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DERBYSHIRE TAPESTRY. 105 



The colours are fresh, the drawing excellent, fore- 

 shortening and treatment good. The master weaver's 

 mark, slightly injured, appears at the bottom of the right 



hand margin thus : 



Brussels mark with indented shield : g \^ g 



No. 3. — " PrUDENTIA EVASIT INSIDIAS SlRENARUM* SOCIJVSQVE 

 PRISTINAM FORMAM PARIT." 



Here we have two syrens prepared with a potion. 

 The principal figure (that of Ulysses) has on his knee an 

 open book with cabalistic signs, whilst in his right hand 

 he grasps a drawn sword. Sea and vessel visible in the 

 background. Flesh tints, a greyish brown. In the 

 draperies, yellows are shaded with red ; and whites, with 

 blue or brown. All the borders have white grounds, 

 on which the groupings of fruit and flowers are wrought. 

 On the margins of this sheet are the Brussels mark, and 

 probably that of Adrian Van Dries, senior, as on the 



first sheet of this series : 



j^ BUB 



No. 4. — " PiVM DECUS VLIX Parentem vtrvmque chariss. 

 coNivGi Troiam petitvrvs commendat." 



This touching scene is charmingly rendered ; a tender 

 and affectionate expression appears on the faces, and the 

 grouping is all that could be desired. Groups of children 

 appear in each angle ; some in the centre base medallion 

 have musical instruments. 



The Brussels mark BOB appears in the base, 

 and the initials N. I. in the right side margin. 

 No. 5. — Vuxi ASTv revelatvs Achilles inter lico MEDisf 

 regis filias virgineo habitv latitans. 



Here we have an unpacking of treasures ; camel and 

 ruined temple in the background. 



* "Odyssey," xii., 51. f One name Licomedis. 



