CATALOGUE OF THE PICTURES AT HARDWICK HALL. 1 5 I 



ON THE LANDING OF THE GRAND STAIRCASE, 

 going up towards the Presence Chamber, on the tapestry, are 

 the arms and quarterings of the Duke of Devonshire, within the 

 garter, and with ducal coronet and motto, in two places near the 

 top of the tapestry. The quarterings are : — 



1. Cavendish, sable, three stags' heads caboshed argent. 



2. Smith, argent a chevron gules between three crosses cross- 

 let sable. 



3. Brecknock, argent a chevron between three lions gambs 

 erased sable. 



4. Scudamore, gules three stirrups or, 2 and i. 



5. Hardwick, argent, a saltire engrailed azure, and on a chief 

 of the second three roses of the first. 



6. Keighley, argent a fesse sable. 



And near the bottom of the same tapestry is the Cavendish 

 crest, on a wreath argent and sable, a snake nowed ppr., sur- 

 mounted by a Duke's coronet. 



On the landing above, just outside the Presence Chamber, 

 over the door, and in plaster, uncoloured, are the arms of 

 Elizabeth, Lady Shrewsbury, viz., the arms of Hardwick on a 

 lozenge, with supporters and Countess's coronet. 



PRESENCE CHAMBER. 



On the walls are the arms of Queen Elizabeth, within the 

 Garter and with supporters, lion and dragon, and Imperial crown. 

 On the inlaid table are inlaid, two coats-of-arms, Talbot impaling 

 Hardwick, for George, 6th Lord Shrewsbury, and Elizabeth 

 Hardwick, and Cavendish, with crescent, impaling Talbot, for 

 Henry Cavendish and Lady Grace Talbot, his wife; there are 

 also representations of various musical instruments inlaid in 

 different kinds of wood, and in the middle of the table is 

 this inscription : — 



TH^ . REDOLENT . SM '- E 

 OF . iEGLENTVNE 

 WE . ST.\GGES . EXAXET 

 TO . THE . DEVEVNE 



There being on either side a stag as a .sui)purter. 



