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UARDI-NS OLD AND NEW. 



Valentine. 



THE HOUSE /\ND THE CLASSIC BRIDGE. 



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Crystal Palace, and a knight really enjoyed the opportunity 

 of showing upon an ample canvas, in a supremely beautiful 

 country, and with ample resources at his disposal, what he 

 could do at liis best. It is here that his work may be studied 

 to the mM advantage. 



To describe Chatsworth itself is impossible here. There 

 are many rooms with sombre panelling of carved oak. There 

 are pictures by Holbein, Zucchero, Sir Joshua, Rembrandt, 



Luca Giordano, Watteau, Salvator Rosa, Landseer, Verrio, 

 and many others; and they are nearly all famous, and, thanks 

 to the generosity of the Duke in lending them for exhibition, 

 nearly all familiar even to those who have not had the oppor- 

 tunity of visiting their customary resting-place. Who does not 

 know Holbein's " Henry VIII.," Zucchero's "Mary Queen of 

 Scots," Sir Joshua's "Beautiful Duchess," " Bolton Abbey," 

 and so forth ? The chapel, with its painting by Verrio, its 



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IHh EMPEROR POND. 



Cmn'.ry Lift.' 



