The Visitor's Guide to Knole, in the County of Kent; With Catalogues of the Pictures Contained in the Mansion, and Biographical Notices of the ... Whose Portraits Form Part of the Collection - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt: ...6. Queen of Philip J V.--Ditto. 7. Lady Milton.--Pompeio Bottom. 8. Landscape.--Young artist from Rome. 9. Prince Henry, son of King James I., full-length Mytens. 10. King James I., at about the age of 60, sitting in a chair which is preserved in the Brown Gallery.--Mytens. 11. Sir Ralph Bosville (56).--Schidoni. 12. Due D'Espernon. 13 & 16. Fruit pieces. 14 & 15. Landscapes.--Deane. 17. First Lord Whitworth and Nephew; three-quarter. 18 & 19. Heraclitus and Democritus.--Mig nard. Amusing pictures, but coarsely painted. 20. Sir Hatton Fermor (57). 21. First Earl of Middlesex.--Mytens. A good portrait; the flesh tints are fine, the hands well disposed and painted, and the general effect pleasing. 2S. Henry Hoiourd, Earl of Surrey (58.)--Holbein. 23. Ann, Countess of Middlesex.--Mytens. 24. Sir Anthony Cope (59).--Vandyke. s 25. Frederic, King of Bohemia.--Houthoust. 26. Princess Louise. Ditto. 27. Portrait (not known). 28. King Charles 11.=--Houthoust. 29. Princess Sophia of Bohemia.--Ditto. 30. Guardian Jlngel and Child.--Cortona. 31. Edward, fourth Earl of Dorset. 32. A Sea-piece.--Salvator Rosa. From the windows of these two rooms, which were formerly comprehended under I he title of the Leicester Gallery, are views which deserve to be remarked, from their varied and peculiar character. The window in the billiard-room towards the north-east, overlooks the pleasure-grounds at the back of the house, and presents a fine variety of luxuriant evergreens, so characteristic of the ancient English mansion; behind which rise several lofty and picturesque firs. That at the farther end of the Leicester gallery commands a view of one of those ranges of chalk hills with which this part of Kent abounds, a portion of the park, with its clumps of trees and he...

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