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illustrated by the three works of Rubens— his Son— the Archduke Albrecht 

 — and Himself on the horse given him by Van Dyck ; and two by Van 

 Dyck— the Henrietta Maria, and Gaston Duke of Orleans. The Dutch 

 works of the seventeenth century have two illustrations: — Portraits of an old 

 man and an old woman, by Franz Hals ; and the English pictures, seven : — 

 The Hon. Harriot Bouverie, Rebecca Viscountess Folkestone, the Hon. Mrs. 

 Edward Bouverie, and Lady Catherine Pelham Clinton, all by Sir Joshua 

 Reynolds; the Hon. Edward Bouverie, and the Hon. William H. Bouverie, 

 by Gainsborough ; and Lady Catherine Pelham Clinton, by Sir William 

 I Beechey. The whole of these twenty-four illustrations are admirable half- 

 tone blocks from photographs, all or almost all of them taken from the 

 pictures themselves. 



Catalogue of Pictures at Longford Castle and Cate- 

 gorical List of Family Portraits (re-numbered and 

 arranged by H. M. R.), 1890. 2iid Edition, 1898. 



I Price 1*. Pamphlet, cr. 8vo, pp. 33. 



In this second edition of the catalogue Lady Radnor has added a preface 

 of five pages, giving an excellent sketch of the history of the house and of 

 its successive owners, noting the principal additions and alterations which 

 each one made to its structure and to the furniture and the pictures which 

 it contains. Until lately no one knew where the great collection of pictures 



I came from, or by whom they were collected, Britton suggesting that they 

 were bought en masse by a Mr. Siegur in the eighteenth century. Lady 

 Radnor has, however, by the diligent study of account books preserved in 

 the muniment room, succeeded in establishing the dates at which nearly all 

 the more important pictures were purchased, and the prices given for them, 

 between the years 1720 and 1823 ; no pictures other than family portraits 

 having been added to the collection since the death of Jacob, the 2nd Earl, 

 in 1828. Reproductions of Thacker's plans of the ground floor and first 

 floor in 1678, with corresponding plans of the house as it exists at present, 

 are also a useful addition. The catalogue itself gives the number, subject, 

 painter, and date of each picture, together with its present position in the 

 house . In addition to this, all the more important pictures have the date 

 of their acquisition and the sale at which they were acquired noted, with — 

 in many cases — further details as to their previous history, and mention of 

 any engravings made from them. In the list of family portraits, too, 

 sufficient particulars are given as to each person depicted, in addition to 

 names and dates. There is also a separate index of painters at the end. 

 The catalogue as a whole is indeed an admirable piece of work, which will 

 be of great value, not merely to visitors to Longford, but to every student 

 of pictures and portraits. Would that all owners of pictures would follow 

 Lady Radnor's example. 



Eruide to St. Thomas', Salisbury, by H. A. Caryl. 



Salisbury : Bennett Brothers. Pamphlet, 8vo, pp. 26. (1898.) Price 6d. 

 This little guide book contains a good deal of information about the 



