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WILTON HOUSE.
Letter XXV.
a table. To the knees ; 4 ft. 2 in. high, 3 ft. 2 in. wide. A genuine,
carefully-executed, and elegant picture.
3. Queen Henrietta Maria, the companion-picture. Not quite
so good.
4. Philip Earl of Pembroke, as a youth. A small whole-length,
very delicately executed, but unfortunately damaged.
5. Three children of Charles I.: Prince Charles, Princess
Mary, and Prince James. Inscribed 1635. A very carefully-
executed picture ; the original of which, however, is said to be in
the Royal Collection at Turin.
6. The Duke of Epernon on horseback ; Fame and Victory are
about to crown him. A very spirited sketch in black and white.
7. Lady Mary Herbert, Duchess of Richmond, in a blue silk
dress, receiving her gloves from a female dwarf. The beauty of
the lady and the careful execution render this picture very pleasing.
Whole-length, the size of life.
Besides these, eighteen other pictures, some of them also family
portraits, are ascribed to Vandyck, which appear to me to be
partly of less importance, partly old repetitions, and some of them
originally by other masters. Among these is a portrait of
Prince Rupert, which I take to be a good picture by William
Honthorst.
William Van de Velde.—Two small pictures, a slightly
agitated, and a calm sea, are very charming.
Brakenburg.—A tolerably large and very genuine picture, only
in some parts rather dark, by this master, who painted in the
style of Adrian van Ostade.
Lastly, I may remark of the English school, the Beheading of
St. John, by Dobson : a large, very well executed picture, in which
he appears in conception and effect to have taken Gerard Hon-
thorst for his model.
While I was viewing the pictures I was very agreeably interrupted
by the entrance of the Earl of Pembroke, who being indisposed
had not appeared before, and now came to invite me to luncheon,
lie is one of those characters who impress you favourably at first
sight, which he confirmed by his amiable manners and graceful
conversation. After I had completed my studies, the Countess,
accompanied by her son, took me to see the garden, which is very
much to my taste. It is an ornamental garden, in the old French
style, though not so formal, but with a happy mixture of appa-
WILTON HOUSE.
Letter XXV.
a table. To the knees ; 4 ft. 2 in. high, 3 ft. 2 in. wide. A genuine,
carefully-executed, and elegant picture.
3. Queen Henrietta Maria, the companion-picture. Not quite
so good.
4. Philip Earl of Pembroke, as a youth. A small whole-length,
very delicately executed, but unfortunately damaged.
5. Three children of Charles I.: Prince Charles, Princess
Mary, and Prince James. Inscribed 1635. A very carefully-
executed picture ; the original of which, however, is said to be in
the Royal Collection at Turin.
6. The Duke of Epernon on horseback ; Fame and Victory are
about to crown him. A very spirited sketch in black and white.
7. Lady Mary Herbert, Duchess of Richmond, in a blue silk
dress, receiving her gloves from a female dwarf. The beauty of
the lady and the careful execution render this picture very pleasing.
Whole-length, the size of life.
Besides these, eighteen other pictures, some of them also family
portraits, are ascribed to Vandyck, which appear to me to be
partly of less importance, partly old repetitions, and some of them
originally by other masters. Among these is a portrait of
Prince Rupert, which I take to be a good picture by William
Honthorst.
William Van de Velde.—Two small pictures, a slightly
agitated, and a calm sea, are very charming.
Brakenburg.—A tolerably large and very genuine picture, only
in some parts rather dark, by this master, who painted in the
style of Adrian van Ostade.
Lastly, I may remark of the English school, the Beheading of
St. John, by Dobson : a large, very well executed picture, in which
he appears in conception and effect to have taken Gerard Hon-
thorst for his model.
While I was viewing the pictures I was very agreeably interrupted
by the entrance of the Earl of Pembroke, who being indisposed
had not appeared before, and now came to invite me to luncheon,
lie is one of those characters who impress you favourably at first
sight, which he confirmed by his amiable manners and graceful
conversation. After I had completed my studies, the Countess,
accompanied by her son, took me to see the garden, which is very
much to my taste. It is an ornamental garden, in the old French
style, though not so formal, but with a happy mixture of appa-