104 DERBYSHIRE TAPESTRY. 



with designs suitable for a flat surface. Be this as it may, this 

 hanging alone is sufiScient to establish the fame of Copus, and 

 must rank among the very best productions of the Brussels 

 factory. 



The State Room 



is adorned with eight magnificent examples of Brussels work, 

 illustrating the History of Ulysses from the " Odyssey." The whole 

 are surrounded by exquisite borders of fruit, figures, and flowers, 

 about 15 inches wide, and each cartoon is defined by a Latin 

 inscription in red Roman capitals, on a white ground, within a 

 medallion at the top. TheSe hangings were probably ordered for 

 their present position by the celebrated Countess of Shrewsbury 

 soon after the erection of the mansion. 

 No. I. — On the left side of the canopy. 



"Naufragum Vlis duxit Nausica in Regiam Pa'iris 

 A QUO thesauro et conductitys socijs ornatur." * 



Two royal personages about to embark are entreated by 

 a kneeling figure. Three vessels are moored in the back- 

 ground. The horizon nearly approaches the top of the 

 design. 



This bears the monogram T) probably for Andreas 

 van Dries, master of a school jf^ at Brussels, with the 

 Brussels mark at the left-hand corner of the bottom 

 margin : g ^ g The top of the shield is indented. 

 No. 2. — Partly concealed by the velvet canopy of the throne, 

 and the inscription hidden. 



Here we have " Agamemnon " enthroned, and on his 

 left stands " Menelaus," indicated by their names worked 

 in their robes. Pieces of armour lie on the ground.f 



* " Odyssey," viii., 424. 



t Probably this scene illustrates the reconciliation of Achilles with 

 Agamemnon. "Achilles now rose, and his thundering voice alone put the 

 Trojans to flight. IVheit his new artiiour tuas brought to him he teconciled 

 himself to Agametnnon, and hurried to the field of battle, disdaining; to take 

 any drink or food until he had avenged the death of his friend Patroclus. " 

 (Dr. Smith's Alythologual Dictionary). 



