QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY 



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QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND 



dormers, and gables into domestic 

 dwellings, found it convenient to 

 label their efforts as " Queen 

 Anne." Very attractive results 

 were obtained by Norman Shaw 

 (q.r. ) and others working along the 

 same lines in England. The attempt 

 to introduce this fashion into the 

 United States, with different and 

 inappropriate materials, was hard- 

 ly a success. Of genuine Queen 

 Anne buildings, Blenheim Palace, 

 designed by Vanbrugh (q.v.), is one 

 of the few examples of first-class 

 importance. (See Architecture.) 



In furniture, the age of Queen 

 Anne was marked by a tendency 

 towards comfort and homeliness, 

 differing from the ornateness of 

 previous periods, and altogether 

 apart from the important move- 

 ment in France. Dutch marquetry 

 work, in some cases imitated by 

 English furniture makers, was the 

 only foreign element in this 

 strongly English style. Walnut 

 was the principal wood, but larger 

 pieces such as the settee were in 

 oak, as in Jacobean times. Charac- 

 teristics of Queen Anne tables and 

 chairs were the cabriole and colt's- 

 foot legs. 



Chairs, though sometimes made 

 with solid backs, more often show 

 the open type of back, with a fiddle 

 or urn shaped splat. Claw-and-ball 

 feet were common. The seat was 

 generally loose and stuffed. Cab- 

 inets, chests of drawers, " grand- 

 father " clocks, were ornamented 

 with marquetry. Veneering also 

 came into practice during this 

 period, and some graceful effects 

 were obtained thereby. The cab- 

 inet or chest of drawers on a stand 

 with horned legs, veneered in wal- 

 nut, is very typical of the period. 

 The modern type of bureau, with 

 bookcase above and sloping front 

 covering drawers and recesses, 

 dates from this time. Black and 

 gold lac decoration was introduced 

 from the East, through Holland. 

 See Furniture and Decoration in 

 England during the 18th Century, 

 2 vols., ,T. A. Heaton, 1889-92 ; Old 

 English Furniture of the 17th 

 and 18th Century, G. 0. Wheeler, 

 1907. 



Queen Anne's Bounty. Fund 

 derived from the first-fruits and 

 tenths of certain clerical incomes, 

 formerly part of the crown revenue 

 and transferred in 1704 by Queen 

 Anne to the Church of England. 

 This money was handed over to 

 governors or trustees, and since 

 then it has been used to improve 

 the value of poor livings. It 

 amounts to about 70,000 a year. 

 The clerical incomes do not pay 

 these first-fruits and tenths on their 

 present value, but only on the value 

 which they had in the time of 



manufactured. Queenborough is 

 named after Philippa, wife of 

 Edward III, as that king built a 

 castle here to protect the cross- 

 ing of the Swale. It was made a 

 borough about the same time, and 

 from 1572 to 1832 sent two mem- 

 bers to the House of Commons. 

 It was a centre of the wool industry, 

 and later had oyster and lobster 

 fisheries. Pop. 2,500. 



Queen Charlotte Islands. In- 

 sular group off British Columbia, 

 Canada. The islands lie 130m. N.W. 



Queen Anne. Examples of furniture of the period. 1. Oak card table, 



veneered with walnut. 2. Mirror frame, decorated with gilt carving and gesso. 



3. Carved and inlaid walnut armchair 



By courtety oj the Dirtetor. Victoria & Albert Museum, S. Kensington 



Henry VIII. See Queen Anne's 

 Bounty, W R. Le Fanu, 1921. 



Queen Anne's Gate. London 

 thoroughfare, leading out of Bird- 

 cage Walk. It was first called Queen 

 Anne Square and then Queen 

 Square. Since the early 18th 

 century it has been a favourite 

 residential locality, its attractions 

 being its nearness to the Houses 

 of Parliament, its view over St. 

 James's Park, and its roomy 

 houses of the Queen Anne period. 

 The land belonged to Sir Theodore 

 Jansen, and was sold to pay the 

 debts, of the South Sea Company, 

 of which he was a director. 



Queenborough. Mun. borough 

 and seaport of Kent, England. On 

 the Isle of Sheppey, it stands at 



T m the junction of 



the Swale and 

 the Medway,2m. 

 from Sheerness, 

 and is served by 

 the S.E. & C. 

 Rly. Formerly 

 there was a 

 daily service to 

 Queenborough Flushing. Glass 

 arms an( j cement are 



of Vancouver in the Pacific Ocean. 

 Graham Island, the largest, is com- 

 paratively low and level, the 

 smaller islands being mountainous, 

 culminating at 5,000 ft. Forests 

 abound, and anthracite coal is 

 mined, and gold, copper, and iron 

 ores are found. The whites, few in 

 number, fish for halibut in Hecate 

 Strait ; the Haida Indians number 

 less than 700. Jedway, Kedda Bay, 

 Queen Charlotte City, and Skide- 

 gate are the chief settlements. 



Queen Charlotte's Hospital. 

 Lying-in hospital for women, 

 Marylebone, London. It was 

 founded in 1752 by the queen of 

 George III. Six months' courses are 

 provided for mid wives,, including 

 one month in a preliminary train- 

 ing school ; for fully trained nurses 

 the period is four months, and 

 there is also a five months' training 

 for nurses. There is a nurses' home 

 and residential school in associa- 

 tion with the hospital. 



Queen Charlotte Sound. Chan- 

 nel of the Pacific coast of Canada. 

 It separates the N.E. of Vancouver 

 Island from the mainland of 

 British Columbia, and is connected 



