It has been etched by Himself, and was in the Collection of the Earl of Pomfret.. -Under it, The Madonna and Child, very beautiful, by Guido; bought out of the Hôtel de Hautfort at Paris. On the other Side, The Nativity, by Bronzino. Under it, St. John Preaching in the Wilderness, by Albano; from the Collection of the Earl of Waldegrave. Mars, Venus, and Cupids, by Nicolo Pouffin, very capital; from the Collection of Mr. Furnese.-Under it the Three following Pictures: A beautiful Picture of Ruins, with Figures, by Fi lippo Laura; from the Collection of Dr. Mead. A Landscape, with Figures and Cattle, by Berghem; a Prefent from Sir John Blaquiere, K. B. A Landscape by Taverner, beautiful and very rare ; a Prefent from Mifs Fauquier. Mofes Sweetening the Waters of Meriba, by Nicolo Pouffin: The Figures larger and more highly coloured than those of that Mafter's ufually are.-Under it the Three following Pictures: Another Picture of Ruins, by the fame Hand, and from the fame Collection as the former. A View of the Rhine, by Vafterman, very rare. An Evening, with a Shepherd and Sheep, highly finished, by Bamboccio. The following Eight Pictures hang on Either Side of the Doors, and are small: The Trinity, painted on a gold ground, by Andrea del Sarto; a prefent to the late Earl from Mr. Knapton. Spring, with four Cupids, a beautiful Picture, by Filippo Laura; a Prefent from Wm. Fauquier, Efq. St. Cecilia lying Dead, and two Boy-Angels, exquifitely painted, by Dominichino. Chrift crowned with Thorns, by Alleffandro Veronefe. The Holy Family by Rottenhammer, in the Style of the Old Italian Mafters; from the Collection of Mr. Fauquier. A moft lively Portrait of Sofonisba Angufciola, by Herself, very rare; from the Collection of Mr. Bagnols. L 3 Two 7 1 Two highly finifhed Views of the Rhine, by Old Griffierre. The Great DRAWING-ROOM, 49 Feet by 24, and 18 and a half high. The Cieling was defigned by Stuart, the ChinmeyPiece by Paul Sandby: It is hung with Crimson Damask, and the following Pictures: At one End of the Room, Two large and fine Landscapes, by Van Artois; the Figures by Teniers.-Under them the three following Pictures: Maria, Duchefs of Gloucester, fecond Daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Walpole, K. B. and Widow of James second Earl of Waldegrave, a capital Portrait, by Sir Joshua Reynolds. A Landscape with a Cart overturning by Moonlight, a capital Picture, by Rubens, well known by Bolfwaert's Print, called la Charette Embourbeé; from the Collection of the Compte de Guiche at Paris, A Landscape, with Figures, a perfect Picture of Both. On one side of the Chimney, Saint Margaret, wholelength, a moft capital Picture, by Titian; it was in the Collection of King Charles the Firit, and has been etched by Hugh Howard (the Painter.) Under it the three following Pictures: A very fine Landscape with Figures by Nicholo Pouffin; from the Collection of Mr. Houlditch. It has been engraved by Vivares. A Landscape, with Ruins, beautiful, by Patel ; from the Collection of Monf. de la Live at Paris. A fine and bright Landfcape, with Buildings, by Gafparo Pouffin, the Figures by Nicolo. On the other fide, A Landscape, with large Figures, by Francifco Bolognese. Under it the three following Pictures, a Landscape, with Figures and Cattle, by Rubens (or Van Uden.) A Landscape, with Figures and Cattle, by Cuyp; from the Collection of Lord Kingsland, at Dublin. A A Moon-light on the Water, a perfect Picture of Vander Neer. At the other End of the Room, two other large Landscapes, by Van Artois, the Figures in one of them, by Teniers; from the Collection of Mr.. Bagnols. Under them the three following Pictures: The Holy Family, by le Sueur, very fine. Louis the Fourteenth on Horseback, attended by his Court; the Prince de Condé on a dark-grey Horse, Monfieur de Turenne on a dun one, immediately behind the King, by Vander Meulen. An entertainment on the Texel, with English and Dutch Yatchts, a capital Vander Velt. The STATE BED-CHAMBER. 32 Feet 4 by 20 Feet 6, and 14 Feet 4 inches high, hung with crimson velvet, and the following Pictures. Over the Chimney-piece, which was defigned by Stuart, Simon Lord Harcourt, Lord High Chancellor, (afterwards Viscount,) only Son of Sir Philip, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Lettice, Daughter and co heir of Henry Knollis, Efq. Wife to William fourth Lord Paget, by Marc Garrard. Anne, Daughter of William fourth Lord Paget, Wife to Sir Simon Harcourt, married fecondly to Sir Wm. Waller, by Mrs. Beale. Simon, only Son of Simon firft Lord Viscount Harcourt, painted at Paris, by Le Bel; it belonged to Mr. Prior. The Right Hon. Sir Simon Harcourt, eldest Son of Robert; he was Governor of Dublin in the Year 1642, and was killed at the Siege of Carrick Main in 1643, by Mirevelt. Simon Earl of Harcourt, in the Robes of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Head by Hunter of Dublin, the Drapery and back ground by Doughty. Rebecca, Rebecca, Daughter and heir of Charles Le Brafs, Efq. of Pipwel Abbey, in Northamptonshire, by Mary, Daughter and co-heir of Sir Samuel Moyer, Bart. Wife to Simon Earl of Harcourt, in the Coronation Robes, by Knapton. Frances, Daughter of Geoffry Vere,, fourth Son of John Earl of Oxford, Wife to Robert Harcourt. Robert Harcourt, eldest Son of Sir Walter; he was the principal Adventurer with Sir Walter Raleigh, in his Voyage to Guiana, and at his own expense built and fitted out three Ships for that Expedition. Over one of the Doors, Sir Philip Harcourt, eldest Son of Sir Simon, by Gogain, from a Miniature by Mrs. Beale. Alfo a Over the other Door, Ann, his Wife, Daughter of Sir William Waller, by Lady Ann Finch. copy from Mrs. Beale, by the fame Hand. The DRESSING-ROOM. Over the Chimney, a Turkish Army on its March, by Wyck. View of the Cascade of Terni, by Orizonti. A Stag attacked by Dogs, by Oudry. Over one Door, Margaret Daughter of Sir John Byron, and Widow of Sir William Atherton, Wife to Sir Robert Harcourt, Knight of the Garter, as reprefented on her Tomb at Stanton-Harcourt, with the Garter with its Motto, above the Elbow of her left Arm. There are but two other fimilar inftances known of Ladies wearing the Infignia of that Order, viz. that of Conftance Daughter of John Holland E. of Huntingdon and D. of Exeter, firft married to Tho. Mowbray, D. of Norfolk, and fecondly to Sir John Gray, Knight of the Garter, (temp. Hen. V.) and Earl of Tankerville, on her Tomb, (now defaced) in the Church of St. Katherine, near the Tower;-and that of Alice, daughter of Sir Thomas Chaucer, and Wife to William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, (temp. Hen. VI.) on her Tomb in the Church of Ewelm. Sir Sir Francis Walfingham. Giles Bruges, third Lord Chandos, (a Prefent from the Hon. Horace Walpole: it came from Wefton, (Mr. Sheldon's), the Drefs is remarkable. Over the other Door, Sir Robert Harcourt, Son of Thomas and Joan, Daughter of Sir Robert Francifs. Nicholas Fuller, a noted Counsellor and Champion of the Puritans; he died in Prison 1619. Two fmall Sea Pieces. View of the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli. Ditto of the Amphitheatre at Rome, by Gafpar Occhiali. A Cupid in Crayons, by Mifs Read; a Prefent from her. An Old Man's Head ditto, by Lutterel. A Woman on Horseback, with feveral Figures and Animals by Watteau. A Battle by Wyck. Michael Son of Sir Walter Harcourt; He commanded one of his Brother Robert's Ships in Sir W. Raleigh's Expedition. A Nymph and Satyr, after Jordaens. John Sotherton, Baron of the Exchequer. Architecture with Figures, by Viviani. Second DRESSING-R O O M. Over the Chimney, Mary Daughter of Sir Wm. Waller. William de Harcourt, Knt. fon of Robert, and Isabel who brought the Manor of Stanton into the Harcourt Family. Maud |