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Note on two Rare Paintings at Langton House. By 

 the Honourable Mrs. Baillie-Hamilton of Langton. 



Extract from a letter to Lord Breadalbane (2nd Marquis) 

 from Mr Ford, author of the Hand Book of Spain, and a 

 great authority on Si)ani8h Art, dated July 3rd 1853, on 

 hearing of the acquisition of two Spanish Paintings by Lord 

 Breadalbane. 



The Christ (Ecce Homo) by Murillo, is the identical 

 picture, long the great ornament of the Seville Cathedral. 



It was presented to Louis Phillipe, King of the French, 

 by the Dean and Chapter of the C-ithedral, to mark their 

 gratitude for a fine collection of books he had given their 

 Library. 



The early Velasquez of Christ and the Disciples at 

 Emmaus, was formerly in the collecticm of Sendr Bravo, at 

 Seville, and is mentioned in the work of Herrera Davila, 

 part 2, p. 87. 



The Ecce Homo was purchased >)y Lord Breadalbane, 

 after the death of Louis Phillipe, at the sale of the King's 

 collection, in England. 



