96 The Exhibition of Miniatures at South Kensington. 



in his crossed hands; a female hand is approaching his breast, 

 above which is the inscription, A corde cor traho." 



Henry VIII., 1526, by Holbein. A three-quarter bust 

 portrait. — 'By the same (No. 1392). Oil. Fair, but not parti- 

 cularly fine for Holbein. — By the same (No. 2082). — Henry 

 VIII. , about thirty, ascribed to the same. Neither the quality 

 of the painting, nor the evidence of dates, favours the assump- 

 tion that this work is by Holbein. That painter did not come 

 to England till 1526, whereas Henry was thirty years of age in 

 1521. 



Catherine of Ar rag on, by the same. From Strawberry Hill, 

 and stated by Walpole to have been " given to the Duke of 

 Monmouth by Charles II." Fine. 



Anne Boleyn, ascribed to the same. Not rightly so ascribed, 

 we venture to affirm. 



Jane Seymour, by the same. Crayons tinted. — By the 

 same, inscribed "ano 25." 



Anne of Gleves, by the same. Oil. This is substantially 

 the same as the well-known portrait of Henry VIII.'s " Flan- 

 ders Mare;" it seems to have been re-painted to some extent. 

 The face is heavy and not attractive. 



Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, by the same. Oil. 

 A mild look characterizes this Duke, the father of the poet 

 Sanrey, and remembered in history partly through his good 

 luck in the death of Henry VIII. the day before that which the 

 monarch had appointed for the Duke's execution. 



Alicia, wife of Sir Thomas More, by the same. Admirable. 



Sir Nicholas Toyntz, by the same. Good, but rather too 

 minute, and perhaps a questionable Holbein. That painter 

 included Poyntz in the series of portraits at Windsor Castle. 



A Lady, by the same. " Anno aatatis suas, 23 : her coat of 

 arms is affixed to the case." Somebody ought to trace out this 

 coat of arms, and tell us who the lady was. It is a quiet, 

 simple, composed face, not beautiful, and looking some few 

 years older than the recorded age ; and, as a work of art, 

 amazingly perfect and true, perhaps the very finest thing in 

 the exhibition. The owner, Mr. J. Heywood Hawkins, may 

 be congratulated upon possessing, of its class, one of the 

 finest objects in the world. 



The Earl of Kildare, by the same. Oil. Excellent. 



The Countess of Kildare, by the same. Oil. Also very fine. 



Edward VI., 1547, ascribed to the same. This is in a fine 

 miniature style, with clean-cut touch, the colour very flat and 

 sunken. One may safely say, however, that it is not by 

 Holbein, who died in 1543, according to recent evidence which 

 appears indisputable, and has not, indeed, we believe, been 

 disputed. 



