5 2 State of Painting from the Reign of 



on his print of that poet, is prcfei-ved in 

 an illuminated MS. of Thomas Occlevc, 

 painted by Occleve himfelf. D'Urry and 

 Tanner both mention fuch a portrait, which 

 places Occlevx in the rank of onz of our 

 firfl painters as well as poets f . 



Henry V. is likewife on board at Ken- 

 fington, and on vellum in fome MSS. as 

 Vertue fays in his account prefixed to the 

 heads of our kings, but he does not men- 

 tion where thole MSS. are preferved. But 

 a moil curious picture of this king and 

 his family is Hill extant in the colle(5lion 

 of James Wefl, efq; fecretary of the trea- 

 fury J. This piece is evidently painted in 

 oil-colours, and though the new art might 

 have reached England before the death of 

 that prince, which happened in 1422, yet 

 there are many circumilances that lead me 

 to think it of a later date. It was an 

 . ahar-piece at Shene, and in all probability 

 was painted by order of Henry VH. for 



f I find by Montfaucon that the ufe of crayons was 

 known in this age in France ; but nothing of that kind 

 appears to have been pradliccd in this country-. See his 

 a<iC0unt of the portraits of John duke of Berry and 

 Louis duke of Orleans, the uncle and tlie brother of 

 Charles VI. 



1 It is now at Strawberry-hil-I. 



the 



