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and Groom of the Bedcliamber to Charles II. He 

 was a favourite and boon companion of the Merry 

 Monarch, and a celebrated wit and humorist. 



Each of these pictures are 3 ft. 2 ins. by 2 ft. 8 ins. 

 There are also many fine paintings by Sir Peter Lely ; 

 one of his finest is considered to be that of Frances 

 Theresa Stuart, afterwards Duchess of Kichmond, who 

 was married in 1667. 



A gold medal was caused to be struck by Charles 

 II., bearing his own effigy on the obverse and the 

 figure of Minerva on the reverse, in which the stately 

 form and features of Frances Stuart are perpetuated. 



This design was afterwards transferred to the coin 

 of the realm, and to this day it remains unaltered 

 on the bronze coins, as the emblematic figure, with 

 the inscription of " Britannia." 



A portrait of James Stuart, Duke of Richmond, 

 is another of Lely's productions ; the nobleman he 

 has represented was a son of Esme Stuart, Duke of 

 Lennox, and was a personal friend of Charles I., after 

 whose execution he was permitted to perform the 

 last melancholy office of consigning his sovereign's 

 remains to the grave. 



A portrait of Sir William Waller by Sir Peter 

 Lely is another interesting picture in this valuable 

 collection. Sir William Waller was the famous 

 Parliamentary General during the civil wars, and was 

 Commander at the time when Arundel Castle and the 



