54 State of Painting from the Reign of 



and is four feet three inches high, by four 

 feet fix wide. 



On the left hand is the king in dark pur- 

 ple robes lined with ermine, the crown on 

 his head. He is kneeling before a defk on 

 which is a miflal, and the fceptre and globe. 

 Behind him on their knees are his three 

 brothers, Thomas duke of Clarence -, * John 

 duke of Bedford -, Humphrey duke of Glo- 

 cefler. They are drelTed in robes like the 

 king's and wear golden coronets : over them 

 is a tent, fliripcd with v/hite and gold, on 

 which are red rofes crowned ; and the va- 

 lance, of the fame colours with red rofes and 

 portcuUifes. A fmall angel flying holds the 

 top of the tent. The queen is oppofite, un- 

 der another tent exa6lly in the fame man- 

 ner, except that there is no fceptre on her 

 defk. Behind her are four ladles drefil'd 

 like her and with coronets. The two firft 

 are probably Blanche duchefs of Bavaria, 

 and Philippa queen of Denmark, the king's 

 fillers ; who the other two are is m.ore diffi- 

 cult to decide, as they are reprefented with 

 difhevelied hair, which in pictures of that 



* This is extremely unlike the miniature of him 

 which I fliall mention prefently ; and which is too re- 

 markable a face not to have had much refemblance. 



time. 



