﻿AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  33i 
  

  

  On 
  one 
  side 
  is 
  the 
  drawing-room 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  

   the 
  dining-room, 
  while 
  passages 
  opening 
  beyond 
  

   lead 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  Each 
  is 
  a 
  

   room 
  of 
  great 
  size, 
  with 
  vast 
  fireplaces, 
  and 
  pan- 
  

   eled 
  throughout 
  like 
  the 
  hall. 
  The 
  wainscoting, 
  

   unfortunately, 
  was 
  greatly 
  injured 
  during 
  the 
  

   Civil 
  War, 
  when 
  much 
  of 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   torn 
  off 
  by 
  seekers 
  for 
  treasure. 
  To 
  complete 
  

   the 
  sketch 
  of 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  it 
  is 
  sufficient 
  

   to 
  state 
  that 
  an 
  anteroom 
  from 
  the 
  drawing-room 
  

   gives 
  access 
  to 
  four 
  sleeping-rooms, 
  two 
  on 
  the 
  

   first 
  floor 
  and 
  two 
  on 
  the 
  second; 
  the 
  opposite 
  

   wing 
  contains 
  the 
  office 
  and 
  room 
  of 
  the 
  manager 
  

   of 
  the 
  estate 
  and 
  two 
  guest 
  rooms 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  

   story. 
  

  

  Perhaps 
  no 
  one 
  feature 
  of 
  Brandon 
  is 
  so 
  in- 
  

   teresting 
  and 
  important 
  as 
  the 
  great 
  gallery 
  of 
  

   portraits 
  which 
  is 
  hung 
  on 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  

   drawing-room 
  and 
  the 
  dining-room. 
  There 
  are 
  

   portraits 
  by 
  Sir 
  Godfrey 
  Kneller, 
  Benjamin 
  West, 
  

   Vandyke, 
  Sir 
  Peter 
  Lely 
  and 
  other 
  celebrated 
  

   artists, 
  including 
  a 
  collection 
  made 
  in 
  England 
  in 
  

   the 
  eighteenth 
  century. 
  The 
  portrait 
  of 
  the 
  cele- 
  

   brated 
  Colonel 
  William 
  Byrd, 
  and 
  the 
  latter's 
  

   beautiful 
  daughter, 
  Evelyn, 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  

   notable 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  series 
  and 
  among 
  the 
  choic- 
  

   est 
  possessions 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  drawing-room 
  is 
  a 
  portrait 
  of 
  Sir 
  

   Charles 
  Wager, 
  which 
  hangs 
  above 
  the 
  mantel, 
  

   and 
  continuing 
  around 
  the 
  room 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  are 
  

   portraits 
  of 
  G. 
  E. 
  Harrison, 
  Sir 
  Robert 
  South- 
  

   well, 
  Mrs. 
  Evelyn 
  Byrd 
  Harrison, 
  the 
  second 
  

   wife 
  of 
  Benjamin 
  Harrison, 
  Lady 
  Betty 
  Clay- 
  

   pole, 
  Evelyn 
  Byrd, 
  Lord 
  Halifax, 
  Earl 
  Egre- 
  

   mont, 
  Earl 
  Orrery, 
  Mrs. 
  Fitzhugh 
  and 
  Benjamin 
  

   Harrison. 
  In 
  a 
  case 
  in 
  the 
  corner 
  is 
  a 
  fan 
  which 
  

  

  The 
  Garden 
  Walk 
  from 
  the 
  House 
  to 
  the 
  River 
  Was 
  Laid 
  Out 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Benjamin 
  Harrison 
  

  

  Refuge 
  by 
  the 
  Families 
  of 
  

   Iced 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  

  

  The 
  Old 
  Garden 
  Laid 
  Out 
  Over 
  Two 
  Centuries 
  Ago, 
  with 
  the 
  Box 
  Hedge 
  Still 
  

   Tracing 
  the 
  Old 
  Garden 
  Walks 
  

  

  