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front, profile, and three quarters, for Bernini, the Roman 
sculptor, from which the bust, afterwards destroyed in the fire at 
Whitehall, 1697, was executed—and then be hurried on to admit 
another crowd following closely on our heels—this was perhaps 
necessary however inconvenient to those who wanted to study 
these masterpieces—as 2,750 were passed through these apart- 
ments on the previous day. Next came the Zuccarelli room, with 
its nine large paintings by that master; the celebrated “ Meeting 
of Isaac and Rebecca,” and the seven landscapes on the opposite 
wall were all hurried over, and so on throughout. Next the State 
Ante-room, with the alcove and its stained glass portrait of George 
IIT, in his coronation robes, by Sir Joshua Reynolds ; this, formerly 
Charles IT’s public dining-room, is appropriately decorated with 
birds, beasts and fishes, the work of that master of wood carving, 
Grinling Gibbons. Through the Grand Vestibule, where glass 
cases protect and hide from view the mass of presents presented to 
the Queen on her Jubilce, and into the fine Waterloo chamber, 
built by Sir Jeffrey Wyatville, the walls of which are covered 
with Sir Thomas Lawrences chefs d’ewvres, painted for George IV, 
and representing the portraits of the then reigning sovereigns of 
Europe—a really noble, lofty and well lighted room. Then came 
the Throne room, its ceiling painted by Verrio, and its walls lined 
with embossed Garter-blue velvet, and the cognizance of that 
Order everywhere represented, for here are installed the Knights 
of that most noble Order. The carved ivory throne however had 
been removed elsewhere on account of certain repairs then in 
progress. The Reception room came next, with the Gobelin 
tapestry whereon the story of Jason and Medea was wrought in 
wondrous needlework, and the fine Malachite vase remindin g one 
of the gift of Nicholas, Emperor of all the Russias ; thence into 
St. George’s Hall, glittering in gold, scene of the late reception of 
the Emperor of Germany, rather long for its proportion, but well 
suited for royal banquets. Portraits of the Kings of England, 
from James I to George IV, decorate its walls, over them wave 
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