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The Connoisseur

An Illustrated Magazine For Collectors

Edited by J. T. Herbert Baily

£iu IDLING AMR PUBLIG LIB.

Vol. XXXIL

(JANUARY APRIL, 1912)

LONDON Published by OTTO LIMITED, at the Editoriai, and Advertisement Offices of The Connoisseur, AT Hanover Buildings, 35-39, Maddox Sirkei',

I'RINTED BY liKMKOSE AND SONS LTD., DKKKV AND LONDON

INDEX

Aktki.ks and Noti-s. 1 Bristol Porci'lain in the Bristol IMuseiim and Art

GalkMN-. By Richard yuick

Collecting Old China and Potti-ry Models ol

Cottages. Hy Katheriile X'illiers Clive ... Collection of I\k)nsieur (r. Selignian. l^y Konald

Clowes

Dickens Ct'ntenarv I^xluliition of ( )Ki Masters, New

York ..."

Drawings, i5oo-ii;ou

"English Furniture' of the Eighteenth Cenfurv"

(Rrricw). By Kohert 1.. IMason ... " English Ironwork of tlu' Se\enleenth and

Eighteenth Centuries " { h'crictei). \iy J. l'.

Herbert Baily "

Janssen, or Somerset, I'ortrait of Shakespeare,

The. By M. H. Spielmann. Part II. ...

Historical Collection of British Water-Colours at the Grafton GaUeries. By Alexander J. Finberg ... ... ... I'art I.

Part II. {Ncrh'W').

Part I. Part II. Bv Etlul M. M.

" History of English SihtT Plate

art

London Museum.

McKenna Pomanders. B\- W. 1 uruer Sherborne House. I'art 11.

Willoughby ... Walter Withall's Collection.

Cecil ...

By .Mr.

Leonard Bv George

Notes.

Artist.s of the Eighteenth Centurw Fa\c)urite . Bread-cage, A Seventeenth Ceiiturv Candle-snuffers and Trav ... Chippendale Mirror, A

Colour Plate Notes ... ... 50, 124, i

Compressed -horn and Tortoiseshell Snuff-boxc

By G. H. Sweet

Cruciform Sun-dial. By Maberly I'hillqis, F.S. Current Art Notes ... ... (id, 131. 2

Fine Art Trade Guild Lectures

Fire Mark, Old. By B. Chamljerlaui ...

Gambadoes, or Jambaih)es. By Maberly Philli)

F.S.A.

Gay's Chair ...

" Hobby " or " Dandy " Horse, I'lie. Bv Maber

Phillips, F.S.A

In the Sale Room ... ... 51. 127, 1

Huth Sale, The

Jahn Sale, The

Weber Sale, l iie

" Le Guide." Bv Meisscjnier

A.

2 1 ^

1 5<>

i(,4 18

LS 10 ?

lo.S

1(0)

241

1 ;i

1.S7 264

2(>^

48

4« 280

267

AkTlCLiiS AND NoTKS — Xoles — continued. P Leath(-r Itottles. By Maberly Pliiili])s, F.S.A.... " Lord Fisher of Kilverstone." 1W Professor Sir

llui)ert von llerkoiner .Marl)li' Inlaid Slab in Sta. ( roce, l-'lorence. P)\-

J. Taveuor-I 'errv Master llumphrevs" ( lock Miniatures in Bru^^ ls, I'lxlubit ion <j| •■Mrs. Maxwell." P>\- P. II. Martindalc. alter

G. Komnev ... Naiuileonic Relic, .A. Cabinet broughl Iroin

Italy to the Tuileries National Gallerv, New .\c<iuisitioii at Notes and Ouerit'S ... ... 118, 170,

Pierpont Morgan's Collection, Mr. Portraits b\' Kaebiirn. New

Powder-llask, A Wooden. P>\- J. Taveiior- Perrv " St. Sebastian," b^' Mantegna. By I'"raiik Rulter " Shakes])eare's England." By Patrick Kirwan

riiistU' Chapel, Ivdinluirgli, Thi' ...

Tomb of Shah Jehaii, Agra. By J. Tavc'iior- Perrv ...

Walker Art Galler\', Liverpixj], .New Aec|uisition

Weber Sale, 'l he 70,

Wheel-lock I lorse-pistol, .\. Bv J. l aveiuir-

Perry "

" Woundeil Cavalier, l lie," by W. S. Burton.

By A. G. Temple, F.S..\

AlITHOKS.

Baily, J. T. Herbert.

Dickens Centenary Exhibition of ( )lil Masters

at New York "English Ironwork of tlie Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries " (Rcvicu') ... Cecil, G. Mr. Walter Withalbs Collettujii Clive, Katherine X'illiers. Collecting; C )l(l ( lima

anil Pottery Models oi Cotla,L;es ... Clowes, Ronald. Collection of .Moiisiiur G.

Seligman, The Finlierg, Alexavder J.

Historical Collection of British Water-Colours at the Grafton Galleries ... Part 1.

Part II.

.Mason, Robert L. " h'.nglisli Furnilurc of the

Eighteenth Century" (Uci'tcir) McKenna, Ethel .M. .M. London Museum, I he.

Part I.

Phillijis, Maberly. F.S..\. Cruciform Sun-dial Crambadoes. or janibadoo "Hobby" or "I),ind\" Horse, I he... Leather Bottks

4.i

28 !

20b

2(,4 2 8,^

•256 1S8 20 r

I ? 5 284 I 2 r

2f>7

2 28

104 14.^

I ^

241

48 4«

45

lU

Index

Authors — continued.

Quick, Richard. Bristol Porcelain in thf Bristol

Museum and Art Gallery ... ... ... 3

Spielniann, M. H. Janssen, or Somerset, Portrait

of Shakespeare, The. Part II. ... ... I'S

Sweet, G. Compressed-horn antl Tortoiseshell

Snutf-hoxes ... ... ... ... ... 185

Tavenor-Perr\-, J.

Marble Inlaid Slab in Sta. Croct-. Florence ... 49 Tomb of Shah Jehan, Agra ... ... ... 42

Temple, A. G., F.S.A. " Woundt-d Cavalier, The."

by W. S. Burton ... ... ... ... 201

Turner, W. Pomanders ... ... ... ... 151

Willouf,'hby. Leonard. Sherborne H oust . Part II. 77 Willson, Beckles. Charles Dickens ... ... 21 ?

Answers to Correspondents .. 73, 141, 2oq. 2S8

(Heraldic) 74, 142, 210, 2S9 Articles .\xd Notes Cl.\ssifif,d. Arms.

Wheel-lock Horse-pistol, .\ ... ... ... 121

Books Received ... ... 50, 124, 188, 266

Books Reviewhd.

Annual Reference Books. " Who's Who," etc., etc

" .\rt Prices Current." \'ol. I\'....

"Art, Artists, and Landscape Paintini;." ]?y

W^ J. Laullay '..

Catalogues

" Classic Point of N'iew, TIk'."' B\' Kenyon Cox Diaries

" Elizabethan Interiors." Bv C. J. Charles

" English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century."

Vol. II. By H. Cescinsky. Reviewed by

Robert L. Mason ... '

" English Ironwork of the Seventeenth and

Eighteenth Centuries." By J. Starkie

Gardner

" E\-olution of ICnglish Potterv during the Eighteenth Century, The."" By 11. Stuart I'age

" Flower of Gloucester, The." Bv 1{. Temple Thurston

" Era Filippo Lippi." V,\ P. Ci. Konod\- " Frederick Golding." Vy\ .Martin Hardie Great Engravers' Series : Albrecht Diirer, .\ndrea Mantegna, Watteau. Boucher, an<l J. R.

Smith. Edited by A. Hind

Hard Paste Porcelain." By I-:. A. Ti.irber, A.M. "History of English Plate." By (\ J. Jackson " History of Painting, A." By Haldane Macfall " Ingoldsbv Legends, The." Bv R. H. Barhani.

illustrated by H. c;. Theaker

" Jacipies Callot, Maitre luigraver ( i ;g id ; 5)."

By Pierre Paul Plan. Fascicule \'. " John Lavery and his Work." Bv Walter Shaw- Sparrow

" John Opie and his Circle." ]>\- Ada luii land ...

" Laily Charlotte Schreiber's Journals"...

" London Houses from 1660 to 1S20." By .\. E.

Richardson and C. Lovett Gill

" Mantegna." By :\Irs. A. Bell

" Midsummer of Itah -n .Art, The." B\- F. Preston

Stearns ... ... ...

Xaval Prints in the Collection of Sir Chas I

Cust, K.C.WO

" Xew Inferno, The." By Steplien Phillijis ...

200 282

200

281 t'4 196

n.4

i<)8

283 140 199

139 198 loS 01

1 39

*'4

196 19S 192

140 140

19S 200

Books Reviewed — continued.

" Notes on the Art of Rembrandt."' Bv C. J.

Holmes, M.A. '.

" Old Pictures and How to Collect them.'' Bv

A. E. Harley .'.

" Opinion Shop, The." By Hildric Davenport " Painters of the School of Ferrara, The." Bv

E. G. Gardner

" Personal History of David Copperfield.'' Bv C. Dickens. Illustrated bv F. Revnolds,

R.I : ■

Pictures by Sir H. Raebum, R.A.. exhibited at the

French Galler\-, 191 1 " Roger van der Weyden." By Paul Lafond ... " Romney Folio, A." With Descriptive Notes

I)y A. B. Chamberlain " Salome." By Oscar Wilde, with Drawings by

Anbre}' Beardsley ... " Sanity of Art, The." By Bernard Shaw " Sculpture aux XVH<^ et XVIIP- Siecles." By

Henry Rousseau " Should we Stop Teaching Art." Bv C. R.

Aslibee

" Stories from Hans Cliristian Andersen." Illus- trated by Edmund Dulac ...

" Storv of French Painting, The." B\- Chas. H. Caffin "

" \'enice and \'enetia." B\- E. Hutton...

Collections.

Bristol Porcelain in the Bristol Museum Dickens Centenary Exhibition of Old Masters, Xew York

C-rafton Galleries, British Water-Colours at the.

Part I.

London Museum. Part I

Seligman, Collection of Monsieur G. Sherborne House

Walter Withall's Collection, :\Ir

Enc.r.wi.ngs.

" Lord Fisher of Kih erstone." By Professor Sir

Hubert von Herkomer " Mrs. :\Iaxwell." By P. H. :Martindale, after

G. Roninev ... Exhibitions.

Agnew, Messrs. Water-Colours ...

Alpine Club Gallery. Paintings and Drawings

bv Roger Frv Brussi ls, Exhibition of Miniatures in Carlton Galleries. Old Masters ... Connell, Messrs. Etchings

Dickens Centonarv Exhibition of Okl Masters, N'ew York

Edinburgh and Glasgow ; Thret' Exhibitions ... Fine Art Society.

" Xew Forest, The," by Wilfrid Ball ; Water- Colours, by A. Wallace Rimington ; and Old Stained Glass ... Pictures, etc.. by late Alphonse Legros Fi\nch Galleries. Raebum Pictures Goupil Gallery. Works by late James Aumonier, R.I.; and Drawings and Studies from Life,

by W. Orpen, A.R.A

Lt icester Gallery.

Artists' Autographs, and Landscajies, by A. D. Peppercorn : and Paintings hy F. Bramley, R.A

191 140

191

140

198 64

2S2

^5 198

64

199

65

282 199

13 241 27 77 145

206 273

^83 70 276

213 207

278 134 70

274

278

iv

Index

PACK

Exhibitions — continued.

Leicester Gallery — continued.

Paintings and Drawings, by Sir Allrrd iuisl, A.R.A. ; and Pictures, by Walter I'yndale,

McLean, Messrs. Pictures by Isabey ami Oiaz 09 Mendoza ("ralleries. Portraits b\- Anton van

We lie ' ;,.

New Lnglisli Art Club and Camden Town (rroiip (>(>

Royal Academy. Old Masters ... ... ... 131

Royal Society ol Painter-1£ tellers ... ... jjo

Royal Society of Portrait Painters ... ... joo

Sackville Galleries. Works by Italian I'ut mists 27 j Tooth, Messrs. Arthur, A: Sons.

J)ra\vings by Deceased l^ritish and l''orrigu

Artists ... ... ... ... ... 154

Paintings by the late Jo^el l^^ael^ ... ... 270

Trapncll Collection ol Bristol Ptircelain ... ... z-u

FURNITUKi:.

Bread-cage, A Seventeenth Century ... ... lU},

Chippendale Mirrtn' ... ... ... ... ... 2()4

English Furniture ol the lughteeiUli Ci iitury ... 50

Gaj-'s Chair ... ... ... ... ... ... j<S()

Master Humphreys' Clock ... ... ... 279

Napoleonic Relic, A. Cabinet broiiLjht from Italy

to the ■j'nileries ... ... ... ... 2*14

Walter Withall's Collection, Mr 145

Gold, Sii.vhk, .wd Pi ati:d Wari:.

linglish Silver Plate. llistor\- of ... ... loS, 1O9

Pomanders ... ... ... ... ... ... 151

I UCJNWOKK.

" J'Inglish Ironwork of thi~ Seventeriith and

Eighteenth Centuries " (h'rrini') ... ... 1O4

Fire Mark, Okl 45

Collection of Moiisiriir (r. Srligiuau I.i:a i ni:u.

Gambadoi's, or Jaiiibadocs... Leather Bottles ...

PUIIRKS AM) 1)KAWI.\(;s.

.\rtists of the l^igliteent h Centmv, Favourite ... 1S7 B^iti^h Wati'r-Colours at the C.raftou Galk rics.

Historical Collection of. Part I. ... ... i ^

Dickens Centenar\- I-.Nhibitiou of Old Masters.

Ni'w York ... ... ... ... ... 215

Drawings, i 5oo-i(;oo ... ... ... ... i i;^

jausseu. or Somerset, Portrait ol Sliakespeair.

Part II i.S

l.e Criiide." ]'\- Mn^sonicr ... ... ... 20O

Portraits b\' Rai bmn, New ... ... ... 201

"St. Sebastian." I!y Maiifegua ... ... ... 1^5

" Woundrd Caxalirr, l lic" P,\- W. S. Burton... 201

Poni-.K'l', PoKCKIAIN, A.Nl) ChINA.

Bristol Porcelain in the Biistol .Musi'iim ... 3

China, and Pottery Models of Cottages ... ... 251

Low-solubility (rla/.es in Pottery ... ... ... 135

Trapnell Colk-ctiou of Bristol Porcelain ... ... 276

Sci'Li'irKi';.

Marble Inlaid Slab in Sta. Croce, Idoreiiee ... 4(>

Thistle Chapel, k:dmburgli, l lie 121

Tomb of Shah Jidian, Agra ... ... ... 42

Sii.vivR, srr iiiitli'i- Gdi.d, Siiai-K, (.tc.

Snuff-boxes, Comju'essed-hoiii an<l 'I'ortoiseshell ... 18;

\\'ool)-Carvin(..

Cruciform Sun-<lial ... ... ... ... ... 48

"High-Seat" ol llitterdal, 'Ihe ... ... ... 47

Powder-flask, A ... ... ... ... ... 123

ILLUSTRATIONS

Arms and Armour. J

Rapiers and Swords. James I., b'lizabeth. and Charles II.

Wheel-lock Horse-pistol, A Artists.

Adam, P. W., R.S.A. Reflections

Beardsley, A. Eyes of Herod, from " Salome " Blake, W^ Har and Heva Bathing, with Miietha behind

Bordone, Paris. Daphnis and Chloe Boucher, Fran9ois. Nativity, The Burton, W. S. Woundeil Cavalier, J lie Claeissius, Peter. Trijjtych on Panel Cooper, S.

Major-General John Desborougli, or Disbrowe Samuel Desborough, or Disbrowe Cotman, J. S. Shei)herd, The

150 121

205

104 229

-,U 181 22S

-.ID 10;

Artists — continued.

Cozens, Ale.\ander. Trees and Rocks ... ... 14

Cozens, John K.

Goatherd, The ... ... ... ... ... 15

Lake Albano, with Castel (randolf(j ... ... 15

Delaiilanclie. Le Message d'.Aniour ... ... 113

Dulac, Edmund. " She had read all the News- papers ... ... ... •■• ••• II

Diirer, A. (Drawings).

Hare, .\ i''>2

Man in Armour, 0.1 Horsebaek . . . ... ... i')i

Open Book un a Desk ... ... ... ■■• i59

Study of a Part of a Cornlield ... ... ... i'^>3

Eberlein.

Cupitl Chasti.sed ... ... ... ••• ••• i.>7

Cupkl and Psyche ... ••• ••• ••• ^7

Falconet, Etienne Maurice. La Baigneusu ... 249

BURLfNGAME

PUBUG

Index

Aktists — continued. page I'"ra,L;()nanl . Ji aii i loiiDit'. Portrait ol a CnMitlt -

iiian ... ... ... ... ..• ■■• 225

Frith, W. 1'., K..\. Cliarl. s Dickms 21.:;

Crainshnrough. T.

lilizabcth, MarfjraviiU' of Anspach (attributed

to) 167

I.adv l)oiiL;las. By A. Jamas loi

(rardmr, 1>. J'ortrait ol Master Bernard Astley 212 Crirtin, riios.

Sti'ppinf,'-stones on the Wharfe, al)o\e l^olton 16

'I'attershall Castle. Lincolnshire ... ... i"

\'ie\v of Ouse Bridge, York ... ... ... I<^i

(roya, Francisco. Don lOmas Pi'rez listala ... 72 Crozzoli, Benozzo. Madonna and Cliild with

Angels... ... ... ... ... ••• 275

Hamilton,

Hoi)-]ucUing ... ... ... ... ... 203

Sheep-shearing ... ... ... .•• •.■ i-5

Harlow, (1. 11. Portrait of a Lady 238

Harper, T. Oiiera. The. By Ilntfani ... ... i,V

Henderson. Will, ^^rs. Anne Pitt. Alter (>.

Romney ... ... ... 7(j and Api il Cover

Holbein (Drawings).

Duchess of Suffolk, The... ... ... ... 160

John Fisher ... ... ... ... ... 160

Lady Henegham ... ... ... ... ... 160

Honthorst, Gerard van. Two t lnldn-n ... ... 230

liuttam. 0]iera, The. After T. Harper ... 137 Jamas, \. I,ad\- Douglas. After 'J', (rains- borough ... ... ... ... ... loi

Julien, IMerre. Amalthee ... ... Maicli Cover

Kneller, Sir G. Portraits ... ... ... 38, 120

Largilliere. Frederick, Prince of W'ak's... ... 221

Lavery, John. Lady in Pink, .\ ... ... ly;

ALann, Harrington. Lord and Lady Slu-rborne 80 Mantegna, Andrea.

Madonna and Child ... ... ... ... 271

St. Si'bastian ... ... ... ... ... 136

Marieschi. Venetian Canal Scene ... ... 218

Jkisquerier, John James. Anne, wife of Lt.-Col.

Hamilton ... ... ... ... ... 217

jVL-ijers, H. de. Coast Sceni' ... ... ... 218

IMignanl. Mar<iuise de Ganges ... ... ... 237

ALller, W. Battle of Trafal.gar. After C. Stan-

tield 192

Millet, J. F. (Drawnigs).

l<eturn of the Woodcutter ... ... ... 162

Two Tra\ellers who ha\e lost their Way ... 161

Water-Carrier, The ... ... ... ... 162

Morland. Get). Mr.s. Morland ... 239

Nattier, ]. M. Marie Leczinska ... Fehiuaiy Cover

Xorthcote, James. Xorthcote Family, The ... 216 Opie, John.

Artist's Father 233

Hon. Marv Li-.gge, wife ol John, second Lorcl

Sherborne ... ... ... ... ... 93

Thomas Girtin ... ... ... ... ... 233

Parris, E.

Margaret, Oueen of Scots ... ... ... 67

Mary Stuart, (Hieen of Scots ... ... ... 43

Pearson, W. Lands ajx' ... ... ... ... 104

Peters, Rev. M. W., l^.A.

Miss Smitli ... ... ... ... ... 225

Portrait of a Lady ... ... ... ... 21

Artists — continued. p.\ge

Pillement, Jean. Landscape ... ... ... 2

Raeburn, Sir Henry, R.A.

Mr. William Forsyth ... ... ... ... 207

Mrs. Irvine Boswell ... ... ... ... 215

IMrs. William Forsyth ... ... ... ... 201

Portrait ... ... ... ... ... ... 37

Rev. Daviil Campbell ... ... ... ... 222

Raeburn, H. ^laclieth. Cannon Street Railway

Bridge... ... ... ... ... ... 273

Raphael (Drawings).

Stuth- for " The Burning of the Castle " ... 160

Two Xudc Figures ... ... ... ... 161

Rembrandt.

Landscapie with Trees, Farm Buildings, etc. ... 61

Portrait of a Lady ... ... ... ... 231

Romne\-, Geo.

Emma. Lady Hamilton ... ... ... ... 232

Mrs. Anni" Pitt. By Will Henderson 7b and April

Cover

Rowlandson, T. At Greinwich ... ... ... 103

Schocnewcrk, A. Jeune Fille a la Fontaine ... 193

Sodoma. St. Jerome in the Desert ... ... 219

Stantield, C. Battle of Trafalgar. By W. Miller 192 Titian. Francesco Maria Delia Rovera, Duke of

Urbino ... ... ... ... ... 231

Towne, Francis. \'iew of the Source of the

Arveron ... ... ... ... ... 13

Turner, J. M. W., R.A.

Man-of-War taking in Stores ... ... ... loO

Rialto, Wnice, Tlie ... ... ... ... 107

\'an Ck'ef, Joost, the Younger. Portrait of a

Man " 71

\ an Dyck, Sir A.

Algernon Percy. Earl of Northumberland ... 214

John Baptiste de Bisthoven ... ... ... 226

Philip, Earl of Pembroke ... ... 144. 227

Portrait of a Young English Nobleman ... 221

\'iti, Timoteo. St. Mary Magdalene ... ... 191

Watteau (Drawings).

Flute-player, The... ... ... ... ... 160

Study of a Woman Standing ... ... ... 160

Weber Collection, JLaster of. IVIagdalen jilaving

the Lute ^ ... ' ... 66

Bronze.

Janssen-type ^ledal of Shakt-speare ... ... 26

Costumes.

" Shakespeare's England."

Apprentice, An ... ... ... ... ... 286

D'Alenfon, Duke ... ... ... ... ... 286

Elderly Man, A 285

Essex, Earl of ... ... ... ... ... 285

Hobby Horse, A 286

Raleigh, Sir Walter 285

Sidney, Sir Philip ... ... ... ... 285

Sword and Buckler "Man ... ... ... 286

Engr.wings and Etchings.

Battle of Trafalgar. By W. Miller, after C.

Stantield 192

Cannon Street Railway Bridge. By H. IMacbeth

Raeburn ... ... ... ... ... 273

Douglas, Lady. By .\. Jamas, after T. Gains- borough ... ... ... ... ... lOI

VI

Index

Engravings and Etchings — coiitiiuied.

Johnson's Peik'strian Hohby-Ilorso Kidini; School

at 377, Strand ... ... ... ... iS;,

Landscape with Trees, Farm Hiiildinss. etc. Bv

Rembrandt ... ... ... ... ... 6i

Opera, Tlic. By llnlfam, alter T. Harper ... 137

"Other Days— Other Ways" 184

Pitt, !\Irs. Anne. By Will Henderson. Alter (>.

Romney ... ... 7(1 and .l/'i/V Cover

Sherborne House ... ... ... ... ... go

FURNITUKli.

Anne, Queen.

Chair ... ... ... ... ... 147, 148

Mirror ... ... ... ... ... ... 14C1

Cabinet brou,t;ht liy Napoleon troni Italy to the

Tuileries ... ... ... ... ... 2f>4

Charles 1. Bible-box, Oak 146

Charles II. Chair ... ... .., ... ... 147

Chest, Ancient. At Sherliorne House ... ... 90

Dower, Fifteenth (\'ntury... ... ... 148

Chippendale Mirror in the Chinese Style... ... 2<t^

Clock. By Joshua Also]) ... ... ... ... 149

Clock, Master Humphreys"... ... ... ... 279

Dining Room in East 67th Street, .\e\v York ... 197

James I. Reading-desk (or Bil)le-l)ox) and Stand 145 Louis XIV.

Bread-cage, Walnut Wood ... ... ... 263

Writing-table ... ... ... ... ... 81

Malrogany Bureau Cabinet, 17 ^o, in the possession

of Mr. P. D. Grilhths 98

Mirror, 1760, in the possession of Mr.

Basil Dighton ... ... ... 97

,, Settee, about 1760-5, m the ]iossession

of Lieut. -Col. G. B. Croft Lyons ... 96 Tripod Table, about 1760, in the

possession of Lord Barnard ... too

Mirror at Sherborne House ... ... ... 86

Walnut Chair, about 1713, in the Victoria and

Albert Museum ... ... 99

al)Out 1725-30, in the possession of

Sir Spencer Ponsonby Fane ... 95 about 1735, in the possession of

Lord Zouche of Parham ... 99

William and Mar^' Chair ... ... ... ... 14S

Writing-chair of Gay, the Poet ... ... •■• 281

Gold, Silver, and Plated W'are.

Beadle's Staff, 1774 11 1

Beaker, 1661 ... ... ... .•■ ■■■ 171

Brooch, The Tara, Ninth or Tenth Centurv ... 109

Candle-snuffers and Tray ... ... •■■ ••■ 266

Casters, Set of, 16S3 ... ... ... ■•• i74

Chalice, Anglo-Saxon, Ninth Century ... ... m

Silver-gilt, found at Dolgelly, 1250-1300 in

Coffee-pot, 1692 ... ... ■•• ••• •■■ 170

Cups.

Cocoa-nut, Silver-mounted, Fifteenth Century 115

Cromwell, The. At Sherborne House ... 79 Cup of Purbcck Marble, Silver-mounted, 1575.

At Sherborne House ... ... ••• 79

Helmet-shaped, 1710. At Sherborne House... 94

Richmond, The, al)out 1500 ... ... ... 115

Two-handled Silver-gilt, 1710. At Sherborne

House ... ... ... ••■ ••• 7^

Yateley, The, circa 1600 ... ... ... 170

PACE

Gold, Silver, and Plated Ware — continued.

Ewer, Silver-gilt, 1741. B\- Paul Lameiie ... 175

Maci', Head of Norwich, 1550 ... ... ... 110

St. Albans, lirca \(i(io ... ... ... 1 10

Mazer. Craigievar, 1591 •■■ •■• ••• ■■• 112

Ornaments, Irish (Void, about i!,r. 100 ,.. ... 108

Pomanders ... ... ... ... ... i;i-i56

Quaich, Glasgow, lirm 1670 ... ... ... 117

Kose-water Dishes. Silver-gilt. 1821. .\t Slur- borne House ... ... ... ... ... 78

Salt, The \ intners', 15(19 ... ... ... ... i K)

Salver, Silver-gilt, 1710. At Slu'rbornr House 84

17^7 x.^

Shrine of St. Patrick's Bell, Eleventli Ceiituiv ... 109 Spoons.

Death's Head, 1(170 ... ... ... ... 173

Maidenhead, 1521 ... ... ... ... 172

(Jwl-knopped, 150(1 ... ... ... ... 173

Puritan, i(i:;4-^ ... ... ... ... ... 173

Roman. I-"ourth ( (.•ntur\' ... ... ... 172

Slipped Stalk, I 514 17-^

Writhen-knop]ied , 151111 ... ... ... ... 172

Sweetmeat-liox, i()7() ... ... ... ... i(>9

Tankard with Chinese Oinanieiitation, 1(183 ... 174

Taster, 17115 ... ... ... ... ... ... 171

Teacup, 1707 ... ... ... ... ■•• i7"

Teapot, 1690 ... ... ... ... ■■• 171

\\'aiter. Silver-gilt, 1704. At Sherborne House... 89

'■ Hobby" or " Dandy" Hor.se. A

Iron and Metal Wake.

Chest, temp. Elizabeth 15"

Fire Mark ... ... ... ... -.■ •■• 4?

Gates designed by i ijou, 1(193 •■■ •■■ •■• "^''^ Gates to Tewkesbury Abbey, Parts of (Jvertlirow

and Pier Cap of. By William Ivlney ... 165

Gates to Tredegar Park. By William lidney ... 1(14

Gothic Iron Bucket... ... ... •■• •■• 14''

L.\ce and Needlework.

Bag of English Work, circa 1700 ... ... ... 36

Byzantine, Plarly Embroidery of Human Figures 27

Chasuble, English Work, circa 1300 ... ... 31

Christening Cloth. At Sherborne ... ... 82

Dutton Quilt, The. At Sherborne ... ... 83

English Embroidery of aliout the Fourteenth

Century ... ... •■• 3 3

Fifteenth Century, Corona- tion of the Virgin ... 29 German Needlework, Fragment of. Early Samjiler 28 Table-cover, Satin Embroidered. At Sherborne 82 \'enetian Rose-point Lace Collars ... ■•■ 3" Lace of Twisted Gold Threads, Fifteenth

Century... ... ... •■■ ■•• 34

Leather.

Gambadoes ... ... ... ■■■ ••• ■•• 4^

Leather Bottles 4''

Miniatures.

Desborougli, or Disbrowe, Major - General John,

Brother-in-Law of Cromwell ... ... 235

Desborougli, or Disbrowe, Samuel ... ... 235

Shakespeare, Glen Miniature ... ... ... 24

Mackey Miniature, Janssen type ... 23

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Objects of Art.

Castor-oil Spoons ... ... ... ... ... i8o

Pomanders, Fourteen Illustrations ol ... 151-156 Snuff-box, Compressed-horn. By W. ^^■llson.

English, Eighteenth Century ... 1S5 By J. Obrisset. English, Eighteenth

Century ... ... ... ... 1S6

French. Eighti'enth Century ... ... 1S6

Snuff-boxes. 'I'ortoiseshell and Silver, Eighteenth

Century ... ... ... ... 185, 1 86

Pictures and Drawixcs.

Artist's Father, The. By John Opie ... ... 2^3

Astle\-, Master Bernard ... ... ... ... 212

Bisthoven, John Baptiste d(.'. By Sir A. \'an Dyck 22O

Boswell, Mrs. Irvine. By Sir H. Raeburn ... 215 " Burning of the Castle, The," Study lor. By

Raphael ... ... ... ... ... 160

Campbell, Rev. Da\-iil. B\- Sir 11. Raeburn ... 222

Coast Scene. By H. de Meijers ... ... ... 218

Cornfield, Study of Part of a. By A. Diirer ... 16.5

Dapiiuis and Chloe. By Paris Bordone... ... 229

Dickens, Charles. By W. P. Frith, R.A. ... 213

Don Toinas Perez Estala. By Francisco Goya... 72

Dutton, Sir Piers, of Dutton and Hatton ... 91

Captain Sir Thos. ... ... ... 92

Eyes of Herotl, The. From " Salome." ]5y

Aubrey Beanlsley ... ... ... ... 03

Fisher, John, Bishop of Rochester. By Holbein 160

Forsyth, Mr. William. By Sir H. Raeburn ... 207

Mrs. Wilham ,, ... 201

Ganges, Marquise de. B}- Mignard ... ... 237

Girtin, Thomas. By John Opie ... ... ... 233

Goatherd, The. By J. K. Cozens ... ... 15

Greenwich. By T. Rowlandson ... ... ... 103

Hamilton, Anne, wife of Lt.-Col. By J. J.

Masquerier ... ... ... ... 2

Emma, Lady. By Ci. Romney ... 232 liar and Heva Bathing, with Mnetha behind. By

Wm. Blake ... ... ... ... ... \o\

Hare, A. By A. Diirer ... ... ... ... 162

Henegham, Lady. By Holliem ... ... ... 160

Hop-picking. By W. Hamilton ... ... ... 203

Janssen, or Somerset, Portrait of Shakespeare.

"Andrews" ... ... ... ... ... 23

" Bebb " 20

" Garrick " or Mar.sdeii ... ... ... ... iS

" Overend " Co])y ... ... ... ... 24

Lady in Pink. A (Miss Mary Morgan). B\- John

Lavery '. ... 195

Lake Albano, with Castel Gandolfo. By J. R.

Cozens ... ... ... ... ... j-

Landscape. By \V. Pearson ... ... ... 104

By Jean Pillement ... ... ... 2

Legge, Hon. Mary, wife of John, second Lord

Sherborne. By John 0[)ie ... ... 93

Madonna and Chikl. By Amlrea Mantegna ... 271 Madonna and Child with Angels. Bv Benozzo

Gozzoli ... ... ... ... ... 27;

Magdalen playing the Lute. By the Master of

Weber Collection ... ... ... ... 66

Male Studies, Two Nude By Raphael ... ... i6r

Man in Armour, on Horseback. Bv A. L)iirer... lOi Man-of-War taking in Stores. By J. W.

Turner. R.A. ... ... ..." ... ... 106

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Pictures and Drawings — continued.

Margaret, Queen of Scots. By E. Parris ... 67

Marlborough, John Churchill, First Duke of ... 220

Mary Magdalene, St. By Timoteo Viti... ... 191

Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. By E. Parris ... 43

Morland, Mrs. By Geo. Morland ... ... 239

Xativity, The. By Franfois Boucher ... ... 234

Xorthcote Family, The. By James Xorthcote... 216

Open Books on a Desk. By A. Diirer ... ... 159

Pembroke, Philip, Earl of. By \'an Dyck 144, 227 Percy, Algernon, Earl of Northumberland. By

Sir A. Van Dyck ... ... ... 214

Portrait by Sir G. Kneller ... ... 38, 120

,, Raeburn ... ... ... ... 37

,, J. van Cleef the Younger ... ... 71

of a Gentleman. By J. H. Fragonard 225

Lad}'. By John Downman ... 261

By G. H. Harlow... ... 239

By Rev. M. W. Peters, R.A. 21

By Rembrandt ... ... 231

Private in an English Regiment... 57 Young English Xobleman. Bv Sir

A. \'an Dyck ... ... ... 221

Reflections. By P. W. Adam. R.S.A 205

Return of the Woodcutter. By J. F. Millet ... 162

Rialto, Venice, The. By J. JL W. Turner. R.A. 107

St. Jerome in the Desert. By Sodoma ... ... 219

St. Sebastian. By Mantegna ... ... ... 136

Shakespeare, Janssen, or Somerset, Portrait of

18. 20. 23, 24 " She hail read all the Xewspapers." By Edmund

Dulac ... ... ... ... ... ... II

Sheep-shearing. By W. Hamilton ... ... 125

Shepherd, The. By J. S. Cotman ... ... 105

Sherborne, Lord and Lady. By Harrington ^Slanu So

Smith, :Miss. By Rev. M. W. Peters 225

-Stepping-stones on the Wharfe above Bolton.

By T. Girtin... . . ... ... ... 16

Suffolk, The Duchess of. By Holbein ... ... 160

Tattcrshall Castle, Lincolnshire. By T. Girtin... 17

Trees and Rocks. By A. Cozens... ... ... 14

Triptych on Panel. By Peter Claeissius ... 22S

Two Chiklren. By Gerard van Honthorst ... 230 Two Travellers wdio have lost their Way. By

J. F. Millet .' .'. 161

Urbino, Francesco Maria Delia Rovera, Duke of.

By Titian ... ... ... 231

Venetian Canal Scene. By Mariesclu ... ... 218

\"\Q\\- of Ouse Bridge, York. By T. Girtin ... 16 the Source of the Arveron. By F.

Towne ... ... ... ... ... 13

Wales, Frederick, Prince of. By LargilUere ... 221

Water-Carrier, The. By J. F. :\Iillet 162

Woman Standing, Study of. By Wattcau ... 160

Wounded Cavalier, The. By W. S. Burton ... 181 Plates.

Amalthee. By Pierre Julien ... March Cover

Astley, Master Bernard. By Daniel Gardner ... 212

Chasuble, Enghsh Work, Fifteenth Century ... 31

Cupid Chastised. By Eberlein ... ... ... 157

Cupid and Psyche. By Eberlein 87

Desborough, or Disbrowe, Major-Gen. John, and

Samuel Desborough... ••• ••• ■■■ 235

L~)ickens Stamp ... ... ... ... ■■■ 223

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PAC.F.

Plates — coniinncd.

Douglas, Lady. V>\ A. Jania-^. Allcr 1'. Ciaiiis-

borouKh ... ... ... ... ... uu

1 lop-jjickinj;. Kv W . Ilainilton ... ... ... jo ^

Joune Fille a la Fontaine. By A. Schooncw eil; ly^

La Baigncnise. By Etienne IMauiice l^'akontl... j.jg

Landscape. By Jean Pillenient ... ... ... 2

Le Message d'Anioiii'. By Delaplanche... ... 113

Madonna and Child. The. \^\• Andrea Mantegna I'l

Margaret, Queen of Scots. By V.. I'arris ... (>; Marie Leczinska. By J. !\r. Xaltier I'clniiarv Ci'rrr

Mary Stuart. Queen of Scots. By I'arris ... .4 ?

Opera, The. IW llulfani. After T. llarpt r ... 1 ?;

Pembrolve, Philip, ]*'arl of. By N'an Dyck ... 144 Pitt, Mrs. Anne. By Wdl Henderson. After (r.

Romney ... ... ...;(> and Apiil Cover

Portrait of a Lady. l\v John Downnian ... iOi Hv the Kev. M. W. Peters,

K.A 21

l'ri\ate in an luiglish Keguuent... S7

Sheep-shearing. By W. Hamilton ... ... 125

" She had read all the Newspapers." \i\ luhnund Dulac. (From " Stories from Hans Ander- sen ") ... ... ... .•• ••• •■• II

Wounded Cavalier, The. By W. S. JJurton ... uSr

Pottery, Porckl.mn'. and China.

Bellarmine, or Grey-beard Jug ... ... ... 148

Bow China Figures, ciica 1740 ... ... ... 242

\'ases, third (piarter Lighteenth Cen- tury ... ... ... ■•• ••. 241

Bristol Figure of Hurdy Gurdy, m Trapnell

Collection... ... ... ... ... 287

Group of three \'irgins, in Trapnell

Collection ... ... ... ... 277

PAc;!-;

Potti:ky, Porci~.i,,\in, and Ciiin.v — contiiiiicd.

lirislol I'orcelain in the Bristol Museum : Cu|)s

and Saucers, Figures, Teapots. N'ases, I'tc 3-10

Chel.sea X'ases. dt'Corated witli Cu])ids, 1750-1770 241

C"ottages. China. J'^xam|)Ies of Worcester. Rocking- ham, Statlordshire, vie. ... ... 25i-2-;5

Hnsden Dinner Service. Part ol. at Sherborne

House 86

K 1:1. us.

At London !\hiseum.

Domestic Implements ... ... ... ... 244

Doulilet, ISlaek N'chtt, cimi 15.S0 ... ... 247

Silver Tissue, (inn 1013-20 ... ... 24O

(rauntlets. /(■;;;/'. IClizabeth, i ^So 248

Gloves, i^So an<l if>v> ■•■ .-• ... ••. ^47

•Stomacher, IcinjK Charles 11., ifi7o ... ... 247

Sherborne llousi-. Front D<jor ... ... ... 77

Sefl.l' lURE A.M) SiATi'Am-.

Amalthee. Bv Pierre Juhi'U ... Marcli Cover

Cupid Chastisi'd. By I'berlcin ... ... ... 157

Cu])id anil Psyche. P>y ICberlein ... ... Hy

Jeune FilK' a la Fontaine. By A. Schoenewerk 193

La Baigncuse. By l^tienne Maurice Falconet ... 249

Le Message d'Aniour. Hy D(daplanche ... ... 113

Leaden Statui's ... ... ... ... ... 39

Slab in Sta. Croce, Florence ... ... ... 50

Tomb of Shah Jehan, Agra ... ... ... 42

Wood-Carving.

Cruciform Sun-dial ... ... ... ... ... 49

"High-Seat" of Hitterdal 47

Lectern in Thistle Chajud, lidinburgh ... ... 122

Powder-llask 123

IN THE SALE ROOM

Autograph Letters, etc. .Vutograph Letters, htc— continued.

Adams, J., President of United States,	to	Godwin, W. (Father-in law-	of Shelley)	129
Thackeray	... 129	Goldsmith. Oliver		129
Albert, Prince	... 129	Lamb, C		129
Beaconslield, Earl of	... 129	.Mary, Queen		129
Beethoven	... 129	Meredith, George		12.S
Bronte, Charlotte. Letters	... 129	Mirabeau		209
Browning, E. B. Letters ...	... 129	Pembroke, Wdliam Herbert	Earl of	129
R.	... 129	Rossetti, D. G		129
Byron, Lord ...	... 129	Shelley, P. B		129
Carlyle, T.	129	Sheridan, ]Mr. W. S. S. Dis	)ersal of Collection...	i.?o
Cromwell, Oliver	... 129	Sheridan. Journal ...		130
D'Arblay, Madame ...	... 129	Thackeray, W. M. ...		129
Dickens, Charles	... 129	Victoria, Queen		129
Edward VI L, I\ing ...	... 129	Washington, G.		129
Fielding, Henry	... 129
Fitzgerald, E.	... 129	Books and Manuscripts.
Garrick	... 129	.A.. L. Belianis of Greece,	1598
Gaskell, Mrs	129	.Ackermann. Microcosm of	London, 1S08-9	190

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Index

Books and ArANUscRiPxs — continued. Copland, Wyllyam.

Storv <>l Mosto \Vorlli\- ]\v!1l;c Arthur. \w~ ...

C'ruikslumlc. C.

Etchings, Colourtil

HniiKuirist, I'lie ... Cuba, Joanneni de. Hortus Sanitas, I4y() Curtis, |. British Entomolo,;,' v. 1600 I'l' Imitatio Clnisti, 1(140 ... Dickens, C.

Collection oi Writings

OHvcr Twist, 1^46

Sketches by Boz, 1S36-7... Dictionary of National Biograidu', 1S.S5-94 Dugdalc. Monasticon Anglicanum, i84() Ksjan, P. Life in London. 1S21 ... Fletcher, Phineas. Purple Island. The. First Edition

Foxc. Book of Martyrs. Bun\-an's Copy Fuchsius, Leonardos. De Historia Stirpiuni

Commentarii Insi,y;nes, 1542 Gentleman's Academie, The, ifg^... Goldsmith, O.

Cock-Lane Ghost, 1742 ...

Mcar of Wakefield, 1760 Gould. Birds of Great Britain, I.S73 ... 52 Goya, F. Los Disasters de la Guerra, 1-63 Green, W. Colour Prints of Noblemen's ^Linsions

in Kent, drawn by J. G. Wood ... Grimm. German Popular Stories, 1823-20 Harrington, J. Orlando Furiosa in linglish

Heroical \'erse, 1591 Hartgcrs, J. Berchrigvinghe van \'irgiu;u, 1O51 Hasted. History of Kent, 1778-09

Heine. MS

Hepplewhite. Cabinet Maker s Guide, 1788 Hcrbarius Palaire, 14S5

Herbarius zu teutscli unnd von .\llerhandt Kreuteren (2), 1496...

1539

Herbariusteutsch, 1485 Histoire Naturelle dcs Lidcs Hora'.

Fifteenth-century MS.

Dutch or Flemish Fifteenth-century MS. Hundred Best Books

Hunt, Mr. C. Ward. Dispersal of Library

Huth Sale of Books ami MSS ;

Jessopp, Rev. A. Dispersal of Library... Jewell for Gentrie, A, 1614

Jones, Owen. Plans, etc., of the Alhambra, i'''^4^-45

Journal of the British Economic Ass(Kiation, 1891-1910

Keats, J.

Lamia, Isabella, and the Eve of St. Agnes, 1820 Poems, First fidition La Fontaine. Contes et Xoiivelles en Wrs

54 54

270 190 190 129

270 130 130 52

52 190

270 129

190

270 270 190 269

219 270 190

190 190 190

129 129 51 269 2-59 128

Lamb, C. Essays of Elia, 1823 ... Lamb.

King and Queen of Hearts, 1806 Tales fr^m Shakespeare, 1S07 ...

1702 12S,

190,

128 128

270 270

52

Books and Manuscripts — continued.

Landon. Annales du Musee et de I'Ecole Moderne

des Beaux Arts, 1S03-15 Lassault de paradis du Cheualier Spuel ... Latterbury, John de. Liber ^Moralium in Tlirenos

Jeremiae, 14S2

Legros. L'Art de la Coetiure des Dames, 1768-89

Les Lettres de Napoleon a Josephine Levaillant. Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux

d'Afrique, 1S06 Lilford, Lord. Coloured Figures of the Birds of

the British Islands ... Loddige. Botanical Cabinet, 1S17-33 Logan, D. Cantabrigia Illustrata. 16S8... Lory. Voyage de I'Oberland Bernois, 1S22 ^lalignes, G. de. Treatise of the Canker of

England's Commonwealth, 1601 ... Malorj-. Le ^lort d Arthur, 1893-94 Meissonier, Oluvre de Juste. Aurele, 1724 Meredith, G.

Emilia in England, 1S64...

Legend of Cologne, A, 1S57

Ordeal of Richard Feverel, The, 1S59...

Poems, 1 85 1

Rhoda Fleming, 1865

Shaving of Shagpat, The, 185(3...

Tragic Comedian's Portrait, 1892 Military Costume of Europe, The, 1S22

.Milton.

Accedence Commenc't Grammar, 1669... Brief Notes upon a late Sermon, 1660 Considerations touching the likeliest !Means to

Remove Hirelings. First Edition ... Eikonoklastes Of Education Paradise Lost, 16OS Poems, 1645 ....

Ready and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth, 1660 Molitor. De Lamiis et Phitonicis !Mulienbus ... Mozart. ilSS.

Ein Skizzenbuchausden Jahren, 1815-16

Quintet in D Major

Schottische Leeder for two N'iolins

Sonata in A IMajor

Theme Irlandise ... Mudford. Campaign in the Netherlands, 181 7...

Nattes. Bath Illustrated, 1S06

Nichols, J. History and Antiquities of the

County ot Leicester, 1795-1811 Nider, johannes. Preceptorium Divino; Legis,

14"^^

Oriental Translation Fuuil Publications, 1S29-61 Payne, late Dr. J. F. Dispersal of Library Pennant. Some Account of London, 1805 Piranesi, G-. B. antl F. Opcre, 1716-7-, Platonicus. Ajiuleius. Herbarium, 14S8... Psalterium, Flemish. Thirteenth-century... Pynson. Book of Good Manners, 1494 ... Ouarles, Francis. To my dear Friend the Sjienser

of this Age Racine. Giuvres Completes, 1796

52 54

129

52 52

269 - 2

269

51

12S 190

269

12S 128 12S 128 12S 128 12S 52 190

190

190

190 190 190 190 190

190 52

190 190 190 190 190

52 5 1

12S

51 52 190 52 209 190 130 129

270 51

Xll

finicx

, l8So

of W'l'sailK s, 1 )is[)i T.sal 111 iMczzotiiU I 'oi l r.iits,

1 86

-86

I ;g;

Books and Manvsckipts— ron/n/i/^-if.

Report of the Truth of the Fiyht . . . Betwixt tlie Revenge . . . ami an Armada. 1591... Reynolds. S. ^\■. Sir Joshua Reynolds's \\'orks

Ruskin. J. Gipsies. The, IMS

Sedelmeyi-r. Rembrandt's Complete Works, bv

Dr. Bode, 1S97-1906 Sensuyt I'liistoirie du tres valiant noble... Sermones Ade Cartusiensis et aliorum Shakespeare.

Comedies, llistories, etc.. Fourth Edition. 168;

First Folio Sheraton. Cabinet IMaker and

Drawing Book. 1791-9? Shorthouse, J. 11. John Inglesant Silvcstre. Views of Chateau, etc.,

1674-7S

Singh, Princess \'ictor Dulee|).

Librarv Smith, Chak)ner. British

iSS?

Sowerby. English Botanv Spenser, I{.

Colin Clout's come llomi

Daphnaida, 1596 ...

Faerie Queen. 1596

Foure Hymmes, i5()() Sporting Magazine, The, 1792-1858 Statham, Nicholas. Abridgement of Cases down

to (-nd of Henry \T., 1490... Surtees.

Ask Mamma, 1S5S

Handley Cross, 1S54

Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds, i8()5

Mr. Spon.ge's Sporting Tour, 1S53

Plain or Ringlets, i860 ... Swift, Dean. Gulliver's Travels. 1720 ... Symonds. Renaissance in Italy, 1880-86 Thackeray, W. M.

Adventures of Philip, MS.

Collection of Writings

Illustrations to " The lixcjuisites " and " King

Glumpus " Thomson's Seasons, 1811 ... Thucydides. De Bello Peloponnesiaco, 1502 Viane, C. de. Modellcs Artificiels tie divers

Vaisseaux d'Argent et Autres (Euvres

Capricieuzes ... Walton and Cotton.

Compleat Angler, 1653 ...

1676

W'aylande. J. Treasure of Pore Weber. Overture to " Oberon,' Wheatley. Pepvs, 1S93-99 White. Natural History of Selborne Whitman, Walt. I^eavcs of Grass. 185;... Wilde, Oscar

Works, 190S

Wolfe, John. Geomancie of Maister Christo[)h!;r

Cattan, 1 591 ... Wvnkyn de Worde.

.■Alexis, Interlocucyon. i^oo

XV Yeres, 1522 ... Yonge. Musica Transalpina, 1588 Young. Night Thoughts, 1797

Buo.Nzi:. Bust of P

Iro .\l\arez de Idledc

Men, ' MS.

1556

1 7 89

270

260

270

270

270 128

2, 190

190 KJO 1<)0

269

T 90 190 190 I 90 190 270

129 270

270

s -

269

5 1 129 190 190 270 1 29

13" 51

Peasants' Integril\-, Tin

.•\ft.

I'.NT.U .WINCiS.

Barnard, W.

Baxter, G.

Crown Prince ol I'russia... na\' before Marriage Dogs of St. Bernard Love's Letter i^ox Parting Look, The

" Small ]?ride. The

Bigg. Peasants' Integrity, The. ]?y W. Barnar.l Cousins, S. Love-Lctter, The. After Raoux ... Dickinson and Grozer. Childish .\musement, and

Youth Diverting .\.ge. After Morland (raujean. Dumnu' Whist. Afti r Sadler Gillbank. Noon, and bNi uing. After Wheatley (rreen. \'al. Prince Rupert Haig, \. Limbourg-on-Lalm I loppner.

llo])pner Children. By J. Ward

Ladies of Rank and Fashion. I)\- C. Wdkin...

Mrs. Arl)uthn()t. By S. W. Reynolds

Houston. R.

Burgomaster. The. .\l(cr Rembrandt...

Man Mending a Pen. Tin'. yXft' r Rembrandt

Woman Plucking a Fowl. ;\tler Rembrandt... Legros.

Cardinal Newman...

Seymour Hadcn ... Marin, L. Pleasures of I-".d ueation, The... Morav, Cajit. W'. S. Home Druniniond. Dispersal

of Collection ... Morland, G.

Childish .\musement, and Youth Duirting Age. By Dickinson and Grozer ...

Hard Bargain, The, and The Last Litter. Bv W. Ward .'.

Insiile of a Country .Mehouse. By W. Ward... Raoux. I.ove-Letter, 'I he. By S. ('.ousins Rembrandt.

Burgomaster, The. Ijy R. Houston ...

Man Mending a Pen. The. By R. Houston ...

Woman Plucking a Fowl. By R. Houston ... Reynokls, Sir J. Lach' Hamilton as a Bacchante.

By J. R. Smith

Reynolds, S. W. Mrs. Arbuthnot. .\lter Hopp- ner

Rising. Lord Nelson. By J. \'oung Sadler. Dummy Wliist. By (Raujean ... Smith, ]. R. L.idy Hamilton as a Bacchante.

.Afti-r Reynolds

Ward, J.

Hopimer Children. 'J'he. After J. Hopjiner ... Outside of a Country .\kliouse. 15y Ward Selling Rabbits, and The Citizen's Retreat.

By W. Ward

Ward, W.

Hard Bargain, The. and The Last Litter. Aft<'r Morland

Outside of a Country Aleliouse. .\fler J. \\'ard Selling Rabbits, and The Citizen's Retreat. After J. Ward

190

1 90 190 190 190 190 190 190 1 89

1 89 189 190 L?o 189

189 189 1 89

r.^o

189 189 190

1S9

189 I 89 189

130

189 190 189

1,1"

1 89 189

190

I 89 189

... 189

eJURLINGAME

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Index

PAGE

PiCTi'REs — continued. Ruisdai'l, J.

r.an.Iscaiu' with Waterfall 268

Ohl Watrrfall, An 269

Ruisdael, S. Landscape ... ... ..• •.• 2(3/

Sadler, W. Dcndy. Middleman, The 269

Sampson, Mr. W. \V. Dispersal of Collection ... 59

Sassoferrato. Christ on the Cross ... ... 267

Schoorel, J. van. Madonna holding the Infant

Saviour on her left arm ... ... ■.• 269

Scott, S. Westminster from the River 12S

Snyders, E. Interior of a Larder ... 268

Steen, Jan.

Continence of Scipio ... ... ... ••• 268

Happy Father, The 26S

Stone, Marcus. Otter of Marria.ge. An 269

Streetes. G. Portraits of Three Children ... 26S

Strudwick, J. M. Apollo and Mar.syas ... ... 6<>

Suess, Hans (Hans von Kulmhach). Portraits of

Man and Woman ... ... -.• •■• 2(17

Teniers, D. Smoker, A ... .■• 26S

Tie-olo. The Bearing of the Cross, and The

Crucifixion ... ... ... •■• ■•• 2O7

Tintoretto. Portrait of a Man ... ... ... 267

Turner. J. M. W. Distant Mew of Fonthill Abbey,

A 127

\'an Cleeve, Jos. Portrait of a Man ... ... 267

\'an den Eeckhout, G. Portrait of a (rentleman 127

\'an der Neere, A. River Scene — Idoonlight ... 268 \'an Dyck.

Portrait of Ciencvieve d'l'rfe, Mar(piise d'llavre 267

Portrait of a Lady ... ■•• •.. ••• 26S

Wlasquez. Portrait of the Infanta ... ... 267

Weber, of Hamburg, Consul. Disju-rsal of Col- lection... ... ... ... ... •■• 2()7

Westphaha, School of. Christ belore Pilate ... 269 Whaite, C. H. Gathering Mussels : Conway

Sands 12S

Wimpcris, L. M.

Autumn on the Lluguy ... ... ... ... 127

Carting Gravel ; Kingwood ... ... ... 128

On the Sussex Downs ... ... ... ... 209

PAGE

Pictures — continued.

Wingate, J. L. NTew at Arran ... ... ... 269

Wissing, W. Countess of Derby ... ... ... 60

^^'right, J., of Derbv. :Mr. and :\Irs. William

Chase '. 128

Yseubrandt, A. Madonna nursing the Infant

Saviour ... ... ... ... ... 269

Pottery, Porcel.\ix, and China.

Boulton, late Mr. M. P. W. Dispersal of Col- lection... ... ... ... ... ... 130

Bristol. Cup and Saucer ... ... ... ... 130

Deruta. Dish ... ... ... ... ... 130

Henri II. Ware. Salt Cellar ... ... ... 130

Jahn, late Mr. Louis H. A. Dispersal of Col- lection... ... ... ... ... ... 60

Xightingale, late ]\Ir. J. E. Dispersal of Col- lection... ... ... ... ... ... 130

Sevres.

Cup and Saucer ... ... ... ... ... 130

\'ases and Covers... ... ... ... ... 130

L'rbino.

Dishes ... ... ... ... ... ... 130

" Pilgrim Bottles " ... ... ... ... 130

^^'orceste^.

Bowl and Cover, " Two-handled ... ... 130

Cup and Saucer ,, ,, ... ... 130

Salt Glaze. Staffordshire Bowls, Teapots, etc 60

Stoneware. Bellarmine, Dowry Pot, Jug, etc 60

Relics.

Stevenson, R. L. Desk, Xew Testament, etc. 129, 130 Silver.

Commonwealth Porringer ... ... ... ... 270

Seal-top Spoon ... ... ... 270

Charles II. Beaker ... ... ... ... ... 270

Seal-toj) Spoon ... ... ... 270

Edward VI. Apostle Spoons ... ... ... 270

James I. Steeple Cup and Co\-er... ... ... 270

Soltikoff Altar, The 267

Tapestry.

Brussels 130

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A Gentleman desires to purchase a few pieces of genuine Old English Furniture in origin.il con- dition ; also some Old English Engravings. Only the very finest specimens will he considered. [No. R4,9I7

Wanted. — FulNrigged'ModelTof ^Id'Ships'of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Write, with phottis and dimensions. ,No. R4,9l8

Japanese Colour Prints. — Unique collection for .sale. Bargains. [No. 1x4,919

Fine Old Grandfather Eight-day Clock.— Brass dial and richly inlaid <^)ucen Anne marqueterie case, excellent preservation. .^25, worth treble. [No. 1x4,920

Wanted by Private Collector.—Powder Stand, if possible complete with puff-box. Good price given for guaranteed genuine old specimen. [No. R4,92i

Genuine Antique Sheraton Sideboard. — .Ser])entine front, inlaid, 6 ft. by 2 ft. 6 in. [No. R4,922

Fine Old Harpsichord by Jacobus Kirkman.— Dated 1770. In playing order. For dispcjsal owing to want of space. [No. R4,923

Large, fine Mezzotint, "Mrs. Siddons."— J. Webb, after .Sir J. Reynolds, 1798. [No. 1x4,924

Wedgwood Queen Anne Teapot, basalt. — In same family 180 years. Wliat offers ? David Cox Water= Colour Drawing. — Signed and dateil. £j.

[No. R4,92S

Oak Georgian Chimney-piece for Sale.— Photo on

a]ipHcati<in. Apply in first instance to [No. 1x4,926

To Collectors of Mementos of CHARLES DICKENS.

"Master Humphreys' Clock,"

it was originally fixed at the entrance of William Humphreys' Shop at Barnard Castle, Yorkshire, and led to Charles Dickens obtaining Master Humphrevs' assistance when collecting information for " Nicholas Nickleby." It gave also the title to some of his papers.

Messrs. TROLLOPE & COLLS are instructed by the owner (a gentleman of title) to obtain offers for this Clock, which can be seen together with the documents vouching for its authenticity, at

West Halkin Street, Belgrave Sq., LONDON, S.W.

For Sale. — Etchings and Engi'avings, Ren.brand ts, Durers, Ostades, Leydens, etc. List sent. [No. R4,927

For Sale. — Genuine Old Chippendale Serpentine- fronted Sideboard, six legs, five drawers. Original condition. [No. R4,928

Splendid Crown Derby Tea Service, forty-three pieces, marked.— Perfect condition. ^'40, bargain. Apprnval. [No. R4,929

Few pieces Antique Jacobean Furniture for Sale.

[No. R4,Q3o

Antique Queen Anne Settee, £g los. : also Table, 14 guineas. [No. R4,93i

Genuine Old Chippendale Chairs for Sale.

[No. R4,932

Two fine Old Chippendale Arm Chairs, 12 guineas.

Chippendale Table, / i s. [No. R4,933

Queen Anne Grandfather Clock, Eight-day, £10.

[No. R4,934

Nine Old Sheffield-plate Caddy Spoons £2.

[No. R4,935

For Sale. — Fine Old Chippendale Hall Table,

bamlxio legs. Unique. Can be seen by appointment.

[No. R4,936

Wanted. — Coloured Print, showing two monks, flock birds, blue background. Size 22i in. by 16 in.

[No. R4,937

Coloured Salt=Glaze. — Unusual pieces. [No. R4,93S

Lovely Old Sundial and Stone Pedestal, Jacobean,

9 guineas. [No. R4,939

Pair valuable " Cristallo di Venezia " Girandoles. —

Figures representing "Peace'" and "War," in intaglio, at back of mirrors. Frames — fluted glass, roses and "mask." 300 years old. ^30. [No. R4,940

Continued on Page X.

OLD OAK PANELLING WANTED.

Send full particulars of period, quality, and quantity, to BENJAMIN'S GALLERIES. 60. Conduit StreM, LONDON, W. Good Prices Paid.

CITY

COLLECTORS should inspect the varied Stock of Old ChiD&. Curios, etc., offered at Rsasonable Prices by Mr. HARRISON, 30, King St., Cheapside, E.G.

Janu.-iry, 1912. — No. cxxv.

FAUCHEUX, Art Repairer, 67, Trinity St., Borough, S.E.

Spe^bhst m M.\RBLE, BRONZES. CLOISONNE, OLD CHINA. BUHL, IVORY. Parts supplied.

/^EXTLE.M.-\\ constantly travelling will report where ^ Particular Antique may be found — Box No. 107,S. c/o " The Connoisseur," Hanover Buildinss. 35-39, Maddox St., London, W.

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The Connoisseur Magazine

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Contents.

VOL. XXXII. January, 1912. No. CXXV.

PAGE

BRISTOL PORCELAIN IN THE BRISTOL MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY. By

RiCH..\RD Quick. (With thirteen iUustrations) --------- 3

THE HLSTORICAL COLLECTION OF BRITISH WATER-COLOURS AT THE GRAFTON

GALLERIES. By Alex.vnder J. Finberg. (\\ ith seven illustrations) - - - - 13

THE JANSSEN, OR SOMERSET, PORTRAIT OF SHAKESPEARE. P.^rt II. By M. H.

SPIELM.A.NX, F.S.A. (With seven illustrations) - - - - - - - - - 18

THE COLLECTION OF MONSIEUR G. SELIGMAN. By Ronald Clowes. (With seven

illustrations) 27

NOTES AND QUERIES. (With ten illustrations) - - 37

\Continued on page VIII.

Xanibert, Goldsmiths, Jewellers, and Silversmiths

To His Majesty the King,

10, U & 12, COVENTRY ST., PICCADILLY, W.

Queen Am

Fine 17th Century work.

H unique coUecMon of ©iamona tUorfe. Enaiiuls, ana tClorks of Brt. fivec? aeecriptton of Sccorativc, Uablc. ans lEcclcsiastical t3ilt ana

Silver plate. Antique and Modern.

... .

SELECT OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE.

JanLiar\ . 1912. — No. cxxv

SPINK & SON

SIEGE SHILLING, struck at Pontefract Castle. 1648.

Pontefract Castle was besieged several times dui'ing the Civil War from 1644 to lti4S : but no coins were sti uck till 1648, when it was attacked by Cromwell himself. As the castle did not sui-render until after the death of Charles 1., tlie later coins bear tlie name of Charles II.. as on the piece illustrated.

Curious and Rare Coins

at moderate Prices.

17 U 18, Piccadilly, LONDON, W.

riic Coiiiioissciir

ay Special Appolntmant to H.M. The King.

Established 1746

MORTLOCKS

By Special Appointment to H.M. Queen Alexandra

LTD.

Specimens of a very rare Spode Dessert Service of 29 pieces, painted, enamellnd, and silt in ttie old Worcester taste. (Impressed mark.)

GENUINE Antique China and Class to be seen at these Galleries is UNEQUALLED by any other house.

Expert Restorers & Repairers. Collections Purchased. A ^written guarantee given luith e'very piece sold as described.

466, 468 & 470 Oxford St.; 31 &32 Orchard St.; 2° Granville Place, Portman Square, LONDON.W.

FINE ANTIQUE SILVER.

1

George III.

William & Mary.

TD.

SPINK & SON L

17 U 18, Piccadilly. LONDON, W.

By Royal Appointment. Established 1772.

COLLECTIONS OR SINGLE SPECIMENS OF ANTIQUES VALUED OR PURCHASED FOR CASH.

THE MISSES

{Under Royal Patronage

H. & I. WOOLLAN 4

Antique Furniture, Cliina, Old Lace, Needlework, Class, &c.

LACE MENDING AMD CLEANING A SPECIALITY.

•• KKNILWORTH CHAIR," and (ithei- Genuine Old Cottage Furniture.

Staowrooms— First Floor,

28, Brook Street, Orosvenor Square, W.

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vir.

The Connoissettr CONTENTS~confm«ec/ from Page VL

PAGE

NOTES. (With seven illustrations) 42

IN THE -SALE ROOM 5 1

THE CONNOISSEUR BOOKSHELF. (With two illustrations) ------- 61

CURRENT ART NOTES. (With three illustrations) --------- 66

CORRESPONDENCE -j.

HERALDIC CORRESPONDENCE - 74

PLATES

LANDSCAPE. By Je.\x Pillement ----------- Frontispiece

"SH1<: HAD READ ALL THE NEWSPAPERS." By Edmlxd Dulac - - - - page 11

PORTRAIT OF A LADY. By the Rev. M. W. Peters, R.A. ------ ,,21

CHLASUBLE, ENGLISH WORK. FIFTEENTH CENTURY ------ ,,31

MARY STUART. By E. Parris ------- ,,43

PORTRAIT OF A PRIVATE IN AN ENGLISH REGIMENT ----- ..57 MARGARET (JUEEN OF SCOTS. By E. Parris - --■---„ 67

J. ELLETT LAKE & SON, 43, High St., Exeter

GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS

Diamonds, Emeralds, Rubies, Sapphires, Pearls, and Fancy Stones, Artistically Set.

BUYERS OF GEMS AND JEWELLERY FOR CASH OR TAKEN IN EXCHANGE.

Discount For Cash.

Quality Guaranteed

Selections sent on Approval.

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Licensed Valuers for Probate or

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Established 1853.

Telephone 320

A Recherche Sclcccion of Rings, from their collection of Rare Old Gems and Fancy Stones, mounted by expert Workmen, at Lowest Possible Prices.

Dealers in Antique Si'ver, Jewels, Old Sheffield Plate, and Old China, dc.

January. lyi'J. — No. cxx\-

VIII,

The C

THE LARGEST STOCK OF GENUINE ANTIQUES IN LONDON

ylntiques :: Tfecorations :: Tleproduclions

Latest International Award -

A complete set of. eight genuine old Mahogany Heppelwhite Chairs, six smalls and two arms, in perfect preservation and covered in the original needlework, which is in good condition. Such sets are rapidly becoming unique and are seldom in the market.

Our latest illustrated Booklet, 32 pages of specimens from Stock, post free. :: jJsk for C 26.

We have several fine old Oak Panelled Rooms in stock, and would specially invite attention to the Linenfold panelled Banqueting Hall with Minstrel Gallery, reduced illustrations of which will be found on pages 2 and 3 of our C 26 Booklet. Photographs and particulars on enquiry. Estimates free for the Restoration of old Buildings, old Furniture, &c., &cc. A list of important works of this charader carried out by us during the past few years will be submitted to enquirers desiring services of this description. Architects who may wish to avail themselves of the resources of our Studio and Colledion of Antique Specimens of Carving and Architetflural detail will find these of pradical assistance in dealing with XVlth Century construction, i.e., Tudor Period.

GILL & REIGATE LT?

The Soho Galleries, 73/85, Oxford St., London, W.

AND 158, MADISON AVE., NEW YORK.

IX.

The Comioisseitr

MAPPIN & WEBB (1908) L°

Finest Stock of Old Sheffield Plate in London

158 to 162, OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W.

The Connoisseur REGISTER

Continued from Page IV.

Interesting Old Watch. — i;ialiur:ilcly haiul-perforatcd pinchbeck double case. Maker — Peler Garnn, 1694. £7 'OS. [No. R4,94i

Antique Mahogany Chippendale Serpentine Dress= ing-Chest and Toilet-Mirror.— K xquisile pieces and Condition. Togetlier. £12. [No. R4,942

Very fine Italian Carved Chimney-piece, in Isuian marble, of the tifteenlh century, seemingly Venetian, with carved frieze, consoles, ami drums of columns. Extreme height, 5 ft. 9 in. : width, 7 ft., and jirojecting 2 ft. from wall. On view in London. Apply in first instance to [No. R4,943

For Sale.— Proof Engraving, Landseer, Midsumnur Dicaiii. Published (Iraves. 1S57. Perfect Condition. Framed or unhanied. [No. 1x4,944

Fine Old Dutch Marquetry Bureau, French Com = mode, shaped front, re\i>lving to)i. very handsomely inlaid front and sides. .Si/e, 45 in. wide. 46 in. high. Photos (closed and open). Price £21, delivered.

[No. R4,945

Buyers of Chmese and Japanese Paintings, write to

[No. R4.Q46

For Sale. — Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, the Pro- tector, in Armour, by Walker. [No. K4.Q47

Silk Persian Rug. — /^'s, (near oiicri. [No. K4.Q4S

Chippendale Mirror, Carolean Chair, pair Girandoles.

— All good conililion. [X... K4,o40

Old Dutch Enamelled Glass for Sale. -Period seven- teenth century, or might be earlier. A complete set of paneb depicting the Months ol' the Year : several panels representing ships ,if the period : four panels depicting the KK nients ; also several panels of the .Saints and the .Seasons. .Misolutely gep.iine and uni(|iie. [No. R4,95o Chest Chippendale Drawers.— Three long, three short drawers, secret siielf, Ihited siiie panels, brass handles and escutcheons. 30 guineas. [No. R4.951

Spoons, marked 1760. Sword Stick, 100 years old. — Pirst-rate Old 1 Sam.

Very fine Lacquer and Mother=o' = Pearl Casket.—

Old French. 10 guineas. [Nri. R.4,052

Two Birthday Spoons, marked 1760. — 25s. each.

No. R4,953 )lade. 3 guineas. [No. R4.054

Old Toby Jugs and Early Potterj' for Sale.

[No. R4,955

Bough, Oil Painting, zzl in. by iS in.: //<7i'W(7>!v;/;' .■ A Breezy Day. A. J. Woolmer, Oil Painting,

1 1 j' in. b.y 14 in. : Fij^iii-e S/ndr on Tcrroee. Old Mamion : Ez'i-iiiiii;: Both splendid examples. Perfect condition. Photographs. [No. R4,956

For Disposal. — Several Pieces of Antique Furniture,

consisting of Jacobean Dre.sser : Draw-top Table, Hulb feet : small Jacobean Table : very fine Jacobean Cupboard, ditto Chest : Linenfold Hanging Cupboard. Can lie seen by ap]iointinent. [No. R4.957

For Sale.— Three Cups and Saucers, Teapot and Milk Jug, "ith imitation of Chinese design, marked H. & S. Candlestick, marked Chamberlain's Worcester. Mug with two handles, decorated in colours. Staiiordshire make. Rockingham Cottage, in good condition. Teaiiot,/i2w;V/< -rv? /6- decoration. ]>robably of the Kien-Lung period, middle of the eighteenth century : also Caddy with lid, fainiUc-viili-. Kien-Lung jieriod. \\'rite for jiarticulars to [No. R4,958

For Sale. — Two Chairs, similar to specimen at Barn Elms. 7id< illustration, jiage 217, Decemlier CoNNOissF.fR. £2\. ' [No. R4.050

N> anted. Old Car\ ed Panels, Linenfold, Odd Carving. [No. R4,96o

For Sale.— Fine Old French Colour-Print, Hcaniy /_.•:;•. Chaponnier; Charpentier. Please • ik 1 . [No. R4,96i

Twehe Le Blond Prints for 13s. [No. R4,962

J.imiary. 1912. — No. c\w.

X.

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Portrait spcciallti cirarvn for the Orchcilrellc Co. 6.V Joseph Simpson, R.B.A.

Saint- Sacns endorses the Pianola

I must congratulate you on your wonderful invention, the Mctrostylc. It will always be of exceeding interest both to the composer as well as to the public. To the former it provides a permanent record of his own compositions, and it enables anyone to play these composi- tions in the way the composer intended." c. SAINT-SAENS

T

e Pianola, and the Pianola can be V had

HE Metrostyle is found only in th combined with the world-famous Steinway, Weber, and Steck Pianos complete instrument — the Pianola Piano — is the Piano of to-day.

The

With a Pianola- Piano in your home the whole world of music is yours to explore at will. No other instrument can or does offer you so many facilities for the study and enjoyment of music.

it is only by the purchase of a Pianola Piano that you can enjoy the full fascination of playing all the music you would like to. As the Pianola is of such interest to men like Saint-Saens, Paderewski, Richter, Strauss, and the many others whose opinions we have lately published, is it not of the greatest importance to you to spend a few minutes at /Eolian Hall investigating the Pianola Piano ?

And yet you have apparently omitted so far to find out of what intense interest the Pianola Piano must be to you. On the Piano which is already in your home you can at best play bu' little. Why not see about exchanging that piano for one on which you can play everything ?

You can obtain the Pianola Piano either for cash or by deferred pay- ments. Call at iColian Hall for a practical demonstration of this wonderful instrument, or write to us for the full particulars and terms of purchase, which are given in Catalogue "A. A."

THE ORCHESTRELLE CO.,

iCOLIAN HALL,

135-6-7, New Bond Street, LONDON, W.

And at PARIS : BERLIN : NEW YORK : MELBOURNE : SYDNEY, etc.

XI.

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STONER 6 EVANS

.■™:Sf;"o"3.;„.. FINE ART GALLERIES Js*;*S."r.%

3, King Street, St. James' Square, LONDON, S.W,

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WANTED.— Pottery or Porcelain bearing the above marks or names. Xos. S. II. 34. 40. 41. 42.

46 ;nui 47 are impressed ; 17. 18. 25 and .=i.S incised : 14 embossed : 43. 44 and 45 applied ; the rest, ineliidir^ No. 40. painted, in ,£;old. or printed. The Illustrated Boole of the Exhibition of Old English Porcelain, containing 32 plates. Royal Slaarto. £1 Is. nett.

SPECIALITY.— Choicest examples of Old English Porcelain and Pottery. Collections valued, arranged, or purchased.

The Connoisseitr

BARKERS ANNUAL SALE

DURING JANUARY THE WHOLE OF THE STOCK OF MODERN AND ANTIQUE FURNITURE WILL BE OFFERED AT TEMPTING PRICES. SPACE WILL NOT PERMIT OF MANY ILLUSTRATIONS. BUT THOSE SHOWN ARE FAIR SPECIMENS OF THE YALUE OBTAINABLE.

i

Thf "Granny" Easy Chair, The "Cosy" Lounge Easy Chair, The " Bedford' Easy Chair, covered

i,,«-n T r o in tapestry or cretonne - 2 o

covered in tapestry - £2 17 6 stuflfed all hair an.i I'.own

AVRITE FOR CATALOGUE OF EASY CHAIRS, CON- TAINING OVER 100 DESIGNS

LUXURIOUSLY UPHOLSTERED SETTEES, ETC. ^V RITE FOR CATALOGUE

The "Nelson'' Settee, with loose ciown cuihion seat, slulied all hair, and covered in rich striped Repp - £11 11 o

The "Cecil" Easy Chair, with double spring seat, stuffed all hair - - ^4 5 o

The ''Barclay" Easy Chair, deep spring seat, covered in tai^estry - /"3 10 o

The "Carlton Special" I'.s^y Chair, stuffed all hair, covered in tapestry - - £4 12 6

BARKERS KENSINGTON

JOHN BARKER & CO LTD

BARKERS DELI\ 'ER FREE, or PAY CARRIAGE to NEAREST RAILWAY STATION. ON ALL FURNISHING ORDERS

January. 1912. — No. cxxv.

XIV.

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BARKERS STOCKTAKING SALK

150 COMPLETE BEDROOM SUITES IN STOCK TO SELECT FKO\L A SPECLMEN OF VALUE 1LLUSTRATI:D

(lO Suites only) 6 ft. Solid Mahogany Wardrobe. 4 ft. Kneehole Dressing Table. 4 ft. Washstand, Towel Rail, Pedestal Cupboard and three Chairs. Complete Suite. Sale Price - /,2 8 100

BARKERS DELIVER FREE OR PAY CARRIAGE TO NEAREST RAILWAY STATION ON ALL FURNISHING ORDERS

finished in Antique Style ^.5 18 o

barkers;; make a special study of their bedsteads, and _yy IS NOW possible to have one to match any suite, we Have

HUNDREDS OF BEDSTEADS TO SELECT FROM, IN METAL OR WOOD

WRITE FOR A SPECIAL BOOKLET ON THE BARKER BEDDING

BARKERS KENSINGTON

JOHN BARKER & CO LTD

XV.

llie Connoisseur

BARKERS ANNUAL SALE

mmmmmL

4 tt. 6 in. wide Jacobean Old Oak Dresser. Price /!^8 15 o

Fine Old Oak Jacobean Dresser, 5 ft. 3 in. wide. Price 150

At the time of going to press we are holding an in- teresting Collection of Genuine Antique Furniture marked at such prices as are bound to com- mand a ready sale.

Bow Front and Double Chests of Drawers, W ash- stands, Dressing Tables, and all the Requisites for an Old-time Bedroom. Old Oak Cradles.

Old Oak Jacobean Dresser, 5 ft. wide. Price £\\ 100

BARKERS DELIVER FREE, OR PAY CARRL4GE TO .VEAREST RAILWAY STATION, OX ALL Fl'RNISHIXG ORDERS.

BARKERS KENSINGTON

JOHN BARKER A CO LTD

January, 1912.

. — No. c»v\'.

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The C \yiiNoissc/(r

BARKERS sto(:ktakin(; sale

ANTIQUES AT SALE PRICES

Fine Carved (iothic Oak Chair, with Box Scat. Sale

nee

/.5 lo o

Old Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers - lo o Three-fold Triple Mirror, Inlaid Mahogany. Sale Price

£■2 15 O

For Antiques or Fine Reproductions Barkers Prices will astound you. l""resh Specimens arrive every day and are quicklv disposed ot

.1 a c o h e a n 0';i k Rctectorv Tables Ciiite 1 -eg Tables Old Oak' Dressers Long Case Clocks Charles II. hairs Queen Anne Chairs Chippendale Chairs Hepplewhite Chairs Sheraton Chairs

Old Dutch and English Brass Work

Lead Gar d e n Fitjures on Stone

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A Fine Louis XVT. Suite in Silk A u b u s s o n . Sale Price £-00 o o

HAKKERS DEL/rER FREE OR PA y CAR- RIAGE 7 0 NEAREST RA ILWAY ST A TION ON ALL LI RNLSHING ORDERS, ETC., ETC.

Quaint Oak Dresser Cabinet, with Cupboard and Drawers /.6 5 o

Finely Carved Old Oak Brittanv Cabinet. Sale

Price

I o o

BARKERS KENSINGTON

JOHN BARKKR \ CO I.TD

XVH

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Now on Sale

Sir HENRY RAEBURN, R.A,

By JAMES GREIG

Author of "The Life of Gainsborough," etc.

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A CHARLES II. OR EARLY WILLIAM & MARY TABLE

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HISTORY OF SILHOUETTES

Bp Mrs. NEVILL JACKSON,

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PRICE 10 6 net. Containing over 500 illustrations.

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I. — -Samuel Foote. Taken at New York, October 31st, 1839. 2. — John Foote, by Edouart, whose children's portraits are particularly happy. 3. — Euphe.mia Foote. 4. — J. Xims, jiortrait painter. Taken at New York, May i6th, 1S40. From the American collection by August Edouart. In the possession of the .\uthor. (Specimen Illustration.)

THE History of Sillionetfes contains a complete picture of the social celebrities, their pastimes^ and the sterner business of their life as shadowed in these delicate and lovely portraits. Glimpses- are shown of the vie intinic of kings, queens, and princes, ladies of the great an-d of the half-world, statesmen, from Presidents Washington, Harrison, and every member of the Senate, down to the celebrities of Bath, Cheltenham, and Saratoga.

Bishops, doctors, men of letters jostle one another in the pages of this book, and the specimens of rare porcelain and jewelled Silhouettes will interest not only every lover of these delicate and beautiful shades, but also the whole of tlie artistic world.

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THE NEW

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Reproduction of a JACOBEAN CHEST treated with Chinese Lac Work :: :: :: :•

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A Pair of old Satinwood Bureau Bookcases in original condition.

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Exceptional Specimen Pieces of

GENUINE OLD ENGLISH MAHOGANY FURNITURE

such as : —

Bureau Bookcases, China Cabinets, Writing Tables, Carved Chairs, etc.

Also Blue and White and Coloured Delft Pottery

Single Specimens or Sets of OLD CHINA, marked as follows : —

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R. SHENRER,

70, Red Lion Street, London, W.C.

A Rococo Walnul Bureau and Bookcase, finely inlaid with

other woods. The figures are of ivory.

Among my large stock of Early Oak Furniture I have some fine pieces in Walnut and Mahogany.

.Vly prices are the lowest. ^^'^^'^Sf^iP RlPiif^fSPAMK

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Important Sale in Berlin.

FEBRUARY 20th 22i\d, 1912.

THE PICTURE COLLECTION "WEBER-HAMBURG "

of Old Masters of the Dutch, Italian, German, and Spanish Schools.

PROMINENT WORKS by Fr. Hals— M. Hobbema— A. Ostade— P. Potter— Rembrandt — Rubens— T. Ruisdael— S. Steen — D. Teniers — G. Terborch — A. Mantegna— Tiziano Vecelli — L. Granach — A. Durer — H. Holbein — Murillo— \'elasquez.

Catalogue No. 1634. With 15 Etchings and 89 "Phototypes, Mark 25.

Rudolph Lepke' Kunst=Auctions=Haus Berlin w

35

Antiques and Objects of Art HoLiseliold Furniture and Effects

Valuations I

or Insurance, Probate and Division Collections arranged and catalogued

LAW, FOULSHAM & COLE

7 South Molton Street

■lute-' walk t"r

Ilond Street Tube Station. Lont-lon. W

HARPER

ASHFORD.

Kent,

Has the Largest Stock in the South of England of

Jacobean, Queen Anne, Chippendale, and Sheraton Furniture.

\'ery rare Ann Settee, boxwood, Stuart Period, perfect condition, unrest. >red.

FENTON & SONS,

H

II, New Oxford Street, LONDON

(Established 18S0),

AVE a Large Collection of Old English Foreign

flrms ^ Jlrmour,

Antique China, Furniture, Metal-work, Carved Oak. Curiosities and Antiquities of all kinds.

II, New Oxford Street -n--^ M"d,'.-J'''-o

nd the British Museum)

Why Draw on your Bank

when you wish to indulge your favourite hobby •

ALLEN & DAWS' Extra PIN MONEY

is beller for these special purchases. Prompt cash is sent in ex- change for old Gold Jewellery, Precious Stones, Sterling Silver and Sheffield Plate, Platinum, Teeth, Snuff Boxes, duplicate Wedding Presents, etc. Turn out your drawers and send to-day to

ALLEN & DAWS, GoUsrnuhs,

123, LONDON STREET, NORWICH.

Qoods returned if offer not accepted. Established o%er half-a-c<-ntury. January, I9I2. — No. c\w.

Te ephone No. 540, Putney.

Established 1883.

SPECIALISTS IN REPAIRING AND RESTORING

ANTIQUE CHINA, BRONZES. IVORIES, MARBLE. SILVER. PEWTER, &c.

Having a large assortment of China Hands, Heads, Linibs. Flowers, V^ase Handles, Candle Nozzles, &c., \ve are enabled to replace missing parts.

NEVILLE HALL & CO.. ACKMAR STUDIOS,

Parson's Green, Fulham, London, S.W.

XXVIII.

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BARGAINS IN OLD 1 URNH URE

An OU Sheraton M.ilioj;.inv Inlaid SiJcboarJ. £9 10 0

Oi l) ]I'() IT1;KY AM) I'OKCKI.AIN Ol I) I NCI ISII DUINKINC; CI ASSI-S

All OKI O.ik Holtcr. £5 10 0

LAW, FOULSHAM & COLE

An OUl Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase. "£14 10 0

lNsi>i:cri(iN ANI>

CoM['ARIS(>\' \VI I,Ll)M!:[).

7, South Molton Street

iThree mtnutes' walk from Bond Street Tube StaDont

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On JANUARY 1st, 1912, the Offices of "The Connoisseur" will be moved to

HANOVER BUILDINGS, 35 to 39, MADDOX STREET, W.

New Telephone No.— 7995 GERRARD.

DARK Oak Cabinet very finely Carved

Size 1 1 ft. 7 in, wide, the tu o side puftions are UJ, in. deep, and tlie centre portion 30 in. deep. The height of the side suctions is nS^^ in., and the centre 99 in. The upper portions of the cases are all Htted with movable shelves, and of the two centre bottom cupboards the ri|4ht-hand one has an iron safe inside, and the other one is Htted with a cellarette drawer.

THIS inti:restin(; jmlce is to iu£ si:kn at

J. TONKS g SONS' GALLERIES

Artistic House Furnishers — and Cabinet Makers —

WesTBOROUGH, SCARBOROUGH

PRICE WILL BE SENT ON APPLICATION

J. ALEXANDER,

17, GARRICK ST., CO VENT GARDEN, W.C.

Tel. No. 14730 Central. A^ar / tutiur Si/. I uhc Sianon

Always on view — Rare Specimens of Antique Fur- niture, Old English, Oriental, and Continental China, Pictures, Bronzes, Works of Art, tic.

Also purchaser of the above for cash, or taken in exchange.

A very toe OH French Clock VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE, PROBATE, & DIVISION.

LIB,

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Connoisseurs and Jlrt Collectors.

Private Collector has for disposal a remarkable specimen of French Art, viz. —

H Clniquc CClrougbt Iron and Carved Oak Clock,

measuring about 11 ft. 6 inches in height by S ft. wide and 3 ft. in depth. Date, end of the Reign of LOUIS XIII.

Suitable for large Dining Hall, Billiard Room. Entrance Hall. etc. Photo and particulars sent on application, or can be viewed by appointment.

Box 1074. Connoisseur. 35 to 39. Maddox Street, London. W.

Set of 6 Old Chippendale Chairs, original condition. Price £25.

FOLKARD & SON

355, OXFORD STREET

(10 doors west of Bond St., W.) Established 1814

Old english furniture in Original Condition. Silucr, ShCi field piatc. Rccdlcujork, pictures, China, Curios, Clocks, 3cu5ellcrp

V&luatioDS for Insaraaee, Probate, Division or Purchase

OLD OAR.

Fine Beams, all sizes Magnificent Staircase, Doors, Panelling. Beautifully carved Corbels. Brackets and Flooring.

All Fii\c Old Oak, just as taken from very old buildings. Can be seen by appointment only.

WM. LONG, 11, High St., CHINGFORD, Essex.

E. BURR

Silver St., BEDFORD

An earlv CHIPPENDALE DWARF WAKDHOBE, 5 ft. 7J ms. hijih by 4 ft. \v ide, Htted one drawer, carvtd <»n cornice, mouldinjis of doors atid plinth. L'nrestored condition. Photo.

RARE and beautiful old CHINA FIGURES and RELIEFS in WAX, IVORY, and BRONZE.

M. A. EDWARDS, 2, Doughty Street, LoI^doI^, W.C.

Old Stuart Mirror in Tortoiaeshell Frame- J.->m arv, 1912. — No. cxxv.

Reproduction of a fine

Queen flnne Cbair

in English Walnut, J- Cane Seat, Tuith loose cushion covered in J- All -'wool Tapestry, £5 15 O

Other Photos on application.

JOLLY & SON

BATH.

Reproducers.

GENUINE ANTIQUES ONLY.

WIISS A. L. LOCKWOOD,

104, Devonshire St., Sheffield.

Set of tine Old CarveJ Orange-Stuart Chairs, as shown: Gent's Inlaid Sheraton Wardrobe with Pear-drop and Dental Cornice, fine condition, oak lined. £27. Walnut Claw and Ball Card Table. £15. .Maho};any Tallboy Chest. Dental Cornice. £10. Set of 6 Chippendale Elm Chairs, £6. Sheraton Half-round Card Table, on Square Taper Legs, £5. 0\d Oak Settle. £4 IDs. Oak Bureau and Bookcase. £8. Ai I. C.i nlim; AsTiytrs. Send for Photos Ti;li:1'Honk : o.'WI SHr.i-riELO.

EATE,

DEVIZES

and

(Wilts.) y

NEWBURY I

(Berks.),

ANTIQUE DEALERS

Large Stock of A fine set of ei.^bt Armchairs, two

_ ■ I n • Chair-back Settees, and two Win-

Antiques at Commercial rrices. dow Seats in original conaition.

XXX.

I I

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PUTTICR 81 SIMPSON, ^'"V^"^*

Pictures, Engravings, Porcelain, Antique Furniture, and the Fine Arts generally

j'ess

47, Leicester Square, London, W.C.

ART WALL PAPERS.

The " Cleves," 3 6 per piece.

CHAS. KNOWLES & Co., Ltd.,

164, King's Road, Chelsea, London, S.W.

Wkst End Showrooms- 495, Oxford Street.

JAMES RIMELL & SON

53, SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, LONDON, W.

BOOKS on ART, TOPOGRAPHY, &c.

ENGRAVINGS m Line, Mezzotint, and Stipple, by and after the Great Masters. Etchings by Rembrandt, Whistler, Seymour Haden, Meryon, &c.

Catalogues Post Free.

BOOKS AND ENGRAVINGS BOUGHT

THE HOME of

ANTIQUES

We are able to supply all kinds of quaint pieces of genuine old Furniture in Oak, Walnut, or Mahogany.

Our Mr. J. Kyrle Fletcher, a collector of many years' experience, is constantly on the look out for rare and curious examples in the old houses of Mid Wales, and will report if you will send card stating your wants.

We hold a large stock of fine China, old Delft, Blue Spode, Swansea Ware, and Pontypool Japan.

Catalogues and "Photographs sent of specimens in stock.

J. Kyrle Fletcher

Ltd.

79, High Street, The Bridge, Newport, Mon. ON THE WELSH BORDER

HiNDLEY &

Wilkinson

.:. LIMITED

Decorators

70-71

Wclbeck Street LONDON, W.

•A CHINA AND BOOK STAND IN BLUE GROUND LACQUER

Telegrams Chintz, London." Telephone:— Paddington 5415.

XXXI.

The Connoisseur

ANTIQUES IN GLASGOW

h;js several Showrooms with a Hne Coliection of

E. FOUNTAINE-BRODIE

Antique Furniture, China, Brass, Silver, Sheffield Plate, Pewter, Jewellery, and Lace,

at 286 & 288, Renfrew Street, Charing Cross.

Branch Address-

"The Neuk."26. Portugal Street. Lincoln's Inn Fields. London. W.C.

Foreign agency :

Rivadavia, 1569, Buenos Ayres. The Argentine.

W. J. M^COY SONS, Ltd., BELFAST, Dealers in ANTISIUES, Old Prints, &c.

GENUINE EXAMPLES ALWAYS ON HAND.

FOR SAUE

Long Oak Refectory Table, 8 ft. long, 2 ft. 8 in. wide .. £.50 Unique Sheraton Pedestal Sideboard. 10 ft. long. Circular

Pedestals, in original condition .. .. .. JE.42

Fine Old Lacquered Clock, in original condition. London

movement £.20

Sever.il other Hne pieces of Lncquer Work, also several very fine Old

Needlc\M>rU Ai-ni Ctnurs, in ori,!.;inal condition. SliiJ fill- photos, and p.irticiiLus In

CHAS. ANGELL, 34, Milsom St., BATH

Che Sussex ^ ^ Golclsniitbs' ^ Conipanp, " Castle Sq., Brigwon

A SPECIAL PIECE

ON VIEW

A Fine Old English LACQUER CABINET on Stand

Richly Decorated

Perfect Conditior

Frame Maker & Cilder to the National Gallery of Ireland

DANIEL EGAN

26, Lower Ormond Quay, DUBLIN

Modern and Antique Frames for Pictures and Looking Glasses. Oil Paintings cleaned, lined, and restored. Prints cleaned and bleached. A large collection of Old Furniture. Paintings, Coloured Prints, and Drawings.

E. HARRISON, 47, DuKe Street.

Manchester Sq., W. (Cloi* to WalUce Collection).

WANTED. Genuine Old Hunting. Racing and Coaching Paintings and Engravings.

CURIOUS PISTOLS and GUNS. Savage Curios.

WANTED

OLDUAN. :: 77. BRIXTON HILL.

TFLKPHONK: BkI.XTON 1 0 6 5.

LONDON

ANTIQUE FURNITURE for the Home. Price List of genuine old Bureaux, Chests, Chippendale Chairs, Dressers, Quaint Tables and Settles from Jambs \V. Partridge, The Bank, Alvechurch, Worcestershire.

BAXTER OIL PRINTS

Fine Collection always in stock. C. L. PICKARD, 12, GUILDFORD STREET, LEEDS

R. E. TREASURE, jdniiquc Furniture Dealer.

has REMOVED to larger and more commodious premises,

3, North Road (off Church St.). PRESTON.

THE LADIES' WORK SOCIETY

, President H K H PRINCESS LOtnSE. DUCHESS OF ARGYLL

Tel. No. 789 Victoria 31, SLOANE STREET, S.W.

make a speciality of repairing Old Tapestries and Cmvas Chair Seats, and restoring and trans- ferring Banners, Church and other Embroideries. Only the Most Skilled Workers Employed

T»T-|MniUr Tc antique 40, BERKELEY STRttT, JJ. JJU|XJ-1.4¥1 Showrooms. Charing Cross,

GLASGOW

( Corner Granville Street West, on Sauchiehall Street

and opposite St. Andrew's H.^iisi Clioice and extensive collection of Genuine Antique Furniture. China. Crj-st.il. Shenield

Plate. Brass. Pewter. Curios, hnnts. Lace and Embroideries, etc.

An^tnjj tlie coile.:tt<-'n are manv interesfin::: and rare r>ieces, which would be Ideal Wejjin^ .mi New Year Gifts.

HANDSOME PRESENTS "Wl KATE FRESCO, 68, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C.

The finest collection in London of Blue and White and Coloured OLD DELFT TILES. Also a large quantity of Old Oak Panelling. Fine Old Nankin Porcelain. English Pottery. Worcester, Delft Ware. Glas^ Brassnare, ffc, ffc. Enquiries.

FOR SALE.— A Set of Six Old Mahogany Cross-leg Hall Chairs

— in fine condition, from an old manor house in this neighbourhood —

G. W. FORD 6 SON, Newark=on=Trent ;

also at 290. Glossop Road. SHEFFIELD.

OLD ENGLISH FURNITURE GENUINE ANTIQUES

E. BROOKER. Meadrow, GODALMING.

H. VAN KOERT Sr' Co., Restorers of Old China. Enamels, &c.

Beg to bring to the notice of their numerous customers that they have now succeeded in nialiing parts in real china, having overcome the great difficulty in matching of glazes and colours with such accuracy as to bring back the value of the once forlorn specimens of Old and \'aluable China. tX C*j. "lir Teleohone

3o, rianway oi., W. use city

C'T^ A Xif OC Our Catakigue gives prices for British Colonial Stamps ^Vn.Sn.V\3 from Id. to JtSO each. Sets. 6d. to JtI4. Packets. 2s. to Jt225 each. P,,st free. Bridger Kay, 71, Fleet St., London, E.C.

Purchased from the House of the Hermit of Welvvyn, Hertfordshire; — FiNi. Oi-D AnAMS Tambdl'i; Fron r Suik»oar[> £30 Shi:i!aton DiNiNi, Tahm , U) ft. li Ml. long, 4 ft. in. wid.-, £8 10s.

HARRY RIXSON. Ye Olde Retreate. DUNSTABLE. Tei. 25 GEORGIAN PAINTED DECORATIONS

Ceiling and Wnll P.incls Restored and Reproduced.

W. BRADWELL, Studio, 23, Harrington St., N.W.

I

SPECIALITY THIS MONTH

TWO STONE FIGURES FROM THE BATTLEMENTS OF ALNWICK CASTLE-One Perfect.

ROBERT ANDERSON, Hnttquc Dealer, 7, Drumshcugh Place, Edinburgh

T. W. RICHARDS

124, ALBION STREET

■ ■ LEEDS ■ ■

GENUINE ANTIQUES ONLY <^ <-»

OLD OAK IN LAKELAND-,^,^r.-r^,:Sr ^^IC^^'o^S:^"

FOR SALE.— Fine Old Jacobean Cabinets, Chests, Tables, Chairs, Settles, Dressers, War^obei, ffc. W. H, MAWSON, II-I5, Lake Rd.. Keswick. Cnmberland.

DICKENS LAND.

WOOLLETT'S

Old Curio Gallery

ROCHESTER

Magnificent Indian State Carpet, pre- -ente.i t.ittielate Mahai^iah I luleep Sin^'h 1 y Sir Salar Jung: Massive Carved Trip- tych Screen. - r.. : in. hi-ii. open to 14 : Carved Oak Lectern ; all suitable for Caihe- dr.il. Ciuir.-h Pn'-.ne Chapel, or Mansion.

M .tor o»er— tliey are worth seeing.

GENUINE GEORGIAN MARBLE MANTELPIECES

L.irge St

.)f inexpcns

.ind unique Wedding and other Presents

MISS ELEANOR PERSSE

Dealer in Antiques

16, Kildare Street

ANTIQUE PEWTER.

We specialise in Old Pewter and invite Collectors to write us for Photographs and Descriptive List of pieces in stock, issued periodically

H. & A. KIMBELL,

182. Aldersgatc Street, London,

.C.

E. SHORROCK 6' SON,

AntiQue "Dealers, 2a, Arnold Street,

Accrington. Lanes.

Genuine Antique OaK

Furniture, unrestored.

200 Spindle Rusb seated Lancash.re Chairs. i rade sl tplied.

Januars-. 1912. — .Vo. c\n\.

The Conttoissrif^

For Infancy Illness and adcancins Age.

Food

Bcnger's Food is for Infants and Invalids and for those whose digestive powers have become weakened by illness or advancing age.

If the digestive fundions, however weak, can do any work at all, they should be given work to do to the extent of their powers. Exercise Strengthens, but over-exercise defeats its purpose. It is here that Benger's Food is so admirable. In the easy process of its preparation the digestibility of Benger's can be regulated to a degree of extreme nicety.

(Senger's Food is sold in tins by Chemists, <tc., everywhere.

St. Ivel Cheese is the only cheese known to contain the original organic phosphates of the milk which are so necessary to health.

£j ^CHEESE

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In 1765 a company was establislicd in Btisiol which made porcelain from Cornisli materials, \iz., kaolin, or Cornish clay, and petunse, or Cornish moorstone. This is the earliest date we have I'or its manufacture in Bristol. It was found, however, impossible to produce a glaze free from spots, and after fruitless trials the venture was discontinued. In 1768 Richard Champion was making china in Bristol, and at the same time William ("ookworlhy, his cousin, had started his porcelain manufactory at Plymouth. There is a mug of this early period in the Victoria and Albert Museum, inscribed on tlie front " Josiah and ("atharine Creethead, March 13, 1769," decorated with flowers, all in blue. In 1770 the manufacture was transplanted from Plymouth to a small factory in Bristol at No. 15, Castle Creen. In 1773 Richard Champion bought the patent from William Cookworthy, who was the first producer of hard porcelain in this country. In 1774 lidmund Burke was nominated for Bristol. During the election he was a guest of a Mr. and Mrs. .Smith, of 19, (^ueen Square. It was then that Burke ordered a splendid

Bristol Porcelain In the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery By Richard QuicK

set of cliina Irom Chaiupion anil ])resented it to Mrs. .Smith, ll was beautifully decorated with gold .scrolls, wreaths of laurul, and initials "S..S.'' in tiny rosebuds. ; The " .S. .S." stood tor Sarali Smith (see a cu|) and, saucer in the collection ])resented by Mr. .\ltVed Tra])nell). Another cu|) and saucer bears the initials '' R. S.'' (ii)r .Sir Robert Smyth). In the collection will be found a splendid tea|)0t and < up and i-aucer l)eU)nging to the "('hcnigh" ser\ ice : each one has a Cornish "chough" painted in a panel (No. ii.). The manufacture of this beautiful china, and loss of business through the American war, ruined (Champion, and his ])atent right was sold in 1781 to a company of Staffordshire ])otters, who continued the manu- facture at Tunstall and New Hall for some short time.

Champion was married in 1764, and lived first at St. James's .Sijuare, but soon moved to a house c;f his own in the Old Market; and in 1765 at Winterbourne, alterwards at Henbury in 1773, I'ntil he left Bristol in 1 78 1. He died at South Carolina in 1791.

Thus ended Bristol and Plymouth china. The liristol paste is so exceedingly hard and durable that

No. 1. THE SMITH CCPS AND SAUCERS, 1/74

Vol. XXXII.— No. a

[Copyright by J. T. Herbert Baily in the United States of America, May, 1901]

The Connoisseur

No. II. — THE "chough" TE.^POT, CUP AND S.\UCER

many pieces passed without any material injury through the big fire at the Alexandra Palace, which reduced the soft paste china of the other English factories to discoloured lumps. Let us examine some of the exquisitely coloured sets of figures which are in the Museum collection, and to which Champion devoted such loving care and attention. First we have the set of the Continents, or sometimes called "The Four Quarters of the Globe "(No. iii.) : Europe, repre- sented as a female standing on a scroll base, holding a book in her right hand and a palette in her left, at lier side a horse reclining and trophies of war ; height, 12^ ins. Asia, represented as a female standing on a scroll base, a diadem on her head, a vase of spices in her hand, a camel at her side : she wears a green scarf and yellow-flowered robe : height, 12 ins.

Africa, represented as a negress standing on a scroll base ; she wears a head gear of feathers, in her hand a spear, and a crocodile and lion at her side : height, 13 ins. America, represented as a huntress standing on a scroll base : she wears a coronal of feathers, and is seen drawing an arrow from a quiver with her right hand : in her left hand is a bow, and below a prairie cat, etc.

Another fine group is the set of the Four Seasons, statuettes emblematic of the seasons : Spring, as a female with plough and spring flowers ; Summer, as a yomig man with shears, a sheep, and a harvest barrel ; Autumn, as a female with basket of fruit and stafl"; A\'inter, as an old man with crutch and a bundle of sticks. The last three figures have the signs of the zodiac on their waist-bands, so that it is possible that

XO. III. — THE CONTINENTS

THE FOUR QU.^RTERS OF THE GLOBE 4

BRISTOL, 1770

Bristol Porcelain

No. IV. — THE SEASONS BY CHAMPION

the figure of Spring may belong to another set. All are painted in colours, with rich gilding. Height, lo ins. In the British \ruseum is another set of the seasons, treated as juveniles. There is also a set in the X'ictoria and Albert Museum, in which the ligures are treated in rustic costume : Spring, a girl with basket of flowers; Summer, a boy with corn-sickle and beehive; Autumn, a girl with fruit : and Winter, a boy skating.

Another set is known as the IClements, viz., Earth, .\ir, I''ire, and Water : the last is represented in the Museum collection, and came from the Edkins sale. Water is represented as a young woman holding a net with fish, resting her left hand on an urn, from which a stream is issuing: height, \q\ ins. 'i'he other figures are as follows : luirth, a husbandman hcjlding a spade, and a basket of fruil at his side; Air, as a

No. V. — FIGURES OF " \V.\TER AND

BURLINGAMfe.

PUBLIG

L'a.

The Connoisseur

No. SHEPHERD AND MILKMAID, ETC.

winged figure standing upon clouds ; Fire, as a smith at an anvil, on which lies a thunderbolt. The col- lection also contains another group which represents Richard Champion and his wife ; the third figure in the group was Edmund Burke, which some years ago was knocked off, broken and lost (Xo. vii.). Another fine group is that of " Love subdued by time," or, as it has been called, " Jupiter clipping Cupid's wings."' It is very interesting and beautifully modelled, and bears both the signaturesof Stephens and J.Williams the china ixiinter on it. There is an illustration of it in Owen's T'lvo Centuries of Ceramic Art i?i Bristol, p. 249 (No.v.). There are also two other groups (Xo. vi.) — Shepherd with kid in his arms, and Milkmaid with pail in her left hand, both mounted on ormolu stands. In the same illustration on either side are two small figures, a boy and girl, each holding a pet dog. The figures are all beautifully coloured and modelled. Height, 7 ins.

By examining the specimens in the ^Museum collection, one can see that the work produced bv Champion attained a very high standard of excellence: in lact, the porcelain turned out at Castle (ireen was ol the highest quality. The Fry family was connected with the manufacture of porcelain in Bristol from its earliest days, and consequently some of the finest specimens are in t\eir possession to-dav. It is recorded that Joseph Fry invested _£'i.5oo in the concern. He is spoken of as a friend and partner of

Richard Champion. A characteristic decoration on Bristol porcelain is the laurel-green looped festoon and wreath. Though frequently applied to Bristol china, it must not be looked upon as a proof that a piece so ornamented was made at Bristol. Though there are several beautiful hexagonal vases in the Fry collection, the Museum is very fortunate in possessing one — an excellent example of Champion's work. On it will be noticed the landscape panels painted in monochrome. This example has two in pink, two in blue, and two with foliage and exotic birds in rich colours. Each panel is outlined with solid gilding, entwined with a running foliage pattern in gold, and this is repeated round the neck and base. The handles were probably added after. The height of the vase is 12 ins.

Henry Bone, the famous enameller and artist, was Champion's first apprentice. He it was who decorated these vases. He was born at Truro in 1755, was apprenticed first to Cookworthy at Plymouth, and afterwards in 1772 to Champion at Bristol. There is little doubt that the best painting executed at Castle Creen was from the pencil of Henry Bone. It is interesting to note that after he left Bri.stol he became a successful miniaturist, and confined his efforts to portraiture. He was appointed Enamel Painter to the King in 1809, and elected a Royal Academician in iSii. He died in 1834.

Porcelain is technicallv divided into two classes —

Bristol Porcr/diii

No. MK. AND MRS.

soft and hard. .Soft porcelain is an arliticial combina- tion of glas.s or an alkaline liux, with hone-ash, sand, chalk or gypsum to make it semi-opatiue, and would be utterly destroyed at the high temperature necessary to fuse the natural materials of which the more durable hard porcelain is composed. Oriental and Bristol porcelain may be taken as the type of hard and Chelsea or Sevres of soft i)aste manufacture. The hard porcelain is practically indestructible, and cannot be scratched, sa\ e with tlie hardest steel, whilst the soft is readily stained in use and easily scratched. The indispensable materials for making hard porcelain are kaolin, or Cornish clay, the china-earth of potters, [)etunse, or (Cornish china-stone or moorstone, both natural products. Kaolin is produced by the natural decomjwsition of granite. It was discovered by Cookworthy at Tregonnin Hill, near Breage, in Cornwall, about 1755.

Now, what are the characteristics of Bristol china? First, it was always a true felspathic porcelain, made from the china-clay, or kaolin, and china-stone, or petunse, of Cornwall. It is therefore harder and whiter than the other English porcelain. Some ex- perts see a pronounced imitation to the Meissen

CHAMPION

(Dresden) styles, both in form and decoration. Another point is this : the pieces are frefjuentlv marked with spiral ridges or unevennesses, due to the thrower's imperfect skill. The glaze generally exhibits inequalities of surface and minute pittings or air-holes.

In decorat ion, wreaths of green leaves entwined with festoons in gold another group of Howers. In shape it is often out of proper form, that is to say, not quite symmetrical, or quite per[)endicular. I'ro- fessor (Jhurch says, "Not only do many specimens follow the forms and decorations of Dresden pcjrcelain, but they fre(|Uently bear the characteristic Dresden mark, the crossed swords in under glaze in blue." Then one should notice the gold on the rims ; this was nearly alwa\'s scalloped. Under dishes and plates will often be found a ring or wavy ridge; we have it on several specimens. Owen says, " The peculiar glaze of the Bristol ware is rich and creamy as compared with the cold and glassy surface of the Dresden, and tliough marked as such, cannot be mistaken for it : at the same time, the Bristol has a peculiar style 01 ornamentation, rich though sober, brilliant though chaste, so characteristic that it can never be attributed

The Connoisseur

to any other English factory." This

only applies to the highest class

of Champion's porcelain.

Then there is what is termed

the cottage or kitchen ware, not

quite so fine, and usually with a

brown or chocolate rim round the

jug.s, cups, and plates, etc., never

gilt, while the decoration upon it

was bold and simple. The very

high temperature necessary to fire

this hard paste made sometimes

defects, twists, bends, fire-flaws, etc.

There is a marked instance of this

in the figure of the milkmaid, which

shows a fire-flaw or crack down one

side (No. vi.). The glaze is good — on fine pieces it is faint and thin, on commoner productions it is a bluish white : there are pits, specks, and lumps (all very small, of course) almost all over it, so by these peculiarities and a little study ot genuine examples, it is possible to gain a fair knowledge of what is really Bristol china. In the collection are some interesting teapots (No. ix.). On one is painted the supposed "Snow Minerva.'' Champion's ship : another, festoons of flowers in green : another, with flowers in panels. The spouts and handles have raised ornamentation :

No. VIII.— HEX

HEIGHT, 12

the latter often have a kink or bend in the form of the handle. Cham- pion also imitated Chinese designs. On these teapots and cream-jugs Chinese figures will be seen. The same designs are to be found on cups and saucers (No. x.).

There is a cabaret in the col- lection, consisting of a shaped tray, teapot and cover, sugar basin and cover, cup and saucer : round the centre of each is a laurel wreath. Marked -i- in blue and with a 1 in gold (No. xi.). In die same illustration I have placed a bowl which does not be- long to this set, but is similar in decoration. In No. xii. will be seen a portion of the Lord Nelson tea service, two cups and two saucers, fluted with gold bands, interlaced blue ribbon scrolls, bouquets and sprays of flowers. They are marked with a -f-^and 5, There are four cups and four saucers in the collec- tion, two for chocolate and two for tea. Champion also produced some beautifully painted tea and des- sert services. In No. xiii. we have three shaped dishes from the dessert ser\-ice formerly in the possession of the Countess of Carnarvon, beautifully

AGONAL V.\SE INCHES

8

Bristol Poycciain

No. X. TEAPOTS AND J ICS WITH C HINES

decorated witli festoons of flowers and interlaced ribbons of blue and lilac. Tlie centre dish is 12 ins. long, the two s(]uare ones 9 ins. There are besides these three dishes, six plates, each one painted with

different flowers in the centre, marked . Notice

the raised ribs on the back ol one of the dishes ; these were added to obviate the bending of the dish, caused by the very high temperature necessary to

DESIGNS

give the pro[)er firing to the materials, 'i'hus we fre- (juently see on liristol jjorcelain plates and dishes a rib or truss, a little shallower than the outer rim, as an additional support, sometimes in a circle, and on oval or s([uare dishes in a waved line.

Other characteristic j)ieces of Hristol poicelain wiTe the oval plaques of white biscuit, moulded with a vase or portrait head, decorated with festoon and pendants of flowers in full relief very delicately

No. XI. — CABARET, CONSISTING OE TRAY, TEAPOT, SUGAK-BASIN, CUP AND SAUCER

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No. XII. — NELSON CUPS .AND S.AUCERS

modelled. There are many other forms of cups and saucers, sauce or butter boats, bowls, jugs, etc., in the collection, which space will not permit me to describe.

Lastly, I give a few of the marks used on Bristol porcelain. Champion's works were in operation for thirteen years, from 1768 to 1781.

'I'he Plymouth mark was used at Castle Green. It was the sign for Jupiter and t'or tin, in reference to Cornwall, where kaolin was discovered. On earlv pieces, in blue, thick and somewha. clumsv : later, neatly drawn in red, blue or gold.

X Usual mark a cross in blue, slate or impressed, usually accompanied by numbers denoting the

different decorators, from i to 24 — Xo. i, that of Bone, the enameller, B3 B^ B^ B ^Villiam Stephens' mark.

Dresden mark, under the glaze, sometimes affiled.

T

- liristol and Dresden marks, as above, combined. O Said to be Tebo, a modeller, found on figures in the collection.

X + -r + + X

Other marks on cups and saucers, etc.

[Photographs of specimens by permission of the Museum and Art Gallery Committee.]

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The Historical Collection of British Water=Colours at the Grafton Galleries By Alexander J. Finberg

Not the least interesting I'eatuie of the recent exhibition of Old Masters at the Cirafton Calleries was the selection of British water-colmirs which hung on the right-hand wall ol the long end gallery. The presence of this section was due to the initiative ot the n e w 1 V - f o r m e (1 "Walpole Society" — a society which was only started a few months ago, with Lord Lytton as its President, for the purpose of promoting the study and apprecia- tion of our native art. The limited space placed at the disjjosal of the Society forced the organizers to limit their exhibition to the works of the earlier water-colour [) a i n t e r s. Hardly any drawings were included which were produced later than about 1820. This date ruled out the later works of artists like Turner, (Jot man, De Wint, Uavid Cox and Copley Fielding, Init it enabled the Society to concentrate attention on the drawings of the earlier and less - known men. It is not too much

No. I. — A VIEW OF THE SOURCE OF THE ARVERON BY FR.\NCIS TOWNE LENT B^' MR. A. P. OPPfi

to say that the extraordinarily line achievement of men like Alexander and John ("o/ens and (iirtin has never been so worthily represented in any public exhibition held within the memory ol the present generation. The widespread interest awakened by the

Waljiole Society's dis- play was due primarily to the \ery great beauty of the works of these three great masters of water - colour painting. While the besetting sins of the later workers in this field are over-pretti- ness and an excessive love of detail, the drawings of these three masters are remarkal)le for their breadth of handling and austere beauty of thought and colour.

The series of exhibits — which were carefully arranged, as far as the exigencies of hanging permitted, on strictl)' chronological lines — began with a pale and (lelicate wa^l'.ed draw- ing (jf Gor.'esldii, from the col 1 ec t i o n of the Rt. Hon. A. H. Dyke- Ac land, by Samuel Scott,the earliest English

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The Connoisseur

\vater-C()K)ur painter who

rose above mediocrity.

Scott was born in 1710,

and Horace \\"alpole, in

liis Afiecdoles of J\ji)if-

/;/^'' /Ciii^/iJud, s[)eaks

very liiglily of liis wori<.

A number of his oi 1-

paintings are now on

view at the AMiitechapel

(iallery in the exhibition

of "Old London," but

it is only fair to the

artist's reputation to say

that manv of the poorer

\ie\vs ot Old London

ascribed in the catalogue

to him are either feeble

copies of his works or

the productions of less

competent hands.

.Scott's work was in the main topographical, and the drawings of all the earlier British water- colour jja inters were similarly views of places and buildings. The delicate skill and fine sense of quality of wash of these men were admirablv summarized by Paul Sandby's drawing of Coi/y Castle,

G/ai/iorga/iskite, \\'illiam Pass's Va/e Cnicis Abbey, Llangollen, Michael Angelo Rooker's Coity Castle (wrongly described in the catalogue as Leyston Abbey), and Thomas Hearnc's The North Porch and Steeple of Tlia.x/ed Church, Essex. The most delightful of these drawings from a ])urely artistic point of view — as chstinguisheci from their antiquarian interest — was undoubtedly the latter. Put a good idea of the fresh- ness of observation and trained skill which went to the making of these elaborate pictorial records is furnished by the partly wa>hed pen-and-ink drawing of Fart of the Castle at Xeicpori-on- Csk, bv Rooker.

The extraordinary vi\acity and directness with which water colour is used in this fascinating drawing, done directly from nature, form an object-lesson in artistic workmanship which, it is to be hoped, will not be lost upon the crowd of slap-dash sketchers who deluge so many of the water-colour exhibitions of the present day.

This drawing of Rooker".> is also interesting for another reason. It \as one of the first works of art bought by Turner. Rooker died in iSoi, when Turner, who was then twenty-six ^ears of aue, had

No. II. — TREES AND ROCKS INDIAN INK LENT BV

just established his repu- tation as the best of the younger generation of to]iographical draughts- men. A\"hcn Rooker's drawings and sketches Were disposed of, Turner attended the sale and bought several batches of the older masters sketches from nature. Phe drawing shown at the Grafton Galleries passed by inheritance into the possession of its present owner, Mr. C. ^Lallord W. Turner, a descendant of one of Turner's uncles. Others of the drawings bought by Turner got by mis- take into the possession of the National Gallery, and some of them were actually exhibited in the old water-colour rooms at Trafalgar Square as early works by Turner himself.

Put while most of the drawings of the topographical men dealt with the scenerv and buildings of Great Britain and Ireland, a few of the more adventurous of these draughtsmen ventured further afield. William Pass was sent to Greece bv the Dilettanti Society to draw the ruined temples and battered remains, and his pupil, Francis Towne, has left us a number of vividly coloured drawings made in Rome. The two different views of the Source of the An'eron, by Towne, shown at the Grafton (Galleries (one of them is here reproduced as the first illu.stration to this article), mark the beginning of that feeling for the elemental in nature which found fuller expression in the poetry of the early part of the nineteenth century. These interesting drawings are dated 1781. Another pioneer in the same field was Alexander Cozens, a natural son of Peter the Great by a Deptford woman. He came to England in 1746, and taught drawing at Eton School, and at Bath. His drawings, chieflv in monochrome, bring a new grandeur of spacing and dejith of conception into English water- colour art.

The drawing of Trees and Rocks (which forms our second illustration) shows to what advantage he had studied Claude's wonderful studies from nature, and

BV .ALEXANDER COZENS MR. A. P. OPPl

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The Historical Collection of British U'ntcr-Colonrs

No. 111. — THE GOATHERD

SIGNED AND DATED I;

liV JOHN R. COZENS

LENT BY MR. EDWARD MARSH

suggests some I'amiliarity with the art of ("hina and Japan. Alexander Cozens's son, John Robert ("o/ens, was said by Constable to have been one of the greatest geniuses of landscape painting. His work is " all poetry " — the poetry of the silent and solitary jjlaces of nature. Suih drawings as The Goatherd, and Lake Alhaiio, with Castel Gando/fo (Nos. iii. and iv.), show what grandeur of effect he could produce with his restricted palette and limpid washes of pure colour. There is an almost morbid .sensilivtfuess in

his handling. He died insane at a comparati\el\' early age.

Turner and Girtin, when the\' were very young, both made copies of John Co/ens's drawings at the house of Dr. Monro, the physician at ]5edlam, who carefully tended Cozens in the last years of his life. Cirtin, in j)articular, must have made hundreds of co|)ies of Cozens's designs, and the influence of Cozens's feeling for space antl air is conspicuous in Girtin's superb drawing of PIyti/i)ii>i!on. 'I'his rhythmic

Xo. IV. — LAKE ALBANO, WITH CASTEL GANDOLFO BY JOHN R. COZENS LENT BY MR. THOMAS GIKTIN

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The Historical Collection of British Water-Colours

and noble design is one of the most consummate and perfect of Girtin's works. Hut how maiinifu enilv robust and sane are all the other works from his hand which have been included in the \Vaii)ole Society's Exhibition — Carnan'on Castle, S/e-/</>i/ij;-S/ofits on the \V ha rjc above I^ol ton, Viexv of Ouse Bridge, York, and the interesting Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire. What splendid vitality there is in his loucli, what vigour of conception and fme reverence for tiie limitations of the water-colour medium. .Ml these masterpieces belong to a descendant anil namesake of the artist, Mr. Thomas tiirtin. with the ixception

of the Tattershall Castle, whi( h was gem rousU- K nl by the Ciovernnrs ol the Manchester Whitworlh Institute. It is ti) be Imped that the W'alpole St)cielv will be able to give us some dav an exhibi- tion entirely devoteil to dirtin's work. .Smh a truly great artist ought to be i)etter knt)wn and more widely appreciated in his own country than he is at present.

1 must reserve for a second article my comments on the drawings by Blake and Rowland;>on, and the interesting and highly instructive selection of Turner's eari\' works.

No. VII. — TATTERSH.\LL CASTLE, LINCOLNSHIRE BY THOMAS GIRTIN

LENT BY THE GOVERNORS OF THE MANCHESTER WHITWORTH INSTITUTE

The Janssen, or Somerset, Portrait of Shakespeare

The More Important Copies. Part II. By M. H. Spielmann, F.S.A.

I'liK ■•(Iarkk k ' OK ■■ Maioukn " Jansmcn. It can hardlx- be said that the application of the title of " Garrick " to a portrait conveys much specific distinction of nomenclature, for several of the Shake- speare likenesses — notably the Belmount Hall jjortrait, as we have seen — have been endowed with this same glamour of the great actor's name and ownership. That name, naturally enough, is, in the opinion of many a dealer, a convenient ascription, and to many minds a convincing affiliation. This portrait, however, is not without interest, and on being sent on February loth, 1897. by the late Mrs. Marsden, to the Stratford E.xhi- bition during the Shakespeare Festival — that owed its inception ami the chief part of its success to the late Mr. ('. K. Flower — it attracted a good deal of attention. It is on a canvas measuring 20:,' in. by 1 7.1 in., sight si/e ; the can\as apparently measures 22 in. by 18.', in., l)ut as it is sealed up with its frame in a gla/ed box, accurate measurement is impos- sible. In the catalogue appeared the following Stat e men t : "I )a v id (larrick oner owned this |)irturi-. which n-seinbles ' i'lie Jansen ' portrait. He considered it to be an original likeness, and was NO Well pleasi'd with it thai h>.' had his own portrait jiainted bv \'anderguclit as a

THE GARKICK OR

in the fyossession of itt-oyt;,- 11'. Ma,

companion to it. (larrick gave both ])it:tures to his friend liartleman, who gave them to his friend Mr. Rawyer, from whom they jjassed to the family of the present owner, Mrs. Mar.sden." In the upper left-hand corner is the inscri|)tion ; .F", 46, 1610 — entirely invisible in the photograph ; and indeed the " . l*; " is not to be seen in the picture, for the frame covers the spot where it should be, as well as the first figure of the date.

There is, of course, nothing improbabk- in the story. Contributory evidence, if such it mav be considered, is forthcoming from the fact that Ben- jamin, the son of Michael Vandeigucht, did ])aint

(Jarrick ; indeed, he painted him twice, and exhibited both pictures at tin: Royal Academy — the first time in 1776 (No. 309) under the title " The ste wa rd of the Stratford jubilee; ditto" \i.e. " three -(|uarters "j, and the second in i 779, the year of the actor's death (No. 334), " A Head of the late .Mr. darrick, being the last picture he sat for." That ])icture, bearing a similar description, is now at the (iarrick Club, and, making all allowances for its un- finished state, we ma\- consider it [)erhaps the very worst thing •■ MARSDEN " JANSSEN that ever came from

Co., itirmiHfiham that latPer accom])lished

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The Jaussen, or Somerset, Portrait of Shakespeare

painter/" Mr. Marsden's "(larrick" is clearly a third portrait of the actor by N'andergiicht, and is full of life.

It will be observed that, if the account is to be credited, the Marsden portrait was already u fairly okl picture when C.arrick owned it. From the appearance of the work, however — from its handling, colour, and condition — I judge it to belong to the jieriod of the Staunton, which it does not eciual in ([uality, although it is likely enough from the same hand. Now, it is e.vtremely strange that all these copies were made from a picture which had become celebrated, or at least notorious, through Earlom's engraving of it, and which was the subject of acrimonious public discussion, and yet that none of the Shakespearean experts or students had ever seen the original or any of the copies, and that no word shoidd have transpired from the copyist or copyists, or from the respective owners of the co[)ies to satisfy curiosity as to the original, to elucidate the problem, or to dispel the mystery that surrounded it. And still stranger is it that, while all the full-size copies naturally omitted the wt)rds " Ut Magus" (which were not on the Bulstrode ])anel, but figured only on the first pubhshed print from it), they all, with the sole exception of the late Mrs. Marsden's, omitted the age and date inscribed upon it. This is a circumstance which cannot lightly be passed over, for an inscription is not only an integral [)art of a picture, it is a piece of evidence of the highest importance, alike intrinsic, personal, and historical. \\'hy, I may ask again, in the Buckston, the Croker, and the Staunton portraits is the inscription absent ? Does it mean that this testimony, bearing silent but convincing witness of peculiar significance, had really no interest for the copyists, or was deliberately suppressed ? If so, why ? Or does it imply that the numerals on which we rely in so great a measure to connect the picture with the poet were actually not upon it when the copies were made from it? The fact that they do a])pear in this "Ciarrick Janssen '' may be held to prove that this copy was made after the original had passed into the hands of "the ingenious Mr. jennens." During iQoy the " Marsden Janssen,"' having passed by inheritance to Mr. George \V. Marsden, was lent by him to the South London Art (laller)', along with the portrait of Garrick, a rather well-painted picture, in which the actor is shown turned to the left.

In the " Marsden Shakespeare we see a greater firm- ness of handling than in most of the other copies, and a vigour in which the sweetness of the original is in a great

A far better portrait by Vandergiicht. .i full-si/.e pastel free copy, or version, of the Chandos Shakespeare, is in the possession of Lord Howe.

measure lost. It has the certaintv which we lintl in the work of a practised and .self-reliant cojjyist. The left eye is turned more into the corner, and the left evebrow is tar more fly-away and Mephistoi)helian than there is any authority for. The nose, strengthened with a dark outline, has much of tiie acjuiiine tendency which we miss in the Buckston, Staunton, and Bebb co|)ies, and so approaches nearer to the original, 'i'he i)aint- ing of the flesh is fair and very smooth, with the liair-cracks commonly seen in smooth painting, and the shadows in it are greenish in tone, indicative of the ground or monotone " laying-in " with which the head was started. It is but fair to say that the face does not display the blotchiness which unaccount- ably ajjpears in the photograph. The hair is black, and the mass better defined than in the other ])ortraits, and the gold embroidery is sup]K)rte(l by a golden figured pattern on the doublet.

Mrs. Bkhi'.'s J.vnsskn. ()1 the picture owned by Mrs. Bebb, of Ridgeway Park House, Bristol, little need Ix' said, for it is doubtful if, judged by appearances, it is more than eighty years old or so. I first knew of it through it having been exhibited at the Shakespeare Memorial, and the owner was good enough to se-nd it to me, at my request, for examination. It seems to liave no known history beyond the bald fact of its having been in Mrs. Bebb's family for some time. It measures 24 in. by 20 in., and it has neither the " Ut Magus " scroll nor the inscription, and from the type of the face and the drawing of it, I ha\e no hesitation in expressing my belief that it was done from two engra\ ings. That is to say, it is based upon Cooper's 7!iezzoti?it (as is proved by the general character- istics), modified by reference to the ])rint by Martin Droeshout (in the first folio) — as is proved by the eyebrows, the flow of the hair, the shape of the ear, and the brushed-uj) moustache : the last a ])eculiarity to be observed in none of the other copies. The picture, therefore, becomes a com- promise between the janssen and the Droeshout, with a good deal more of the former.! It is jjoorly and smoothly painted and ill-drawn throughout, the eyes and nose especially having given the painter an unconscionable deal of trouble, with results that must have been extremely di.sappointing even to him. The nose, about the tij) of it, has been "fudged," and below it there has beeii crude re-touching, painting out a i)ortion of the moustache, which now,

t It therefore appears to be the original idea of the mezzotint frontispiece to John B. Marsh's Reference Shakespeare, luiblished l>y Barrett in 1S79.

TJie Connoisseur

in thi' Cdurse sliows through, is full litc-si/u

of wars, The liead the hair.

moustaciic, and beard are ol a hrown that sht)\vs tliat the painter ne\er had access to the original, nor to the Buckston and Staunton copies. The eyes, tt)o, are of a similar colour, not black or \ery nearly black as in the others. The lace collar is hastily touched in, and the black dress, with its grey buttons and trimmings, is no better done than the rest of the picture. And, as may l)e seen in the illustration, there is a crack or crease along the left inner edge of the ordinary stretcher.

Mr. Anhkew's's Ianssen.

In the year 1876 Vlx. James T. Andrews ])ur- chased at the auction sale " of an oUl colonel at Kingstown, CO. Dublin, whose name I forget," as he informed me, a small ])ortrait of Shakespeare more or less of the Janssen type. It had the appearance of considerable age, and was co\-ered with wrinkled varnish, which has been duly removed. What the picture has lost in antiquity it has gained in freshness and brilliancy, suffering, however, not a little from the glassiness of the new varnish.

It measure^ jjip.ches by 6^-^ inches, and is painted on the back of .£i worm-e'aten piece of ancient oak panel, whiidi apj)ears to have been part of the door of a cabinet, or ])erhaps, but less likely, of wall-panelling. Judgmg from the hue and texture of the wood and the character of the worm-holes, I cannot believe that the age of the picture corresponds with the date inscribed tin it. The letters and t\gures of this inscri[)tion, which are rather playful in character, are clearly of a later date than the picture, and have been co])ied sketchily in red pigment (which, however, does not tell nearly so strongly as a])pears in the photograph) in imitation of the Earlom and the Cooper mez/otints ; but there has been no attemj^t to adhere to shaj^e or form. The portrait is in a circle 6f inches in diameter, within a " surround " re])resenting rougiily-cut masonry. The length of the

THE BEBB J.\NSSEN

In the possfssion of M rs. Bebb. Foujidi-d ou Kcbt-t-t Cooper s 7ttezzotint. and on the Drofs/iout i'n^?-az'in^ — fs/teciai/y in resfiect to the fj't'bfV7vs and tnoitstache. On ca/i7-as. 24 in. by 20

face from the lop of the forehead to the point of the beard is about three inches. The " Ut Magus " scroll isS merely outlined.

It is very juicilypainted, \"ery fully modelled, and richly coloured, but is too emphatic in the shadows. The large, full eyes look over the spectator's right shoulder ; the lips are full and sensual : the cheeks are hollow, like the right temple, where a damage has been repaired : other- wise, with the exception of the re-touching of the right shoulder "wing" and part of the dress on that side, the painting is pure enough. It is a calm and distinguished- looking face, conveying a sense of power. The photograph does justice neither to it nor to the painting generally, and translates a dark back- ground into a fairly light one. The doublet is black, shaded with olive green, with a broad braided pleat down the front, decorated with eleven buttons, and gives no suggestion of the figuring in the original. Mr. Andrews hazards that this might be the " sad " dress of " subfuscan hue " enjoined by Philip and Mary for gentlemen of the Inns of Court, to whom white doublets and velvet were forbidden. But as the same sumptuary enactments included also in the prohibition a fortnight's or three weeks" beard and hair long or curled, and as the hair and beard in this picture, according to our modern ideas at least, are fairly long, the appli- cation is not wholly justified.* The owner has tiiought that Boaden. in speaking of the Croker Jan.s.sen as "an oval within a .square,"' intended to say "a circle within a square,"" and that this may be the original of the lost portrait. As to this argumentative assumption of error. I do not think it can be sustained any more than the implied age of the ])icture, which appears to me to date from not earlier than the beginning of the nineteenth century or thereabouts. Moreover, the lumpiness of the forms, the freedom of the

* As is referred to in Dugdale's On'^iitcs Juridiciales, 3rd edition, 16S0, .and lately in hun of Court, by Mr. Cecil Headlam, M..\. (London, 1909), p. 21.

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'f/ie /(Ulsscji, or Somerset, Portrait of Sliakespearc

handling, to say notliing of the fulness and length of the beard and the shape ot the eyes, |)re- clude the idea of direct copying of any kind, and lead me lo the conclusion that we have here a skilfully painted Shakespeare, done after the mezzotint by Cooi)er, by an artist who has mistaken the shadow t)f the beard for the beard itself, and so has mis- represented its form. The picture is in a fmelv- carved scroll frame wiili " flying members."

The Fowi.kr Jansskn ] )r.\\vin(;. Of the re m a i n i n g Janssen portraits, a few- should be mentioned here. The first is " A Drawing of Shakespear. From an original picture by Janson," which was made by William Fowler and sent to the exhibition of the Free Society of Artists in 1782 (No. 132). The importance of this drawing lies in its being the first evidence we have of the Janssen portrait after Mr. Jenneiis's deatli, and il is not imjwssible that it was a study for one of the copies we have been considering.

Thk Flack Janssen. The "Janssen" portrait lent by Mr. Flack to ■ exhibition of Shakespeare por- traits held at the Town Hall, Stratford-on-Avon, in connection with the festival of 1864, has been held to bear greater likeness to the famous "Death Mask" (belonging to (Jberst Ernst Becker, of Darmstadt) than any of the others. " There is thr same oval face," wrote Mr. E. '1'. Craig, who examined it closely, "and fair comj)lexion in both, the well-defined forehead, and very prominent, yet evenly arched, eyebrows. The upper lip is shorter than in tlie mask, but the moustache is separated in a similar manner. U'hey both agree

THE ANDRKVVS JA.NSSEN In the />t>ss(-ss:\»t o/Jatut's /". Andrt";vs, Estj. A 7H-yy^ full >-i-fii/trifii^ 0/ the litthtyotie Jansst'n. In a l irt U'\aiiaiitst a masonry hackt^rounti . (ht oak f>ant-l, 7;" /«./»>' 6];J in. {'I'ho • f>!totoi^ra/th (Oarst-ns tlu- -<oholt\ anif t;/7'i\< a sparklf 0/ liii^hts '.rhiilt do not a/t/>t-ur on tito pietttfoi

THE MACKEY MINIATURE, JAMSSEN TYPE

In tin- possession 0/ C. Afai hy, Es,].. Bi? >ning/iai!i

in their phnnological chara( icrislics ; but the eyes are blu(■i^h - gre\ . This Sti lus 1(1 be an ol)iccli(in against iln- |iainling from the life, if the colours gi\rii lo the bust at Stratford are true lo life, as tlu\- probably arc, for tin y were ])ainli-(l under till- direction ol the poet's Iricnds."

The Zkm and J an»kn.

The "Zetland ])or- Irail ' was |)rol)ably of till- Janssen l\[)e, if we may judge l)y the few dcscrii)tions of il extant, hut since il was ex- hibited at Stratford by the late ( ' 0 u n t ess of Zetland in 1864 it h<is been destroyed by the fire which consumed so imich of tlu; Zetland l)roperty. According to Traig, it had "the same oval face, arched eyebrow, and sandv or light auburn hair; and when the mask taken Irom the- lace" [the- readeT must not take it as b\- any means proved tlial this Death Mask is really the mask of Shakespeare] "was ])laced near the |)ortraits, it see-med to sa\', in the words of the ])oel —

' Com|iare our faces, and be judge yourselves. '" t

(Il might have been quoted correctly, " yourse-lf.'')

Mr. SiDN'KV 1!()l:kn'e'> Jans>kn

( '( )I'V.

The small \ ersion belonging to Mr. Sidney Bourne is faiiiv w(_-ll done. It is nil whitish board, 8^' in. l)y 7] in., and imi li-ss than ; in. thick. It l)e.irs ih'- date and " V. 46 " on the right. This head is rallvT well model 1 ed and pa i n t ed ; the moustache- and bc-ard are liirn- inu grev ; the douhiet is brown,

■ v.. T. ("rait;, Shalspeii ami tlic lli i-ila^;€ of Getniis, 2nd editimi. Fred Pitman [? 1884]. Craig's writings on Shakespeare are based on the phreno- logical aspect 1)1' the subjerl of which he treats. I'

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with nine whiU' l)iiltons : and of an (ual. nr ruimdrd rurnris, backiiround is givcnisli in toiK-, picture sccins to lia\c no history.

llicre is a suggestion witliin which the The

'Thk " Wai.i'oi.k The so-called ■" Walp to the hammer in de^ci ihed in the salt

(IRTl'tAIT.

came

■ portrait itioy." when it was t-ataloL^Lie : " William

4 M

Shakespeare. A contenijiorary ])ortrait, on i)anel, inscribed aeiat 4(1 {1610). from the Strawberry Hill Collection." As to its historw the auctioneers ctudd tell me nothing, nor did the owner, they .said, know anything t)f it. That being so, the confident attribution of the [)rior ownership to Walpole savoured of ra>hness ; nor is it easy to understand whv that eminent dilettante could be suspected of harbouring the little picture in his renowned collec- tion. As a matter of fact, the portrait tlid not figure in the catalogue of the Walpole sale at all, in spite of the inscri|)tion on the back of it. This inscription is written on paper which I take to be about fitty or sixtv Years old, although the orthography beans witness to eighteenth-century inspiration. The lines, with variatitms due ap|)arently to carelessness, are those which appear below the A\'illiam Marshall version of the 1 )roesliout engraving. That stan/a consists of si.\ rearranged lines from Ken Jonson's tribute to Shakes[)eare in the 1623 tblio — "To the memory of mv beloved, the Autht)r " — the lines beini;

THE S.MALL OVEREND COPY OF THE JANSSE.V PORTR.\IT

taken in the following order with the couplet thrown in at the end. This is how they are transcribetl behind the " Walpole pi)rtrait " ;

" This [iortr.-iit is renowned Shnkespeare, Soul ot the

The a|)pUni>-e, delight, wendei"

of the- Age. N.iture herself was piuud of

fiis designs, And joyed to we.iie the dres>-

ing of his lines. The Learned will confess lii^

works weie sueh That neitlier Man nor Muse

ran ]naise too nuieh. Kov evci live thy fame the

wiiild to tell. Thy like no age could ever

parallel. "t — Frnui lite \\'alp(ile Collection,

Strawl)ery [jvV] Hill.

16, I 7, 3, 4, 45, and 4(1.

* At Messrs, Puttick Simp- son's. .\ mixed sale including " the property c)f the late Col.

The truth of tlic provenance from Strawberry Hill was mercilessly ai)praised by die company present, the final bid realising no more than /^i 2s., at whicli ])ricc it fell to Major Henry Lyon.

The picture, which is practically a miniature, 5 inches by 4 inches, is painted on oak panel, and is undoubtedly a pro- duction of some anticjuity, but in work- manship it is extremely ])oor and artistically worthless. It is curious that in this Janssen head the ignorant scheme of illumination of the face seems to be copied from the Droeshout print, especially with respect to the exaggerated crescent light under the right eye.

The Daly Portrait. In 1897 a small old copy of the Bulstrode Janssen (as it has been described) was submitted by Mr. Frank Sabin, the dealer, to the Shakespeare Memorial, and was afterwards sold by him to the late Mr. Augustin Daly, who carried it to America to take its place in one of the most magnificent and extensive theatrical libraries and collections ever formed by man. That collection was dispersed at Mr. Daly's death in New York by the American Art Association in the sjiring of 1900 ; but what became of this Shake- speare •■ Jans.sen jiortrait I have not been able to discover. It does not appear in the catalogue of his death-sale, unless it be that catalogued as Lot 817, "Shakespearean Coloured Portrait," which is unlikely. Perhaps it is hardly worth the effort of search, sa\e _ , for the .sake of the com- pleteness of this recortl.

On the other hand, it is more than jjrobtible that the picture spoken of was in reality the " Cosway Zucchero," which bears some slight resemblance to the Jan.ssen. This much- discussed Zucchero " will be dealt with on a future occasion.

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Albert L. Keller, V.D., and others, Friday, December 20th, 1907." Lot 561.

t Compare Lewis Theobald (1688-1744) in The Douhic I-ahehood : "None liut liimself can be his parallel.'' Theolxild, the Shakespearean editor, pro- duced the play in 1727 as a genuine play of Shakespeare's ; but it has been suspected that it was from his own pen.

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I'lu /ansscii, or Soj/zersc/, Portrait of Shakespeare

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In tliL' I'udur i;xliil)itii>ii, lu Kl at tlu' N\ \\ CialK iv in i<Sc)o, iIktc ai)|)carctl anK)ni; a ga)ui) of rk\cn l)ittur(.s and niinialiircs one which was lent hv K \. \ \. Ovcivnil, I-.sii., catalogued thus: ".^u.V • \\ illiaiu Shakspearo ( i564-i()i6). Small husi to left, black coat, wliitc ruff: inscrilicd .I'.i'. 4(1. id 10. I'ancl 3^x4^ in." Mr. G. H. Owrcnd was a cK rk at the Public Record Ottice. and was an acii\e uieniher of the New Shaks])erc .Society, to whose transactions in 1871) he contribiUed an inlerestin;j: and \aluable paper* on "The l)is|)ute between Cieorge M.dler. Cikizier, and Trainer of IMayers to Henry \T11., and Thomas Arthur. I'ailor, his I'ujiil — 15^8-1^21)" — reciting from among some unindexeil recortls of the (\iurt of Chancery a (luaintly-worded and (luainlly- motived billadthessed lo( "artlinalW'olsey a.->( hancellor.

This little portrait descended to Mr. Overend's executor, Mr. Ci. F. Handcock, his colleague in the Public Record Office, now retired, and by his cmutesy I ha\e exatnined it. Its true measurenu in is 6 in. b\" \\ in., and it is ])ainted on co|)per. The top of the head, a copy of the Jansseii, touches the I'ranie : the lace collar lias the ap|)ear;ince of a ruff a unii|Ur feature in a jiorlraii of die Janssen type- : the doul)let is embroidered in red. coarseh' (Ume, and strong red touches are supposed to gi\e life to the ear and lips. As a work of art it is exceedingl\' po^)r, the painting being both ignorant and rough. It is, ho\ve\ (.-r, of a respectable age, dating, in all ])robabilit\', Irom the last quarter of the eighteenth century.

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A very charming miniature, based, I believe, on tlie Jans.sen Shakespeare, is that in the possession of Mr. (ieorge Mackey, of New Street, liirmingliam. It is not by the hand of a master ; the draughtsmanship and modelling, as well as the handling, are not up to the standard of tine work — it is tentative and timid in touch, the head lacks construction, and the lace standing collar is summarily dealt with. And \et, with all its defects, the miniature possesses unusual charm, for alike in colour and in (juality it is sym- pathetic and tender, and obviously the work of an artist — an artist, that is to say, in feeling if not in practised and accomplished craftsmanship. The oval measures 2y",. in- hy 2^ in., and is painted on parch- ment so delicate that it almost a[)pears like chicken- skin, such as that wliich Hilliard sometimes used. It is unfortunately in rather poor condition, the result

* Part III., 1S77-9, read on Friday, October I7lh, 1.S79.

of lia\ ing been ennnpletl and nibbed through gettinu loose in its mount. In the colouring ol the face it fol- lows the |ans>en pii tiue, and it is undoubledl)- meant lor Shakespeare. .\s to its degrie of anti(|uit\, e\peit opinion is di\ ided : but the miniatiue, as a r^■nderinu, wiiether conti niporarx or not, of a well-known original, is Certainly not a "fake." My own impression is that, although of respectable age, it d.ites Irom a |>eriod i'on>iderablv |)osterior to the pictiue.

Hearing of the miniatiue in the autimin of \^)oU. I obtained Mr. .Mackex's courteous jjermission to examine and have it photograpiied at the pla<\- of business of Mr. N'oynich, the eruditt- dealer in old books, in Shaftesburv Avenue : it was in the charge of Mr. X'oynich, who \ alued it at J^.'^o. Mr. Macke\ had actpiired it nearly twenty \ears before, having l)urchased it in 1887 at the sale of .\Ir. lUilloch. at his residence at Handsworth. near Birmingham. No history of any imi)ortaiU kind seems to attach to it. yet it has not ])absed without notice. Mr. Alexander Cargill, of Lillyville, Perry Road, k'.dinburgh, and others, have written of the miniature, and for a con- siderable time it was shown at the Shakespeare Memorial in Stratford.

'I'HK Cil l.X M IMA'I I KK.

In the' sale catalogue of A ( 'ollection of ( )ld ( 'hina, and Works of Art " dispersed at Pultick \- Simjison's on December 5th, l(;04, the lot No. 76 recei\ed the distinction of capitals : " Siiari-.sI'K aki-.. .\ ( 'ontei;i- porary Miniature in Oils on ('an\as ol William Shakespeare'. A most interesting item." This

recommendation allraeled the notice ol .\Ir. John ('den,' who bid up lo fi\c am 1 a half guineas lor it and se-cured it at that price. He now asks filty guineas for it, lor, as he truly says — being convinced ol its ge-miini:ness — " it's worth that or nothing. '

Its brie-f history, as diligently traced out l)y the owner, is as follows. It was sent to the sale-room by a .Mr. lackson. of 4, Russell Street, .Middlesbrough, who purchased it from a Mr. I'.ools, a travelling dealer, who in his turn had it in July, ii;05, Irom a .Mr. Clegg. of and (^5, Oaklield Road, Liverpool. Tile last-named had bought it Irom a Mr. Thomas Dislev along with soun; furniture (the said ('f-gg being a furniture de-ale-r and broker). Clegg tried to follow up .Mr. 1 )isle\- in order to obtain liulher de-tails of the miniature's historx lor .Mr. CK-n, but found that he had changed his address several times, so that the clu(- was lost. 'I'hus, although we- have

t -A re|nitable dealer in pictures, etc., 34, Davies Street, Berkel y Sqvuue, \V.

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hci-L' five successive ownerships, they cover but a very brief ])erio(l, and tlie "history" counts for nothing in the evidently long life of the little picture.

The uiiniature, as will be seen, is of the Janssen type, and not unlike the shape of the head and cast of features in the .\shbourne ])ortrait. It is the work of a fifth-rale' ])ainter — ajjparently one of the journeymen " face-makers," whose trade it was to travel about England painting portraits lV)r but a sorry and a meagre guerdon. It is probably a genuine old piece which was regarded with some sort of res]5ect for its honesty by the I )irector of the National Portrait ( lallery. The figure wears a wide collar or falling band (it is too indistinct to be described with certainty), fading into a doublet with buttons down the front. The pouting lips are full and red, the mouth wide, the lips slightly ])arted, the hair dark brown, and the moustache dark almost to black.

It is an oval, 3 in. by 2'^^ in., painted on canvas and ke]it in a little old box co\ered in red canvas ; and within is a paper about a century old, inscribed : "Anti(iue Miniature in oil of Shakespeare (the oldest known) miniature." The lining-paper of the bo.x, it may be added for what it is worth, is a piece of black- letter [irinting. The paint is much cracked, and. as 1 ha\ e said, the workmanship is poor : but there is little doubt that we have here a miniature of rather early (.late or else a "fake" exhibiting exceptional .skill.

In s])ite of the popularity of the Janssen j)ortrait. there is but a single examjile of its use in the niedallic representations of Shakesfieare. There are many based on the ( "handos [)ortrait, several on the .^tratford

bust in Holy Trinity Church, a few on the Droeshout engraving, and reproductions, too, of other of the portraits ; but of the Janssen there is only one. and that of quite recent execution (1908). It is by a die- sinker in the employ of .Messrs. Moore, of Birmingham, medallists, and is in bronze, issued in two sizes — 2 inches in diameter, and i inch. On the obverse is a free translation of the Janssen portrait, which is almost surrounded by a trailing oak branch, bearing, as fruit, the heads of Macready, Phelps, and Irving — fair, recognizable portraits, with their names impressed on the branch. On the field, to the left. " 1564 1616." and on the exergue, on a scroll-tablet, " Shakspere." On the reverse, too pictorial for really good medallic work, is an extensive \new of Stratford, with the river and the church, and on a scroll on the exet-gue. " The .\von."

Before leaving the subject of Janssen, I would remind the reader that certain of the Shakespeare portraits are attributed to that artist by different writers, and more by their owners, without the slighte.st authority or probability. Chief among these are the Chandos and the Ashbourne portraits. Con- sideration of this point must be reserved until these lectures are dealt with. It is to be observed that the Ashbourne portrait bears some resemblance to the Janssen, as does also the portrait once in the possession of Cosway and copied in miniature by Miss Charlotte Jones — about the year 1820 — the picture traditionally attributed to Zucchero already alluded to. But this study of the Janssen has here been carried far enough : the next paper will deal with portraits of more lively interest.

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The Collection of Monsieur G. Seligman By Ronald Clowes

In the dreary ages of iiiedi;evalism, wlicn iho shadow of the sword lay over the lands, and learning and culture were driven to seek refuge in monastery and convent, art flourished triumphantly— art that in its way was more intense in its expression of per- sonality, more fervid and exalted in its aims, than the more bounteous output at the present time. It was not restricted — as is largely the case nowadays — to painting and sculpture, but found its chief expression in beautifying the ordinary objects of e\eryday life, in illuminating missals and books, and in needle- work. To needlework, indeed, was conlined almost the entire expression o( the artistry, devotional feeling and creative instinct of womankind. The talents which now fnid vent in literature, painting, sculpture, science, politics, and a hundred fascinating i)ursuils, were then confinetl to this single narrow c;hannel. The result is that the needlework of the dark ages was not a mere handicraft, but a fuie art, and one in which great originality and profound technical skill were not unfrequently shown.

Most of the finest pieces have been absorbed by the larger museums or remain in the possession of

the religious institutions for which they were originally wrought : but that a few — and these not among the leasl noteworthy — have come into pri\ate hands is shown by the fine collection of Monsieur ("i. Seligman, of 3, Avenue du I'arc Monceau, Paris, which contains many pieces of unsurpassed interest. Chief among these is perhaps the beautiful chasuble of l-^nglish workmanship, of about the end of the thirteenth or l)eginning of the fourteenth century, a period in which the iMiglish work was at its highest rejjute. So much was it esteemed that Vopc Innocent I\'., about 1246, is said to have despatched missives to nK;st of the heads of the (Jistercian monasteries in England instructing them to send him gold embroideries wherewith he might adorn his chasuble and cope — a recjuest which was not over cordially received, owing to the valuable nature of the gift he retjuired. What is perhaps the linest specimen of needlework in the .South Kensing- ton Museum, the Syon .Monastery (Jope, belongs to this i)eriod. With tliis piece the work on M. Seligman's chasuble has many striking resemblances ; the em- broidery is equally beautiful, while, unlike the Museum exam[)le, it is in a [jerfect state of preser\'ation.

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GERMAN NEEDLEWORK IN COLOVRED SILKS. GEOMETRIC DESIGNS SHOWN IN LACIS. HERALDRY AND LETTERS OF LATER WORK SUGGEST THAT THE FRAGMENT IS PART

OF AN EARLY SAMPLER

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THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN A FRAGMENT OF ENGLISH EMBROIDERY Ol' ABOUT THE I" I F T f: F, NTH

CENTURY, SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO AN EMBROIDERED ORPHREY ATTRIBUTED TO A SUFFOLK NUN

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It must be remembered, when considering the ornate ecclesiastical embroideries of this period, that, even in the days when they were wrought, they were esteemed as most precious possessions. The saying about the gallants of (^ueen Elizabeth's court, that the\- often carried a manor on their backs, might with even greater truth be repeated of the great dignities of the Church, when on occasion of high religious festi- val they wore these sumptuously adorned vestments. These were worked, not by humble sempstresses, but by the great ladies of the land ; queens and princesses n(_)t disdaining to ply their needles to produce for the

match man's triumphs in the plastic and pictorial arts, we must not turn to woman's eflTorts in the same field, but to the superb embroideries, of which this chasuble of M. Seligman's is one of the finest examples remain- ing to us.

The embroidery on the back of the garment is wrought on a gold ground in the form of a cross, from the foot of which ascends a Jesse Tree, the inter- windings of its two branches forming the frame-work in which the needle has been plied to produce in coloured threads a series of pictures which in their delicate colour quality, their tonal effect, and their

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use of the clergy in their holy office garments even more regal and costly than any they could ever hope to wear. The talents, which, had they oc- curred in later generations, would have given us the pictures of another Vigee le Brun, Rosa Bonheur, or Angelica Kauffman, were all turned to the designing of these wonderful fabrics and their consummation with the needle. In them we see the fruit of the artistrv of innumerable generations of women, who worked not for gain or mundane reward, but from pure devotion, inspired by the idea that in making glorious the garments of (lod's representatives on earth they were labouring directly for Ciod. Nor can their labours be said to be unworthy of the lofty motives which inspired them. Most of them have perished : but the few of the finest which have survived the corruption of the moth antl the hand of the spoiler are perhaps the greatest examples of artistry wroii.ght by womanV hands. In sculjiture and paint- ing, and to a great extent in literature, it cannot be said that women have ])roduced anything which is absolutely uni(]ue : they have done much great and good work, but if the whole of it was eliminated, the range of painting, sculpture, and literature would scarcely be narrowed. Wherever they have gone, man has been before them : but in needlework — and almost in needlework alone — they are supreme. To

decorative feeling, are as supreme achievements in this phase of art as the altar-pieces of Duccio are in pictorial art. Lest this eulogy should seem over great, one must realise not only the limitations imposed upon the craftswoman by the materials in which she worked, but also the state of contemporary arts in England at the commencement of the fourteenth century. Architecture alone was flourishing ; of pictures in the modern sense of the term there were none : and even in Italy, where modern painting was born, Giotto and Duccio were only beginning to unwrap it from the swaddling bands of Byzantine tradition. Only in the beautiful illuminated missals of the period was there any prototype for the exquisite artistry of the designs. Decoratively as they are executed, there is a naive realism in their conception, while the artist has not feared to bring into them an amount of explanatory detail which would make their subjects perfectly understandable to the most ignorant of the congre- gation to whom the ]:)riest ministered.

On the back of the chasuble the bottom figure repre- sents King David with his harp : next comes Solomon, and above him Saul. Then there is the Virgin and Child, and cro\\iiing all, the representation of God the Father attended by kneeling angels. On the front are embroidered the chief events in the life of Christ, beginning with the Annunciation, and then in order

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follows the Nativity, the Circumcision, and the Presentation in the Temple. Above these is repre- sented the Virgin svirrounded by angels, with the ( 'nicifixion on top. One could Hnger longer over this be.iutiful masterpiece, which, considering the richness of its coloration and its wonderful state of preservation, mav be claimed as being a unique specimen of I'jiglish neetllework in its greatest period. One's regret that it has been taken from the country of its origin — probably never to return — is tempered by the knowledge that it belongs to an owner who fully appreciates its qualities, and that it is housed with other examples worthy to bear it company. These are many in number, and varied in style and period, for Monsieur Seligman is an enterprising and discriminating collector of manv vears' standing. To

the i)almy period of English embroidery — the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries — when the intense devoutness of feeling which characterised the earlier work had not yet waned, and technical attain- ment had reached its full maturity. Though the heads — that of the Virgin especially — are somewhat large for the bodies, a common fault of the period, the figures are invested with an almost monumental dignity. The diajjered backgromid is highly characteristic.

Also of English workmanship, though belonging to a later period — the beginning of the seventeenth century — is the representation of Balaam and his ass. In this may be noted the develojiment, and one by no means for the better, which had occurred in linglish needlework during the intervening centuries. The earlier desisjns had been largelv suggested and

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attempt to describe these individually, or even to enumerate them within the short compass of a magazine article, would be an impossible feat, and so only a few of the finer examples, of which illustrations are given, will be mentioned.

Of English origin arc the two remarkable pieces of embroiderv, the one ])robably representing the " ( "oronation of the Virgin," and the (ither, two figures Ntanding behind a well-spread table. The Gothic cano|)v surmounting the latter is a form of ornament introduceil in the earlier i)art of the fourteenth century ; before that date tht- subjects were usually enclosed in quatrefoils or circular compartments, sometimes united i)V twisting snakes or dragons, or h\ the branches of trees, ,is in the chasuble alread\' described. The subject of the work is somewhat ttbscure. but the absence of a halo from the head of the man — a rare oi'currence in the embroidery of this period — would seem to point him out as being an infidel. His beard •uid moustache, which appear to be somewhat coarser in execution than the rest of the work, may possibly be a later addition, for it was characteristic of the embroidery of this period that the faces of the men were almost invariably represented with the upper liji shaven. Not less int eresting is the fragment showing the "Coronation of the \'irgin," which belongs to

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inspired by the contemporary illuminated manuscripts, but with the gradual deterioration of the art of illumination and the introduction of figured and ornamented fabrics, which took place in the latter half of the fourteenth century, embroidery sank from its position as one of the greatest of the arts to a mere rival to the craft of the weaver. The designs for embroidery often became direct imitations of woven pattern.s, and so lost not only their former individuality, but also much of their ornate beaut\', ami all their epical interest. In the seventeenth century another influence made its appearance with the introduction of tapestry. The designs in needlework were largely wrought to emulate the effect of this fabric : and though ."scriptural subjects were frequently chosen for representation, the deep religious feeling which ani- mated the treatment of these themes in the older pieces was absent. This is shown in the example described, a fine example of its time, and masterly in its purely technical attributes, but one in which the desire to imitate the fiat surface of a woven fabric has deprived the neeillework of much of its distinctive charm, and shows a degeneration from the great period of the art. In fact, .skilful as is the manipulative ability displayed, and highly prized as are the finer specimens of the early seventeenth century — among

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which this must be certainly numbered — it is doubtlul if they can be regarded as art in its higlier sense, but must be rather looked upon as superb crattsmanship — craftsmanship that coukl be attained in time by anyone possessing the (juaHlications ot" good taste and infinite patience.

Turning t'rom the Hnglish i)iecos, tiunigli the ones already mentioned comprise only a verv small projior- tion of the total, one is somewhat bewildereil bv the wealth of treasure from which to make selection. Here, for instance, is a piece of derman fourteenth- century needlework, of coloured silk, in ,i conven- tional design, less interesting jjerhajis than a li^ure- piece, but hardly less beautiful in its decorative effect. The heraldic shields and letters suggest that this is probably a portion of a sampler. The first and third rows are worked in a geometrical desicn, the upper one showing traces of the gammadion, that moditication of tlie form of the cross fc)imd on earlv Christian monuments. The secontl row is of twisted silken tlireads, the dark ground showing uj) the pattern in agreeable variety of colour. In the iourth row are the letters had k \- i k i s bordered at either end with crosses, worked in cross-stitch upon canvas ; and the last row displays four heraldic shields, the centre space being filled with a peacock, a bird which is frequently introduced in early needlework. Strong traces of the By/antine influence, which permeated Europe from the eleventh century and onwards, and which even yet is noticeable in modern peasant work, are seen in the highly ornate embroidery of human figures, animals, and flowers. In this the central object is a winged dragon enclosed in a wreath held by two winged and bearded figures with high head-dresses, suggestive of Chaldean monvunents. On either side are mounted figures bearing wreaths. The central width is enclosed by a narrower border at toj) and bottom, showing floral forms and recumbent human figures. The piece was probably designed to commemorate some great deed in the history of an important family, and is of early date.

Of lace some of the most fascinating specimens in the collection are \'enetian. This is as it should be, for in Venice, the former gateway of the East, where the inhabitants had accjuired something of an Oriental taste for beautiful apparel and sumptuously adorned fabrics, the craft of the lace-maker is supposed to have originated. It developed gradually. In its first suggestions it was more or less a development ot embroidery. Though some writers have given lace an earlier origin, its existence cannot be traced further back than the fifteenth century. By the record of contemporary pictures, it is evident that it did not come into fashionable vogue until the latter half of

the sixteenth century, .uid it w.in tow.uds the close of this centuiv and the lusl h.ilf of the next ih.u \ eneti.ui I. ice .is>umed its most be.iutiUil and ornate forms. It was in this period that the gcometrit .d- patterned l.ice began to i)e largely superseded by lii • introduction i)f lurved forms generallv wrought in flor.d designs.

One ill these is a seventeenth-centur\- rosc-ixiint colhir — which is practically identic.il with one in the museum at New \ ork — a fine s|)ecimen of that Ivpe whose pattern needs little union with brides -the tech- nical term for the links or ties which hold it together. Those which are there are elaboratelv ornamented, thus following the practice in vogue in Veni( e, which gave its lace such a rich appearance. In this example, however, the pattern is chiefly held together bv the scrolls. The raised work is in trijile tier, picots being sewn upon the thickly jjadded scrolls, which them- selves rest on the ground-work.

The lower strip of rose-jjoint lace is unusual in having needle-point pictures framed in the flower forms. The one on the left, ajjparently .i represen- tation of the legend of Pan and .Syrinx, is a marvel of delicate craftsmanship, the action of the two figures being recorded with a realistic jiower that could not be surpassed in a miniature. The moment chosen is when the nymph, to save her from the embraces of her pursuer, is being transformed into a flowering reed, and shoots and leaves can be si'en breaking out from her arms. Pan is shown in the guise of a satyr, his hairy lower limbs and cloven hoofs being rendered with marvellous .suggestion of detail. The second ])icture, whose meaning cannot be; interpreted, is equally spirited, the action of the horse being natural and well suggested.

Of Venetian lace, but this time wrought in gold thread, is the fifteenth-century strip, whose intricate geometrical patterning seems an almost impossible achievement in a material so difficult to mani|)ulate. It was the popularity of lace of this costly character which caused the passing of the sumptuary law which forbade the use of gold thread to the lace-workers of \'enice, and so brought about the substitution of ordinary thread in its place ; a change which in the end was of benefi*^ to the lace-makers' craft, the workers finding that they were able to beautil}' and elaborate their patterns when executed in the more flexible but less costly materials to an extent almost undreamt of when gold and silver thread was alone in fashion.

The few pieces selected from Monsieur Seligman's collection, though they give little idea of its extent and variety, at least conclusively prove that it includes some examples of quite exceptional interest. Especially

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BAG OF ENGLISH WORK

Circa 1700

this the case with regard to the beautiful chasuble already described, which is a specimen of needlework that any museum in the world would be proud to possess and esteem as one of its chief treasures. Though of recent years much has been done to revive the art of needlework, it may safely be said that the triumphs of design and craftsmanship attained during the so-called dark ages will never be repeated. The demands of modern life are too arduous and too insistent to permit the worker to give to the craft

that whole-hearted devotion which rendered the achievement of these triumphs possible. They are the result not merely of consummate skill trained by constant practice into the highest technical attain- ment, but they are also as much the expression of the artist's personality as the masterpieces of painting, sculpture, and architecture. The hands that guided the needles to perfect these glorious pictures and patternings wrought the souls of their owners into the work as well as the silken and linen threads.

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[77/^ Editor invites the assistance of readers information required l>\ Correspondents. \

Portrait hy Rakiu'rn. Dear Sir, — I wonder it you, or aii\- of your numerous readers, lan identify the jiortrait by Raeburn, of whic-h I enclose a photograph.

Yours taithtully.

Joiix .Mii.hai.i,.

U X 1 1 ) i; N r 1 1 T K I ) M I N I A 1 1: r k . Dear Sir, — Referring to the query by A. Ashe, printed upon page 1 7 i of the November number of Thk

C ON N O I SS F TR M A O A V. I N K, I

think the initials "T.D." are prob- ably those of the m i n i a t u r e painter, Thomas Day, although, if this is so, I regret my inabil- ity to identify the lady referred to.

Yours faithfully, William H. T. Dawk.

Unidentifieu Portrait. Dear Sir, — The unidentified portrait. No. 2 on page 38 of the September Connoisseur Magazine, is the portrait of the child-wife of Edgar Allen Poe, Virginia Clem Poe. The artist's name is unknown

of TiiK Connoisseur 'iCho may l>e able to impart the

to me. I have several engraved portraits of Mrs. Poe ; one is identical with portrait No. 2 on page 38 of the September Connoisseur Magazine.

Yours sincerely,

Estelle Mii.drku Knai'I'.

(Handle-shades. Dear Sir, — I should be very much obliged if you, or any of your readers, could inform me when candle- shades were first used for ordinary househc^ld purposes,

and what such shades were like. I have an inven- lf)ry of my house taken at t h e d e a t h of the owner in 1798, and in it are mentioned two can die -shades, but of course there is no de- s (■ r i p I i o n of them.

Yours truly, L. L. D. Jennkr.

Painiixg i;v Sir C o I) !■■ k \: \

KXELLlk.

Dear Sir, — Will you kindly publish the en- closed photo of a i)icturc by Sir Codfiey Kneller with .1 \iew to ascertaining who it is ? I bought it many years ago at a sale, and have never been

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able to get it identified. It s L- cms t o h c one of the Kit- cat Series, be- in;^ Kit-cat size. .\s a matter of interest, I ].)a.id 15s. tor this picture, inckid- ini;- the beauti- ful frame, but it cost me ten times as much to have it done up. The drap- ery and hands are very well painted. Yorrs truly,

R. Hoi- (•■M.\NX.

rukTK.A.IT BY L.\NDSEER.

Dkar -Sir, — In your issue for April last a correspondent asked for infor- mation regard- ing a " Portrait by Kandseer" — a reproduc- tion of which ) i>u gave in your paper. I am sorry I have been so long in replying to the entjuiry, but I wished to make some enquiries first. In the first place, I may mention that the portrait is that of my aunt, the late Mrs. Arthur Shirley (ncc Wardrop), who died some thirteen years ago at an advanced age — widow of the late Col. Arthur Shirley, 7th Hussars. So far as I can gather, the original [)ortrait was by James Inskip, who exhibited in the Royal Academy 1820 to 1841, and who published in 1S3.S. Studies of Heads from Xaturc. I liave a copy printetl in colour signed by Inskip — engraved on stone by C. E. Wagstaft", and I have treiiuently in past years purchased from Rowney and Co. copies of the head sold at sixpence, for copying. It would almost appear that the sketch signed " E. L., 183 1" was from the Inskip picture, and IS b\- Landseer. And I may mention that Eandseer was a great personal friend of my aunt's. I shall be pleased t > give any further information that may be of use to your correspondent. I may

mention that my aunt was a very beautiful woman, and I have portraits of her by Chal- o n , Joy, Sir Francis Grant, and others.

Yours truly, J. C. ^V.\RD- ROP.

Unidextified Picture (i).

De.\r Sir, — This photo re- presents a pro- cession of Irish villagers, and fairly indicates the brilliant oil picture from which it is taken, and which is 7 ft. long by 2 ft. 4 in. in height. This work of art being unsign- ed, leaves the identi fication of the artist an

PAINTIMG BY SIR GODFREY KNELLER

open question, although all who have examined the original are of opinion that from the exquisite humour, masterly drawing of the numerous figures, and the charm ol the landscape, Mulready alone could have painted it, and that at tJie period of his career when he was a disciple of the . Dutch School. It would be a great favour could'"any of your correspondents assist in the solution.

Yours faithfully,

Arthur Wickson.

Leaden Statues. Dear Sir. — I enclose photographs of three lead statues at Harrowden Hall, Northamptonshire. There is a fourth pedestal with no statue, but with the dowel- holes in it. It is evident there was at one time a set of four. Duplicates of two of the statues are known, but the owner of Harrowden has been unable to obtain any information respecting the form of the statue missing from the set.

Xofes iDid Oiie^ics

UNIDENTIFIKD PICTURE (l)

Willi your wide circulation, possiblv you may be able to assist in tiie search.

I suggested to the owner of the statues (Lord \'aux of Harrowden) that you might be able to help in finding a duplicate ot the missing statue of the set, and he gave me permission to take and send these photographs to you.

The duplicates of the statues at Harrowden are ; — No. I. — Duplicate at Drayton House, Northants. No. 2. — Duplicate at Studley Royal. No. 3.- — ^No duplicate known. No. 4. — \'acant pedestal.

Yours truly,

Ci. V. CllAkl-TON.

Unidkntii ikd Painting (2). Dkar Sir>, — -Herewith 1 send a photo of an old portrait I bought some time back. Thinking it of some value, 1 took it to the keeper of the National

(lallerv, who expressed the opinion that it had been cut out of the frame from some private collection. He said it was beautifully painted, and was no doubt 150 to 200 years old, and was evidently painted by a Master. He advised me to try and find who it was and the painter — as it was valuable. I also took it to Messrs. Agnew, ( !olnaghi, Graves, Sotheby, who all expressed the same opinion, and say the lady appears to be wearing a Russian order. The name of the ]xiinter is no doubt left on the canvas in the frame.

Tan you helj) me to find the owner of tin- picture ? It measures 15^ in. by Si in.

Vours faithfully,

(1. II. .Smaki.

MeMORI AI, L0( KKT.

Dkar Sir,— The Connoisseur M a< ;azinI': of Octo- ber last contained amongst the " Notes and (Queries"

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TJie Comtoissetir

a question concerning a siKer lieart -shaped memorial locket, which has so I'ar remained unanswered.

Your correspondent will find a similar speci- men described on page 367 of the ist volume of Medallic Illustrations o f Brit is h H is to ry. There are several varieties of such boxes, either containing a por- trait of Charles I., or more rarely bearing a head of this monarch, or of Charles II., on the outside. The in- scriptions differ, some being engraved with such phrases as " I live and dy in loyaltye," or " Prepared bee to follow me," and I have one with a weeping eye on one side and a heart transfixed by arrows on the other, but without lettering. This portrait of Charles I. is also known in the shape of a small pendant un- enclosed, and exists with differing reverses. These trinkets were secret memorials of the King's death, or used to keep alive the Stuarts' cause in the memory of their adherents, whilst the royal family were in exile. Charles I. was executetl on the 30th January, 1648, according to the old style of reckoning at that time still in use in England —the beginning of 1649 only dating from the ::5th of March.

I remain, yours faithfully.

Helkx Farquhar.

Portrait attributed to Gainshorough.

Dear Sir, — I herewith enclose a photograph of my picture of an old lady attributed to Gains- borough, and shall be extremely obliged if you will reproduce the photograph in the next number of The Connoisseur.

1 shall be verv gratified if this leads to anv

unidentified painting (2)

information about the painting and the original of the portrait.

Thanking you in an- ticipation.

Yours faithful!)-, Harold Bower.

Unidentified Painting (3). Dear Sir, — I have jjleasure in sending you herewith a photograph of a picture in my pos- session,and|should thank you much to assist me to establish the name of the painter. As is pretty plain from the photo, the picture is very dark, and of course no signature is visible to one not accus- tomed to know where to look. I should be glad to have the photo in your Magazine, as I should like to get at the value of the picture, if it has any.

I await yourkind news, and remain,

\'ours truly,

C. S. HOVLE.

BiTST OF Napoleon. Dear Sir, — \\'ould you kindly publish the enclosed photo of a plaster bust of Napoleon, in order to ascertain whether it is known ? Personally, I think it is an original, as I have never seen a cop\' of it anywhere. It has the following inscription on the back in black script letters, evidently of the period : " Buonaparte, First Consul. Brought from Italy by General Andreossi, 1801." Any information would be acceptable.

Yours truly,

R. Hoffmann.

Unidentified Portrait. Dear Sir, — Mrs. G. Liebstein's portrait greatly resembles the copy of a miniature that I have bv Gainsborough. The miniature is nearly full face, sad large eyes, deep blue, pale complexion, hair " a la Pompadour " slightly powdered ; the face is turned

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UNIDENTIFIED PAKNTINO (3) PORTRAIT ATTRIBUTED TO G AI NSUOROUGH

in tlie opposite direction to Mrs. Liebstcin's portrait. of the musician Thomas Linlcy tlie elder, and was

It represents Miss Mary Linley, afterwards Mrs. herself a singer of some note.

Tickell, who was horn in I 756. She was the daughter ^■ours faithfully. R. I^AWKl^M; Martin.

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Tlic Tomb of Shah Jchan, Agra

TiiK introduction of the manufacture of pietre commessc, or l''lorentine mosaic, into India, forms one of the most interesting episodes in the liistory of Eastern art, and it is much to be regretted that we know so few details of the incidents connected with it. I'ractically all we know now is that early in the seven- teenth century — whether by the direct invitation of the I'hnperor or on a speculative mission of their own, we cannot say — at a time when the art had reached its highest perfecti(in in Italy, Austin de Bordeaux, with some fellow-craftsmen, proceeded to India, and seem to have been at once employed in the production of

their peculiar work. Although they were skilled to the highest degree in all the processes of their art, thev t'ound in the new land so much that was novel in the materials ai their disposal and in the designs they were required to adopt, that they were able to produce effects far richer and more varied than any- thing they had before seen in their native country ; and, instead of the grey-tinted marbles which they had hitherto used as their backgrounds, they had the brilliant white marble of Jaipur, while for the inlay itself they could use jasper, agate, bloodstone, car- nelian, and lapis lazuli. They were first employed, during the reisn of Tehansjir, on the tomb known as

THE TOMB OF SH. I J EUAN. .\oRA

Notes

Eti - mad - I )oiilah at Agra, which is wholly ol white marble and mosaic ; but their most V a 1 u a b 1 e work was executed for his successor, Shah Jehan. The most important building on which they were engaged — the palace of Delhi — suffered severely from loot- ing after the Mu- tiny, when many of the finest mosaics, such as that of the Orpheus, which is supposed to have been a likeness of Austin himself, were car- ried off. We have, however, in the T a j e M e h a 1 at A g r a, the m o s t complete example °' ^ makk of their skill, which, fortunately, still remains perfect. The white marble walls of the interior of this tomb- palace are decorated throughout with inlay, but it is on the tombs of Shah Jehan and Mumtaz-i-Mclial themselves, which stand under the centre of tlie dome, that the richest of the work is concentrated ; luid although we might desire, for the artistic edu- cation it would afford, to ha\e such treasures amongst us, it is to be hoped that the day is far distant when they will be housed, as are other specimens of Austin de Bordeaux' work, in the India Museum. — j. T.wenor-Perry.

The accompanying photograph represents an old fire mark of the " Protector " Fire Insurance ( "o. of London, which erased to exist early last century. Formerly, if buildings were insured, they bore the mark of the insuring office, fixed outside, so that, in the event of fire, such offices could be promptly advised. This custom prevailed when the informant was rewarded and the companies had their own watermen firemen. Some of these old fire marks are in keen request amongst collectors, many of the earlier examples being finely fashioned, and realising several pounds each. — B. Ch.\mi:eki.ai.\.

Old Fire Mark

Leather Bottles

V o r K previous iiueresling articles u|)on Black Jacks and i5(>m bards, showing tlieir an- tic] uity and the very aristocratic society they now k e e p , a 1 m o s t f r i g h t c n s t h e humble possessor of a few leather hollies in bring- ing I hem to the notice of the col- lector. The Black J a c k and 1! o m- b a r d a r c n o \v rarely to be met with in the dealer's hands, but their poor relations are occasionally to be f o u n d b y the diligent collector. I have been for- tunate enough to pick up the three leather bottles here illustrated, and one oak harvest bottle, beautifully made. There is little information to be got as to when leather bottles were first intro- duced— where they were made or when they went out of use. Undoubtedly some were used as early as the sixteenth century. No. i on the illustration may be taken as the type most commonly to be met with. When the bottle ceased to be watertight, a piece was nearly always cut out of the side, as shown in the illustration, when it was utilised for various {)urposes. as a]itly described in the last stan/.a of the verses I ijuote. In one case I have seen (I think in the Museum at Lewes) the gap is cleverly filled uj) with a modern piece of leather, but the lines of the old cut can be clearly seen.

No. 2, the pear-'haped bottle, is in excellent con- dition. No. 3 is a wallet bottle, also in perfect order. When I purchased it there was a label tied to it bearing the following inscription : —

"Ye Sign of the Old Leather Bottle, Warkworth, Northumberland. F. Bailey, Proprietor."

It has a screw stopper. Round the neck is a leather

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LEATHER BOTTLES I

collar, ill which are two slits, through which a thong could be passed for carrying pur[x)scs.

"The Black Jack" and "The Leather Bottel'' have been constantly used as trade and public-house signs. Of the former a notable instance is "Black Jack" in Portsmouth Street, Clare Market, once the favourite resort of the performers at Drury Lane, the celebrated "Joe Miller" being oft of the company. It is said that at these meetings Miller was remarkable for the gravity of his demeanour, and that he was so com- pletely innocent of anything like joking, that his companions as a jest ascribed every new joke that was made to liim. Subsequently, in 1739, Motley ]iublished a book etititled Joe Miller s /es/s, or the irit's Fade Aleiiim.

The most noted "Leather Bottle" is undoubtedly the one that graced the door-head of James Hoare, citi/.en and cooper of Cheapside, and most appro- jiriately became the " Clolden Bottle " when his descendants merged into the noted bankers of that name. Mr. F. G. Hilton Price, in a Ilatidbook of London Bankers, says : " The old sign of the Golden Bottle may still be seen from the street (Fleet Street) over the doorway, upon entering the bank. .*>ir Richard Colt Hoare considers it to have been ' a barrel,' a sign adopted by James Hoare, of Cheapside, from the circumstance c'" his father. Ralph, being a citizen and cooper of the city of London. The

popular version, says Mr. Noble, was that it repre- sented the leathern bottle carried by the founder of the firm when he came to London to seek his fortune. The leathern bottle for carrying ' of ale nut brown ' is mentioned as used by haymakers in 1682."

These bottles at one time became so famous thai a song was written and originally printed in Pills to Purge Melaiielioly : —

"Now God abive. that made all things, Heaven and earth and all therein. The ships upon the seas to swim, To keep out foes, they come not in. Now every one does what he can, All for the use and praise of man ; I wish in Heaven that soul may dwell Who first devised the Leather Bottle.

" Now what do you say to the canns of wood ? Faith, they are naught : they cannot be good : When a man for lieer he doth therein send, To have them filled as he doth intend. The bearer stumlileth by the way, And on the ground his liquor doth lay ; Then straight the min begins to ban And swears it was long of the wooden can, Bu; had it been a leather bottle, .\lthough he stumbled, all h:\d been well. So safe therein it would remain Until the man got up again ; .And I wish in Heaven that soul may dwell Who first devised the Leather Bottle.

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" Ni)w for the pots

with ha miles

three, laith, they shall

have no praise

of mine ; When a man and

his wife do fall

at strife (As many, I ft-ar,

have done in

their life), They lay their

hands upon the

pot l)oth, And break the

same, although

they were loth. Which they will

answer another

day

For c a s I i n <; I ho

liquor so vainly

away ; Kut had it been in

a bottle tilled, The one might

have lugged,

and the other

have held,

They both might have tugged till their hearts did ake, And yet no harm the bottle would (ake ; And I wish in Heaven that soul may dwell Who (irst devised the Leather Holtle.

" Now what of Hagons of silver tine? Kaiih, they shall have no praise of mine ; When a nobleman he doth them send To have them tilled as he doth intend, The man with the flagon runs quite away And never is seen again after that day. Oh ! then his lord begins tf) l)an Ami swears he hath lost both tiagon and man ; But it ne'er was known that page or groom Bui with a leather bottle again would come. And I wish in Heaven that soul may dwell Wlio lirst <levised the Leather Bottle.

'■ Xow when this bottle is grown old, And that it will no longer hold, Out of the side you may cut a clout To mend your shoe when it's worn out, Or hang the other side on a pin, 'Twill serve to put many old IriHes in, As nails, awls, and candle ends ; For young beginners need such things. And I wish in Heaven his soul may dwell That first invented the Leather Bottle."

No. 4 Oil the ilkistratioii is an oak harvest-bottle of much later date, now going out of use, and so becoming interesting to the collector. — Maiskkly Phillips, F.S.A.

HIGH-SEAT OF HITTERDAL

The

" High-seat " of Hitterdal

Tourists from C h r i .s t i a n i a making for the Rjukanfos can- not fail to notice, n ear t h e liead of the Hitterdal lake, (J n e of those remarkable and picture-stjue wooden churches to be seen now and again in Nor- way or among the pine fore.sts of ]'osen and Silesia. In this church has been preserved one of those curious " high-seats " so frequently men- tioned in the Sagas, and which formed so important a feature in the Viking halls. Tliese .seats were for the use of the chief, or jarl, and they were placed at the side of the table backing on the long wall of the hall facing the sun, and were occupied exclusively by the master of the house : but sometimes another "high-seat" was placed on the opposite side of the table for the use of an especially honoured guest. Attached to the front legs of such a seat was a broad foot- board, which was used as a seat by anyone making submission to a chief or by a subject while ht; was being made a jarl by the king. The example we give is a particularly good specimen of such a " high-seat " ; and although it has for long been devoted to ecclesiastical purposes, having been used as a bridal-chair, and has suffered some alteration, the back portion, which shows in our illustration, sufficiently attests its heathen origin and indicates its original jiurpose. 'i'he upper portion of the back is carved with the figure of King (Junnar in the snake-pit, a.; described in the Volsuiii^a Saga, and the lower part has two of the twenty fierce black cats which guarded the treasure of the robber chief, Thorolf Sleggja ; while at the same time the front boar<l of the- seat, which appears to be a much later insertion, bears under a cusped arch a consecration cross. The lower part of the chair forms a chest, and the dimensions across the legs are : width, 4 ft. 10 ins. ; depth from front to back, 2 ft. i in. ; and height of the back over all, 3 ft. 8 ins. — J. Tavknok-Pkrry.