288 Mistress Jane Lane. 
Packington Hall, and by the very kind permission of Lord Aylesford 
am able to re-produce them in photo-print for this paper. The one 
holding a crown in the right hand I will venture to call No. 1. It 
appears to have heen painted before her marriage with Sir Clement 
Fisher, and, like the other—No. 2—is allegorical. The lady is 
represented holding the crown in her right hand, having drawn her 
lace veil over it as partly concealing it for a time from (view ?) 
danger. At her left is depicted a “ Hydra” (the Commonwealth). 
On her right a landseape—probably representing some well-known 
scene in her perilous journey. She is in a crimson dress, without 
any ornament or necklace. Her pose is singularly graceful and 
unlike the stereotyped position usually assigned to Lely. The 
inscription on this portrait is:—“ Mrs. Jane Lane, wife to Sir 
Clement Fisher, who was great uncle to Mary, 2nd Countess of 
Aylesford.” This portrait at present hangs on the wall of the great 
staircase at Packington Hall. 
The portrait, holding a crown in the left hand, which I call No. 2, 
appears to be that of Lady Fisher, painted at a later date, when the 
King was restored to his throne. The ‘ Hydra” is still there, but 
relegated to the background behind her—right. The crown is here 
represented as being held in her left hand, but unveiled and steadied by 
her right. She is dressed in a crimson dress, but made up differently, 
and wears a necklace of large pearls. I think this portrait is painted 
by Lely. It is now in the billiard-room. ‘The inscription is :— 
Mrs. Jane Lane, wife to Sir Clement Ffyssher.” 
In the same room is a full-length portrait of King Charles II. in 
robes—His Majesty’s gift to Lady Fisher. It is not a work of art, 
but is without doubt the “ pickture”’ promised to 
One Ohare her by the King in his letter, of which the original 
II, W. A. M., is now at King’s Bromley. Mrs. Lane has been 
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good enough to send me a photograph of another 
portrait of our heroine, in her possession. It is said to be by Sir 
Peter Lely, and is a nice painting and possesses the features of both 
the portraits at Packington Hall. 
There is also a portrait at Packington Hall which is believed to 
be that of Sir Clement Fisher. 
