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and terminated in 1689. It will be seen that the subjects have been 

 selected on the principle of parallelism, and that an attempt has been 

 made to do justice to the heroic virtues which were displayed on both 

 sides. 



The Peers' Corridor, 



Containing eight compartments intended for painting, each measuring 

 9 ft. 6 in. wide by 7 feet high. 



Charles I. erecting his Standard Speaker Lenthal asserting the 

 at Nottingham. Privileges of the Commons against 



Charles I., when the attempt was 

 made to seize the five Members. 

 Basing House defended by the The setting out of the Train 

 Cavaliers against the Parliamentary Bands from Loudon to raise the 

 army. Siege of Gloucester. 



The Expulsion of the Fellows of The Embarkation of a Puritan 

 a College at Oxford for refusing to Family for New England, 

 sign the Covenant. 



The Burial of Charles I. The Parting of Lord and Lady 



Russell. 



The Commons' Corridor, 

 Containing eight compartments intended for painting, each measuring 7 ft. 

 94 in. wide by ft. 6 in. high. 



Charles II. assisted in his Escape Alice Lisle concealing the Fugi- 

 by Jane Lane. tives af(er the Battle of Sedgemoor. 



The Executioner tying Wishart's The Sleep of Argyll.* 

 book round the neck of ftlontrose. 



Monk declaring for a Free Par- The Acquittal of the Seven Bish- 

 liament. ops. 



The landing of Charles II. The Lords and Commons present- 



ing the Crown to William and Mary 

 in the Banqueting House. 



The Central Corridor, 

 Containing six compartments, each measuring 8 ft. 9 in. high by 7 feet 

 wide. 



The paintings in St. Stephen's Hall, and in the corridors which join the 

 two Houses, illustrate the gradual progress of our institutions during the 

 interval which elapsed between the introduction of Christianity and the 

 Revolution. It has been thought that the central corridor might with 

 advantage be adorned with paintings exhibiting in strong contrast the 

 extremes which are separated by that interval. With this view, six sub- 

 jects have been selected : in three, Britain appears sunk in ignorance, 

 heathen superstition, and slavery ; in the other three, she appears instruct- 

 ing the savage, abolishing barbarous riles, and liberating the slave. 



The Phoenicians in Cornwall. Cook in Otaheile. 



A Druidical sacriOce. English Authorities stopping the 



Sacrifice of a Suttee. 



Anglo Saxon Captives exposed The Emancipation of Negro 

 for sale in the Market-place of Slaves. 

 Rome. 



The Upper Waiting Hall. 



The subjects for six (out of eight) compartments in this locality, have 

 been before proposed to be selected from the following poets : Chaucer, 

 Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden, and Pope. The choice of such 

 subjects being left to the artists appointed, or to be appointed, to execute 

 them, after they shall have been approved by the Commissioners. 



The House of Peers. 

 The subjects for (he six compartments intended for painting, and the 

 selection of historical personages proposed for statues to be placed in the 

 18 niches, as well as the decorations for the stained windows, have been 

 determined by former Committees. 



The Peers' Robing Room, 

 Containing three large compartments, two measuring 20 feet wide by 10 ft 

 6 in. high, the third measuring 22 feet wide by 10 ft. 6 in. high ; and six 

 smaller compartments, each measuring 7 feet wide by 10 ft. 6 in. high. 



Your Committee being desirous to vary the proposed decorations, and 

 conceiving that Scripture sulijects, as alfurding scope for the highest style 

 of design, and as being especially eligible on other grounds, should by no 

 means be excluded, considered that the above-named locality, in which 

 the principal compartments intended for painting, are of considerable mag- 

 nitude, would be well adapted for such subjects. Your Committee were 

 of opinion that the illustrations should have reference to the idea of Justice 

 on earth, and its development in Law and Judgment, and that the following 

 subjects would be appropriate. 



In the single large compartment on the west side, 1. Moses bringing 

 down the Tables of the Law to the Israelites. 



In the two small compartments on the east side, 2. The Fall of Man, 

 and 3. His Condemnation to Labour. 



On the south side, in the larger compartment, 4, The Judgment of Solo- 

 mon ; and in the two smaller, 5. The Visit of the Queen of Sheba, and 6. 

 The Building of the Temple. 



On the north side, in the larger compartment, 7. The Judgment of 

 Daniel ; and in the two smaller, 8. Daniel in the Lion's Den, and 9. The 

 Vision of Daniel. 



* See Woodrow, ' Church History.' book iil, c. 9, a. 9. 



The Royal Antechamber, 

 Containing in the upper part of two of the walls, six large compartments 

 (three on each side), measuring 13 feet wide by 10 feet 9 inches high. 

 Twenty-eight upright narrow compartments, measuring 5 feet 7 inches 

 high, by about 2 feet 6 iuches wide ; and 12 panels for carved work, four 

 measuring 6 feet 9 inches wide, by 2 feet 9 inches high ; and eight mea- 

 suring 2 feet 2 inches square. 



Your Committee considered that the six large compartments in this lo- 

 cality, being at a considerable height, might be filled with copies in tapes- 

 try, of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, taken either in part, or altogether 

 from the designs of the tapestry originally existing in the House of Lords, 

 which your Committee conceived, it is of great importance to preserve, as 

 far as possible, to the nation. 



Thnt the 28 upright compartments might be appropriately filled with 

 portraits relating to the Tudor family : 



1. Henry VII.— 2. Elizabeth of York.— 3. Arthur, Prince of Wales.— 

 4. Katharine of Aragon. — 5. Henry VIII. — 6. Anne Boleyn. — 7. Jane 

 Seymour. — 8. Katharine Howard. — 9. Anne of Cleves. — 10. Katharine 

 Parr.— 11. Edward VI.— 12. Queen Mary.— 13. Philip II.— 14. Queeu 

 Elizabeth. — 15. Lewis XII. — 16. Princess Mary, Queen of France, 

 Duchess of Suffolk.— 17. Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.— 18. The 

 Marchioness of Dorset. — 19. Lady Jane Grey. — 20. Lord Guildford Dud- 

 ley. — 21. Princess Margaret, Queen pf Scotland, Countess of Angus. — 22, 

 James IV. — 23. Douglas, Earl of Angus. — 24. James V. — 25. Mary of 

 Guise. — 26. Mary, Queen of Scots. — 27. Francis II. — 28. Lord Darnley. 



That the twelve panels might be filled with the following subjects in 

 carved work. 



1,2. The Field of the Cloth of Gold, and the visit of Charles V. to 

 Henry VIII., in the two compartments on the east and west sides. 



3, 4, 5. The Escape of Mary Queen of Scots, the Murder of Rizzio, and 

 Mdry looking back on France, in the three compartments on the south side, 

 west of the door. The Escape of Mary Queen of Scots occupying the cen- 

 tre panel. 



6, 7. 8. Queen Elizabeth knighting Drake, Raleigh spreading his Cloak 

 as a Carpet for the Queen, and Raleigh landing in Virginia, in the three 

 compartments on the south side, east of the door. The subject of the knight- 

 ing of Drake occupying the centre panel. 



9, 10, 11, 12. On the north side, Edward VI. granting a Charter to 

 Christ's Hospital, Lady Jane Grey at her studies, Sebastian Cabot before 

 Henry VII., Katharine ol Aragon pleading. 



The Royal Gallery, 



A considerable space on each side wall, measuring 77 feet 6 inches 

 wide, not being subdivided into compartments, your Committee were of 

 opinion that such space should be occupied by one large, and two smaller 

 subjects ; the smaller corresponding in width with the width of one win- 

 dow, and measuring 12 feet 6 inches wide by 11 feet 6 inches high ; the 

 larger comprehending the width of three windows, and measuring 45 feet 

 wide by 1 1 feet 6 inches high. Of the remaining compartments, defined 

 by the architect, two on the side walls measure each 13 feet 3 inches wide 

 by 11 feet 6 inches high ; four on the same level, in the end wall, measure 

 12 feet 2 inches wide by 11 feet 6 inches high ; the six remaining com- 

 partments, three at each end, in the upper part of the walls, measure 12 

 feet 2 inches wide by 19 feet 7 inches high. The compartments would 

 therefore be eighteen in number. 



Your Committee were of opinion that the subjects for the Royal Gallery 

 should relate to the military history and glory of the country, and that the 

 following subjects would be appropriate. 



In the three upper compartments in the south wall: — 



1. Boadicea inciting her army, 



2. Alfred in the Camp of the Danes. 



3. Brian Boroimhe overcoming the Danes at the Bridge of Clontarff, 

 Id the three upper compartments in the north wall : — 



4. Edith finding the dead of Harold, 



i. Richard Coeur de Lion coming in sight of the Holy City. 



6. Eleanor saving the life of her husband, afterwards Edward I,, by 

 sacking the poison from a wound in his arm. 



In the compartments next the proposed large compartment on the west 

 wall : — 



7. Bruce, during a retreat before the English, protecting a woman borne 

 on a litter, and checking tlie pursuers. 



8. Philippa interceding for the lives of the citizens of Calais, 

 In the lower compartments on the north wall: — 



9. Edward the Black Prince entering London by the side of King John 

 of France, 



10. The Marriage of Henry V,, atTroyes, with the Princess Katharine 

 of France. 



In the compartments next the proposed large compartment on the east 

 wall : — 



11. Elizabeth at Tilbury. 



12. Blake at Tunis. 



In the remaining compartment on the east wall : — 



13. Marlborough at Blenheim, 



In the lower compartments on the north wall :— 



14. The Death of Wolfe. 



15. The Death of Abercrombie. 



Id the remaining compartment on the west wall : — 



