136 DEKBYSHIRE TAPESTRY. 



A dog lies in front of the stooping figure, and close by 

 are two groups of sheep. To the left, a man and woman 

 are gathering sticks. Trees adorn the right and left sides 

 of the foreground. A bird is flying over those on the 

 right. Height, ir feet i inch ; width, 10 feet 9 inches. 

 3. — " Winter." And a truly wintry scene it is, within and with- 

 out. Within the cottage the cold compels the inmates to 

 pile more fuel on the genial fire, before which an aged 

 man has drawn his chair for warmth. The matron 

 approaches the grate to superintend its replenishment, 

 whilst a bundle of faggots for the purpose is brought 

 by a stalwart youth. The landscape visible on the right 

 exhibits an ice-bound stream, on which three youths 

 disport themselves. A fourth, seated on the snowy bank 

 of the river, appeals with outstretched arms to a comrade 

 in a kneeling position on the ice, as though a novice in 

 the ait. Houses and a windmill are near the water side. 

 The severity of the season is obvious everywhere. 

 Height, II feet i inch ; width, 12 feet i inch. 



Each of these three hangings has a border about 15 inches 

 deep, composed of bunches of roses, tulips, and other flowers, 

 alternating with scroll leaves. In the centre of the top and 

 bottom border is a medallion with a jewel-like centre of blue 

 flashed with white, in a setting of gold. 



The colouring of each hanging is soft and quiet in tone, 

 tending to brown and blue. 



Bcnvent Iball. 



The tapestry now at Derwent Hall came originally from 

 Woiksop Mnnor, Notts., when dismantled about 1840-50 by 

 the then Duke of Norfolk. Mr. John Read, who then resided 

 at Derwent Hall, purchased it, and hung it up in ihe entrance 

 hall, where it siill remains. It is good of its kind. By a strange 

 coincidence, the Hall at Derwent, after changing hands, came 



