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The Spanish scientific review, entitled El Cosmos, in the editions for April 18 .and 

 25, 1891, gives a description of an unpublished portrait of Columbus recently dis 

 covered. The picture, according to the statement in the publication, is painted in 

 oil, belongs to a good school, is well preserved, and experts fix the date of its origin 

 at the beginning of the sixteenth century. It measures 48 by 40 centimeters, and 

 reproduces the head of Christopher Columbus, with these words disposed in the 

 following order: Columbus Orbis Lygvy-f-Nov 

 Reptor. It represents a man past 60 years of age, 

 with a high forehead and scanty white hair, pro 

 nounced cheek bones, aquiline nose, and an unusually 

 prominent forehead. It bears a general resemblance 

 to the Florentine and Giovian types. 



No. 32. THE MELLADO PICTURE (page 227). 



A purely fanciful portrait of Columbus appears in 

 D. F. Mellado s translation into Spanish of Fenimore 

 Cooper s Columbus, published at Madrid in 1852. 



No. 33. THE BRYAN ENGRAVING. 



What is claimed to be a portrait of Columbus in his 

 youth is owned by William A. Bryan, Sandy Hill, 

 N. Y., but the author is unknown. 



No. 34. THE HAVANA PORTRAIT (page 228). 

 A portrait of Columbus, which hangs in the &quot;con- 



PAKMIGIANO PORTRAIT. 

 See page 235. 



sistorial hall&quot; (council chamber) of the captain-gen 

 eral s palace at Havana, was presented to the municipality by one of the Dukes of 

 Veragua, a descendant of Columbus, nearly two hundred years ago. The features 

 differ from all other likenesses, and the admiral is given a small mustache and goatee. 

 The garb is that of a Familiar of the Holy Inquisition. Its origin is unknown. 



No. 35. WOODCUT FROM THE GOODRICH LIFE OF COLUMBUS. 



A man by the name of Aaron Goodrich, of St. Paul, Minn., some years ago wrote a 

 book entitled, A History of the Character and Achievements of the so-called Chris 

 topher Columbus, which wasinteuded as a &quot; protest 

 against the further propagation of a falsehood in the 

 name of history,&quot; and &quot; to place in its true light the 

 character of a man the merits of whose connection 

 with the history of America has been magnified.&quot; 

 This curious volume contains a picture of Columbus 

 with a sword in one hand and a flag in the other, 

 which was intended to be a portrait. 



No. 36. THE HERNANDO PORTRAIT. 

 A modern piece of work of much merit artistically, 

 but bearing no resemblance to the traditional fea 

 tures of Columbus. It is owned by Don Mariano 

 Hernando, of Madrid. 



No. 37. THE YOUTH OF COLUMBUS. FROM AN OLD 

 PRINT (page 228). 



No. 38. THE VERSAILLES PORTRAIT (plate vn). 

 There were two portraits of Columbus in the great 



galleries at Versailles, France. One was presented by the Count de Montesquieu 

 many years ago. It bears no signature, but Feuillet de Conches, the famous French 

 savant, who spent a great deal of time in the investigation of its origin, believes that 

 it was painted by a student of &quot;Jean of Bruges,&quot; Jan Van p]yck, for with its heavy 

 Flemish face it possesses all the characteristics of his school; and it is known that 



MORO PORTRAIT. 

 See page 235. 



