0.62 Painters in the Reign of ^een Elizabeth, 



than that of Dr. Meade's, and without a 

 hat, bought at Mr. Barret's fale. This pic- 

 ture alone would juflify all I have faid of 

 him. The art of the mafler and the imita- 

 tion of nature are fo great in it, that the 

 largefl magnifying glafs only calls out new 

 beauties. * But the firft, at leafl the bed 

 preferved of all his works, is in my poflef- 

 fion ; it is the head of lady Lucy Percy, 

 mother of Venetia lady Digby. She is in 

 black with a large hat of the fame colour, 

 and a very large ruff; the whole painted on 

 a lilac ground. This was purchafed, with 

 many exquifite pieces by his fon Peter, 

 under whofe article 1 Ihall mention them. 



At the lord Montacute's at Coudray is 

 another invaluable work of Ifaac. It repre- 

 fents three brothers of that lord's family, 

 whole lengths, in black : their ages twenty- 

 one, twenty-four, and eighteen, with the 

 painter's mark (J). Thefe young gentle- 

 men refembled each other remarkably, a 

 peculiarity obfervable in ^t pidure, the 

 motto on which is, Figurae conformis affec- 



* Col. Sothby has another larger, and containing 

 only the head, but bold, and admirably painted. 



