CARVED PANELS FROM THE OLD HOME OF THE BABINGTONS. 2] 



cannot say, but its lively attitude would lead one to suppose that 

 it was not insensible to the strains of the piper above. 



The baboon with his pipe is clearly intended for Baboon " tune" 

 or " tone" a form of the family rebus which is most unusual. 



The fourth panel (PI. II., No. i) has a bird of the wading family, 

 with its long neck tied into a single knot. The wings are very short 

 and the bill long. The feet (unwebbed) have each four long claws 

 —three and one. The bird is enclosed in an oblong compartment 

 by a plain moulding with Vandyke foliation on- the top and sides. 

 From the treatment, this also may be intended f ~>r a family device. 



The fifth (PI. II., No. 2) has a common form of late Gothic 

 panelling, with leaves for cusps. 



The sixth (PI. II., No. 3) has the bust of a laughing jester looking 

 across his right shoulder. His dress consists of a conical shaped cap, 

 the point of which falls behind the head and terminates in a globular 

 perforated pendant. The cap is secured by a double cord passing 

 round the head and forming the belt of a feathery crown. He 

 wears a fine linen shirt, finely pleated round the neck into a plain 

 punctured collar or band, probably fastened at the back. The 

 collar of his jerkin is of fur, and of the most ample dimensions, 

 rising from a point at the waist and completely covering the 

 shoulders. 



From the amount of character depicted in the face, the 

 prominent forehead, the bright piercing eye, the Roman nose, 

 and the expressive mouth, there can be no doubt but that we have 

 here a tolerably good portrait of a valued servant and favourite of 

 the Babins;ton household. 



