98 The Exhibition of Miniatures at South Kensington. 



file, painter anonymous. "It is stated on the back of the 

 miniature, that this was the • only portrait of her taken in 

 profile." Age somewhere towards thirty-six. This is a grand 

 head, more massive in type than in most of the portraits. — 

 By the same, about the same age, or rather younger. A fine 

 portrait. — Ascribed to the same, a portrait of fair size, towards 

 the age of forty-five, in which Elizabeth is represented crowned 

 and decked with jewels. — By the same, "mounted in an 

 oblong snuff-box • a small and elaborate miniature, representing 

 the queen in a black dress semee with pearls, rubies, etc., and 

 wearing the usual high lace ruff, from which pearls are pen- 

 dent." A very small miniature, and a perfect specimen of about 

 the best possible style of the art. — By the same, " Ano Dni. 

 1564, yEtatis suae 25." The hair here is of a bright copperish 

 tint, more strong than in most portraits. 



Mary, Queen of Scots. " 1565, iEtatis suae 24." This is a 

 vulgarish-looking portrait, and, we should say, not recognizable 

 as intended for the fascinating queen. — After Cornelius Jansen. 

 Enamel. Said to have been taken in Paris before the death of 

 her first husband Francis II. — The same, inscribed " la Boyne 

 Dauphine." Panel. An excellent work, showing Mary in her 

 girlish loveliness. Perhaps, however, one would scarcely 

 recognize it as being meant for her. — The same, half-length, 

 in a black hat over a lace cap. Graceful in her stiff dress. — • 

 After I. Oliver's original in the Boyal Collection. Has more 

 of the look of a Dutch Frow than we are accustomed to ascribe 

 to the Queen, yet not unpleasing. — School of Clouet. Oil. 

 (C This portrait, purchased at Paris in 1821, represents her 

 just after her marriage (1558) with the Dauphin." — The same, 

 • f an elaborately finished miniature, representing the Queen 

 with light auburn hair, wearing a crOwn, with jewelled collar 

 and badge, in a rich dress with full sleeves slashed down the 

 arm. She is playing on a lute, and is seated in a high-backed 

 chair, each arm of which is surmounted by a globe and crown 

 — one being that of the Dauphine of France; the other may 

 be intended for that of England." This is a very charming- 

 portrait, combining a genuinely royal aspect with a certain 

 poetic or romantic quality, as of one of the ladies in the 

 Decameron. — By Hilliard, 1579. A good record of the Queen 

 in her thirty-eighth year, showing more solidity of facial form 

 than in most portraits. — The same, painter anonymous. 

 " Face to the left, wearing a close ruff, and black veil falling* 

 behind." A neat miniature, much stippled. As it stands, it 

 hardly appears to be a contemporaneous work, but may pro- 

 bably be such a work re-touched. — An oil-portrait, painter 

 anonymous. A very pleasing likeness, both girlish and 

 queenly, at about the ago of seventeen. — Mary and her son 



