John Earl of Grenville, when young, with a gun. Ann, daughter and heiress of Sir W. Petty, and wife of Thomas Lord Kerry, three-quarters. Gertrude, late Duchess of Bedford; a beautiful head. The statesman's chamber contains, John Earl of Granville, president of the council in 1751-John Lord Berkely, of Stratton, treasurer o the Household 1755 Sir Robert Walpole; who gave this portrait of himself to his disappointed candidate at the Chippenham contest, the ill success of which occasioned the downfall of this great political character. The countenance is smiling, seemingly at the credulity of mankind. An observation has been attributed to him, but powerfully disclaimed by his son," that every man had his price." Whether he ever made such a declaration may be doubtful; but that he thought so, may be fairly inferred from viewing this picture. Lord Chatham; great, wise, good, and patriotic; who died, as he lived, the eloquent advocate of constitutional liberty. Dunning Lord Ashburton, one of the many protegés of the noble Marquis; who has the honour and happiness of reflecting, that whilst he was at the head of the Cabinet, he added but one name to the list of Peers, that of Dunning; a man that may be said rather to have graced title, than to have been dignified by it. In the small breakfast-room we find, Henrietta Maria, a beautiful three-quarter picture, by Rubens.-Henry Danvers Earl of Danby, a whole length, by Vandyke; duplicates were in the Wooburn and Houghton collections. In the warrior's room are, The present Duke of Brunswick.-Prince Ferdinand.—Count La Lippe.-General Clarke. General Washington, whose memory must always be embalmed in the recollection of every friend of civil liberty. Never was the eulogium of the poet more deservedly bestowed than that which a bard of freedom, (Mr. Crowe, public orator at Oxford) has applied to the assertor of the rights of America. "Blest are they "Who in life's toilsome journey may make pause "After a march of glory: yet not such "As rise in causeless war, troubling the world "By their mad quarrel; and in fields of blood "Hail'd victors; thence renown'd, and call'd on earth "Kings, heroes, demigods; but in high heaven "Thieves, ruffians, murderers; these find no repose: "Then rather, patriot Conqueror, to thee "Belongs such rest; who in the western world, Colonel Barré, when young. In the billiard-room are, Richard Mead, the celebrated physician; remarkable equally for his knowledge of medicine, and valuable discoveries in that science, his profound erudition, and intimate acquaintance with antiquarian subjects. Boerhaave, the famous Dutch physician, and professor of medicine in the University of Leyden. His celebrity may be best conceived from the fact of his receiving a foreign letter, with this general address, "To Boerhaave, Europe." Thomas Sydenham, an eminent English physician, who claims the merit of first adopting the cool mode of treating patients in the smallpox; by which the disorder was robbed of half its former terrors. He also deserves the thanks of mankind for rendering the use of laudanum popular in acute diseases; and for introducing the practice of restoring the exhausted frame, after debilitating disorders, by taking bark under various forms. Theodore Mayerne, a copy from the original, by Rubens, lately purchased by the Marquis of Lansdown from the Besborough collection. Mayerne was an eminent physician of the seventeenth century, and had the honour of being retained in that capacity by four kings, Henry IV of France, James I. of England, and the two Charles'. He ranks amongst the first physicians who made chemistry subservient to the medical art. After having practised with great success and credit for several years; published various books, amongst which was one of culinary condiments; he died in 1655, of the effects of bad wine, drunk at a tavern; and is said to have predicted the exact time of his death. several days before it happened. Queen Elizabeth, on pannel, with all the splendour of attire in which she is usually drawn. James Duke of Monmouth. Richard Gibson, usually called the dwarf, by Sir Peter Lely. This little gentleman was page of the back stairs to Charles I. who bestowed upon him a wife of proportionate height to himself; an union which excited the wit of Waller, displayed in some beautiful lines on "the Marriage of the Dwarf;" amongst which are the following: Design or chance makes others wive, "But Nature did this match contrive; "Eve might as well have Adam fled, "As she deny'd her little bed "To him, for whom Heaven seem'd to frame "And measure out this only dame." Gibson arrived to some excellence as a painter, following both the portrait and historical branches. He studied under Sir Peter Lely; and afterwards had the honour of instructing the Princesses Mary and Anne, successively queens of England, in his art. He died July 23, 1690. Edmund Waller, the poet, who first introduced harmony into English versification; neither was he deficient in force or fire, as his famous panegyric on Cromwell sufficiently evinces. As a popular speaker, also, he made a considerable figure in the troublesome scenes of the seventeenth century; and is said to have exhibited at an uncommon early age all the requisites of a complete orator. Frederick Prince of Wales, and his Princess; with the Princesses of Hesse, of Orange, and Amelia; a conversation, in the manner of Hogarth; a very pleasing and interesting performance, throughout which a strong family likeness may be observed to prevail. |