2i8 THE FORMAL GARDEN IN ENGLAND ix 



hanging the Ouse at Nun Monkton, in York- 

 shire, there are set out allegorical figures of lead 

 with gilded trappings. There are six lead 

 figures over life size at Hardwick Hall. Four 



of these stand on 

 pedestals in niches of 

 the yew-hedge round 

 the great circle at the 

 intersection of the 

 paths ; one represents 

 painting, another a 

 young man playing a 

 shepherd's pipe, the 

 third a female figure 

 with a violin, the fourth 

 a figure with a trum- 

 pet. The gardens at 

 Melbourne are rich in 

 lead figures ; there are 

 two of blacks carrying 

 vases on salvers, rather 

 like the one in the 

 Temple gardens. 

 These are painted black with white drapery. 

 Besides these there are heroic figures of Perseus 

 and Andromeda beside the great water, and 

 several cupids in pairs and single. The single 

 figures are about 2 feet high. One has fallen 

 off his tree, another is flying upward, another 

 shooting, another shaping his bow with a 

 spokeshave. All of these are painted and 



LEAD TIGVUE, OF CUPID 

 MELBQXflVHE '.DEBSY:. 



Fig. 62. 



