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South Sea Company, and doubtless the figures 

 were all jjortraits. It was painted in his roughest 

 manner; but every head was stamped with that 

 character for which he stood unrivalled. 1 have 

 since heai'd that, when the house was pulled down, 

 this picture was sold as one of the lots, in the sale 

 of furniture, and bought by a dealer. It was 

 painted on the wall, like a fresco ; and how to re- 

 move it was the difficulty. On sounding the wall 

 it was found to be lath and plaster, with timber 

 framework (the usual style of building in the reign 

 of Elizabeth). It was therefore determined to cut 

 it out in substance, which was accordingly per- 

 formed ; and by the help of chisels, thin crowbars, 

 and other instruments, it was safely detached. 

 The plaster was then removed from the back 

 down to the priming, and the picture was backed 

 with strong canvas. It was then cleaned from all 

 its defilement, and, on being offered for sale at a 

 good price, was bought by a nobleman, whose 

 name 1 have not heard, and is now in his collection. 



I do not know whether your correspondent has 

 heard of Hogarth's portrait of Fielding. The 

 story, as I have heard or read it, is as follows : — 

 Hogarth and Garrick sitting together after dinner, 

 Hogarth was lamenting there was no portrait of 

 Fielding, when Garrick said, " I think I can make 

 Lis face." — "Pray, try, my dear Davy," said the 

 other. Garrick then made the attempt, and so 

 well did he succeed, that Hogarth immediately 

 caught the likeness, and exclaimed with exultation, 

 *' Now I have him : keep still, my dear Davy." 

 To work he went with pen and ink, and the like- 

 ness was finished by their mutual recollections. 

 This sketch has been engraved from the original 

 drawing, and is preserved among several original 

 drawings and prints in the illustrated copy of 

 Lysons's Envirom, vol. i. p. 544., in the King's 

 Library, British Museum. 



While I am writing about unnoticed pictures 

 by what may be called erratic artists, I may men- 

 tion that in the parlour of the " King's Head," 

 corner of New lload and Hampstead Koad, on the 

 panel of a cupboard, is a half-length of a farmer's 

 boy, most probably the work of G. Morland, who 

 visited this house on his way to Hampstead, and 

 probably paid his score by painting this picture ; 

 which is well known to have been his usual way of 

 paying such debts. E. G. Ballakd. 



Agreeably to the suggestion of An Amateur, I 

 beg to send j^ou the following list of pictures, from 

 a catalogue m my possession : 



Catalogue of tlie Pictures and Prints, the property of 

 the hite Mrs. Hogarth, deceased, sold by Mr. Green- 

 wood, the Golden Head, Leicester Scjuare, Satur- 

 day, April 24, 1790. 



Pictures by Mr. Iloyarth. 



41. Two portraits of Ann and Mary Hogarth. 



42. A daughter of Mr. Rich the comedian, finely 



coloured. 



The original portrait of Sir James Thornhill. 



The heads of six servants of Mr. Hogarth's family. 



His own portrait — a head. 



A ditto — a whole-length painting. 



A ditto, Kit Kat, with the favourite dog, exceed- 

 ing fine. 



Two portraits of Lady Thornhill and Mrs. Hogarth. 



The first sketch of the Rake's Progress. 



A ditto of the altar of Bristol Church. 



The Shrimp Girl — a sketch. 



Sigismunda. 



A historical sketch, by Sir James Thornhill. 



Two sketches of Lady Pembroke and Mr. John 

 Thornhill. 



Three old pictures. 



The bust of Sir Isaac Newton, terra cotta. 



Ditto of Mr. Hogarth, by Roubilliac. 



Ditto of the favourite dog, and cast of Mr. Hogarth's 

 band. 



W. D. Haggard. 



PHANTOM BELLS AND LOST CHURCHES. 



(Vol.vii., pp. 128. 200. 328.) 



In a little brochure entitled Christmas, its His- 

 tory and Antiquity, published by Slater, London, 

 1850, the writer says that — 



" In Berkshire it is confidently asserted, that if any 

 one watches on Christmas Eve he will hear suhterra- 

 nean bells; and in the mining districts the workmen 

 declare that at this sacred season high mass is per- 

 formed with the greatest solemnity on that evening in 

 the mine which contains the most valuable lobe of ore, 

 which is supernaturally lighted up with candles in the 

 most brilliant manner, and the service chanted by un- 

 seen choristers." — P. 46. 



The poet Uhland has a beautiful poem entitled 

 Die Verlorne Kirche. Lord Lindsay says : 



" I subjoin, in illustration of the symbolism, and the 

 peculiar emotions born of Gotlilc architecture, The 

 Lost Church of the poet Uhland, founded, I apprehend, 

 on an ancient tradition of the Sinaitic peninsula." — 

 Sketches of Christian Art. 



I give the first stanza of his translation : 



" Oft in the forest far one hears 

 A passing sound of distant bells ; 

 Nor legends old, nor human wit. 

 Can tell us whence the music swells. 

 From the Lost Church 'tis thought that soft 

 Faint ringing cometh on the wind : 

 Once many pilgrims trod the path, 

 But no one now the way can find." 



See also Das Verswikene Kloster, by the same 

 sweet poet, commencing : 



" Ein Kloster ist versunken 

 Tief in den wilden See." 



After Port Royal (In the West Indies) was 

 submerged, at the close of the seventeenth cen- 

 tury, sailors in those parts for many years had 



