham Hall; the dates extending from 1354 to
1529. Eleven other brasses refer chiefly to the masters of Cob-
ham College.
EAEL OF DARN LEY'S COLLECTION. Letter XXIIT.
English School.
Sir Joshua Reynolds.—1. Samuel. This is the title given
to the picture of a very pretty boy looking upwards, with a ray of
light falling upon him. Of warm transparent colouring and
pleasing execution.
2. Portrait of Lady Frances Cole, as a child, with a dog. In
every respect one of the finest pictures of the master. Here we
find the whole naivete of his conception, the deep glow of his
flesh-tones, and the transparency of his brown hair. The land-
scape of the background is one of the finest specimens of his skill
that I know. The picture is engraved : 4 ft. 7 in. high, 3 ft. 8 in.
wide.
3. Portrait of Mrs. D. Monk, three-quarters length; it has all
the charm of his beautiful female portraits.
4. The Countess of Clanwilliam, niece of John third Earl of
Darnley. Also a masterly work.
Gainsborough.—1. Miss McGill, daughter of the first Lord
Darnley, and afterwards Countess of Clanwilliam. A companion
to the last-named picture by Sir Joshua, and a particularly pleasing
and careful work.
2. A female portrait; bust-size. Of great clearness and delicacy
of colouring.
Among the objects of interest in the mansion, I cannot omit a
large antique bath of the finest red oriental granite, which the
Italians call coralline It adorns the gallery.
After enjoying these treasures of art, Lord Darnley led us to
some of the most beautiful points in the fine park, where the
grandeur of the trees and the full verdure of the meadows delighted
our eyes.
On taking our departure his Lordship favoured me with a copy
of' A Day's Excursion to Cobham by Felix Summerley,' which is
drawn up from various sources, and has been the more acceptable
to me as I find the writer agreeing in most of my conclusions. I
learnt from this work, though too late to profit by the information,
that no less than 13 brasses are in the church at Cobham, repre-
senting members of the family of Cobham and Brook, formerly
possessors of Cobham Hall; the dates extending from 1354 to
1529. Eleven other brasses refer chiefly to the masters of Cob-
ham College.