52 



glazed with painted glass borders — The curtains are crimson 

 silk trimmed with gold fringe — The chimney piece is of 

 black marble ornamented with Or Molu, and on the oppo- 

 site end of the room is a receptacle for manuscripts to 

 correspond. 



Over the chimney, the opposite recess, and the door, 

 are splendid Gothic Canopies. — On frames of crimson velvet, 

 over the chimney and corresponding recess, is a valuable 

 collection of miniatures, amongst them are the following, 



OVER THE CHIMNEY. 



Louis le Dauphin, son of Louis XlVth, Louis XIV. Both these Minia- 

 tures were given to Mrs. Grenville, wife of the Right Honourable George 



Grenville, by Clara de Marsilly, Viscountess Bolingbroke. Mrs. Davis. 



Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland. Charles the 1st. James, Duke 



of York, afterwards James the lid. Mary, Queen of Scots. Earl of 



Holland. Lady Jane Grey, Jane Seymour. Both these original Minia- 

 tures came into the possession of Mrs. Grenville from the collection of her 



grandfather Charles, Duke of Somerset. Admiral Seymour, brother to the 



Protector Duke of Somerset; given to Mrs. Grenville by the Duke of Somer- 

 set. Anna Boleyn. -Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Somerset. Mary, 



Queen of England. The Protector, Duke of Somerset ; also given to Mrs. 



Grenville by the Duke of Somerset. Matthew Prior. Archbishop Shel- 

 don, 1595. Gustavus Adolphus; given by him lo Sir Henry St. George, 



when the latter invested the former with the Order of the Garter. 



IN ONE LARGE OVAL FRAME ARE THE FOLLOWING MINIATURES. 



Anna Craggs, wife of T. Newshani, after of John Knight, Esq. and lastly of 



Robert Nugent, Esq. Princesse de Stolberg, wife of Charles Edward, the 



Pretender, 1774 ; given by her to George Marquess of Buckingham. Robert 



Nugent, afterwards Earl Nugent. Charles lid of Sweden. M. Elector of 



Bavaria. Anna Chambers, Countess Temple. Richard, Earl Temple. 



Mary, Marchioness of Buckingham, 1783. George, Earl Temple, after- 

 wards Marquess of Buckingham, 1782. Hester, Countess Temple. 



Madame de Maintenon, by Petitot. The Electress of Bavaria John 



Knight, Esq. of Gosfiekl. Sir William Temple. Algernon, Duke of Somer- 

 set. Charles II.; this curious Miniature was given by him in 1651, to the 



Lady Beauchamp, wife of Henry Lord Beauchamp, from whom it descended 

 lineally to Anna Eliza, daughter of James Duke of Chandos, and wife of 

 Richard Marquess of Buckingham. Round the frame are the descents of 



