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foreground two mounted knights armed ^<?/ a pie OiXe. tilling ; 

 in front of tliem, and on tlie ground, apparently the worse 

 for their adventure, are two whose steetis apparently await 

 them at a distance. A group of ladies with their 

 attendants occupy the right side of the pictiire, the 

 principal of whom, mounted, beckons to two retiring 

 hor.semen richly caparisoned on the left. 



The ground is studded with brilliant verdures, and the 

 varied scenery is carried almost to the summit of the 

 picture.* Brussels mark, with the second B reversed, 

 with At. on the right side near the bottom. 



■fl^orton ®ahc6. 



Comiimnicaied hy Mrs. Westby Bagshawe. 



I- — Constantiiie and the Cross. 

 2.— Sara in the Tent. Abram. 



Figures from 3 to 4 feet in he'ght. 



Lights executed in yellow silk. 

 3-— Various subjects— a series— some sacred. Between each 



are fluted columns. 

 Besides the above, there are some smaller hangings about two 

 or three yards square, very finely executed, and beautifully 

 coloured. 



'Ihe bordeis are composed of designs of flowers, animals, and 

 fruits. 



The hangings once in Osmaston Hall are lost to the county. 

 They were sold in 1888 at the sale of Mr. Wil mot's effects. 

 It is said they were purchased by a Frenchman for 550 guineas, 



* The collotype representaiion of this superb hanirin.r (Pl.ite VII ) has been 

 generously presenteJ to the Society l)y S. Taylor- Whitehead, Esq. 



