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CHARLES I.

BEGAN HIS REIGN THE 27th OF MARCH, 1625.

CLASS I.

THE ROYAL FAMILY.

CAROLUS, &c. D. Mytens p. Jac. Delphius sc. 1628; sheet.

CHARLES the First, &c. Vandyck p. Vertue sc. Engraved for Rapin's " History," fol.

The original, at Hampton-court, is a whole length, in coronation robes, and has a more melancholy air than the print."

CHARLES I. Vandyck p. Vertue sc.

the set of Loyalists; h. sh.

CHARLES I. Vandyck p.

This belongs to

R. Williams f. h. sh. mezz.

CHARLES I. Vandyck p. F. Place f. 4to. mezz.

• Among the numerous prints of Charles I. I have scarcely seen one that is not like him; which I impute to that peculiarity of aspect which struck Bernini when he saw his portrait, and which he called "unfortunate." I knew a man who could carve his likeness on the head of a stick, that could never hit the features of any other person. De Piles tells us, that he saw a bust of Charles in wax, done by the celebrated blind sculptor of Cambassi, in Tuscany, and that it was very like. As this man was suspected to be an impostor, the Duke of Bracciano obliged him to make his head in a cellar, and he executed it with his usual success. See De Pile's "Principles of Painting," p. 200, et seq.

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CAROLUS, &C. Vandyck p. His left hand is on a large globe; h. sh. mezz. Sold by A. Browne.

CAROLUS, &C. Vandyck p. A. B. (Blooteling) fƒ.

mezz. small.

CAROLUS, &c. Vandyck p. Smith f. k. sh. mezz. two prints.

CAROLUS &C. Vandyck p. Smith f. 4to. mezz.

CHARLES I. Vandyck p. Simon f. h. sh. mezz. two prints.

CAROLUS, &c. from Sir Peter Lely's copy of the celebrated original picture painted by Sir Anthony Vandyck, which was destroyed by the fire at Whitehall, 1697.* J. Faber f. h. sh. mezz. In his ear is the pearl

This was the picture from which Bernini did his bust, which is said to have been destroyed at the same time. The melancholy cast of countenance, which was conspicuous in it, appears in the print. It is worthy of remark, that all the portraits of Charles, by Vandyck, have more or less of this air, and yet represent him handsomer than those of all other painters.t

As omens, however founded upon or connected with superstition aud credulity, have, in almost every age, had some influence upon great minds, and great events, I shall mention the following, as relative to my subject. Carte, in his "Life of the Duke of Ormond,"§ informs us, that when the bust of Bernini was carried to the king's house at Chelsea,|| his majesty, with a train of nobility, went to take a view of it; and that, "as they were viewing it, a hawk flew over their heads, with a partridge in bis claws, which he bad wounded to death. Some of the partridge's

This was not the picture sent to Bernini; that sent was painted on purpose by Vandyke, and represented, in one piece, the king's full face, between three parts of his face, and his profile. I do not know where the original is; but Lord Strafford has a good copy of it, and Mr. Barrett, of Lea, in Kent, another.-LORD ORFORD. See Dalrymple's "Memoirs," p. 223, 224.

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In the first vol. of the third collection of Lord Sommers' Tracts, p. 255, is a similar story respecting this bust.-It is there said to have happened at the Earl of Arundel's house, at Greenwich.

which he constantly wore, and which was in the collection of the late Dutchess of Portland, and is authenticated by the hand-writing of his granddaughter, Queen Mary, in the following words: "This pearl was taken out of my grandfather's ear after he was beheaded, and given to the Princess Royal." A print of it was engraved by Vertue. This is the first print which I have seen with a star and garter as part of the dress.

CAROLUS, &C. Vandyck p. Faber f. 4to. mezz.

CAROLUS, &c. Vandyck p.

Another by P. de Jode; 4to.

P. de Jode sc. sh.

CAROLUS, &C. Vandyck p. H. Danckers sc. 1645.

CAROLUS, &c. Vandyck p. Suyderhoef sc. large h.sh.

CAROLUS &C. Vandyck p. Lommelin sc. in armour ; h.sh.

CAROLUS, &c. Vandyck p. J. Meysens exc. 4to.

CAROLUS, &C. Vandyck p. R. White sc. sh.

CHARLES, &C. Vandyck p. P. a Gunst sc. large h.sh.

blood fell on the neck of the statue, where it always remained, without being wiped off," &c.

The story of the king's trying the Sortes Virgiliana, and dipping upon the ensuing lines, is told us in Steele's "Englishman," No. 225.

"Hæc finis Priami fatorum, hic exitus illum

Sorte tulit, Trojam incensam et prolapsa videntem
Pergama, tot quondam populis terrisque superbum
Regnatorem Asiæ; jacet ingens littore truncus,
Avulsumque humeris caput, et sine nomine corpus."

CAROLUS, &c. Vandyck p. P. Lombart sc. On horseback; Mons. de St. Antoine holding his helmet; sh.*

The original of this, and the two following, is at Buckinghamhouse.

CHARLES I. on horseback; hat and feather; a Phoenix in flames on the horse's head; six English verses. Renold Elstracke. Sold by William Peake;

rare.

CHARLES I. when prince; whole length, standing;

four English verses,

&c. R. Elstracke; rare.

Great Britain is thy Birth,"

CHARLES I. small 4to. V. Dyck. L. Vorsterman.

CHARLES I. standing by his horse. Van Dyck. Sir R. Strange; large sheet; fine.

CHARLES I. small whole length in armour, crowned; arms; 8vo. W. Peake.

CHARLES I. standing with Prince Charles; small whole length; four verses, "Gaze on, fond world," &c. G. Glover; rare.

CHARLES I. in armour; in an oval; 4to. Sold by R. Peake; scarce.

The same,

with the address of P. Stent.

CHARLES I. standing, in armour; whole length; sceptre in his right hand, resting on his knee; crown,

• Lombart erased the face of Charles I. and inserted Cromwell's; and after the restoration, that of Charles II.

&c. with a list of the army and navy under Sir John Pennington; rare.

CHARLES I. the high and mighty monarch, &c. whole length, in armour, with sash, &c. curiously embroidered; crowned, and truncheon in his hand; arms of Great Britain. W. Marshall; scarce.

CHARLES I. in an oval; motto, "Si vis omnia," &c. Are to be sold by John Stafford, &c. 1633; 4to.

CHARLES I. in a hat and cloak; view of the River Thames, Westminster Hall, the Abbey, Whitehall, &c. an etching, small folio: scarce.

CHARLES &c. and the Duke d'Espernon (M. de St. Antoine*). Vandyck p. Baron sc. sh.

CAROLUS, &c. Vandyck p. Sympson sc. sh. Copied from Baron; sh.

CHARLES I. Voerst p. R. White sc.

CHARLES I. on horseback; inscribed, "The exact portraiture of Charles I." &c. sh.

It appears from Sully's "Memoirs," that Mons. de St. Antoine, knight of Malta, equerry to the King of France, was sent to England by that monarch, with six horses, as a present to Charles I. He had been chief equerry to Prince Henry (and probably also to Charles), and led a mourning horse at his funeral. Is it credible, that the Duc d'Espernon should hold the helmet of a king of England?

The badge of the order of Malta, on St. Antoine's breast, which some ingenious persons have taken for that of the Saint Esprit, has contributed to this mistake; but the cross of this order is never without the dove.

↑ See Birch's "Life of Prince Henry." The Dutchess of Newcastle, in the Life of the duke her husband, informs us, that he was instructed in horsemanship by Monsieur de St. Antoine, who then lived in the Mews, and was esteemed the greatest master of that art.

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